Articles in ‘Analysis’

By The Conversation · Amid a worsening global energy crisis, New Zealand and Singapore’s freshly struck deal to keep fuel and other essential goods flowing is being touted as a boost to supply chain resilience. · The agreement commits both countries not to impose export restrictions on each other during economic upheaval. But it also highlights an uncomfortable reality facing New Zealand’s energy security, which depends heavily on fuel stored…

There will be much talk this May about the so-called “strategic triangle” of Russia, China and the United States. · US President Donald Trump is expected in Beijing first, followed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Whenever the leaders of the three most influential powers meet, speculation inevitably follows. What if they strike some grand bargain? What if the world suddenly becomes more orderly?

By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory · Sovereignty, as defined in international law, is both crucial and complex. In the real shark-pool world of geopolitics, it is not hard to spot: if you have the ability to rule at home and resist attack from outside (any outside), then you are…

Fall of the Cabal Official · !Why Comey · Image from original article · Yesterday James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2013 until 2017, was indicted, arrested and led before Court. · What had happened? · On May 15, 2025 James Comey ‘knowingly and willingly made a threat to the life of the President of the United States’, by posting this: · 86 is a code used to ‘get rid of’ someone, literally saying to put someone…

Washington’s proposed initiative signals a shift from crisis response to long-term strategic positioning in one of the world’s most critical energy corridors _elocal report on the research document IRAN AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ: A Four-Pillar Analysis of History, Law, Strategy, and the Record of Disruption authored by  MoonGeezerTalk | moongeezertalk@gmail.com | April 2026_ · A critical chokepoint under pressure · The Strait of Hormuz remains…

The British monarch’s trip showcases an alliance held together by shared complicity and decline · By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory · © Andrew Harnik / Getty Images · King Charles III has gone to Washington, ostensibly to help the transatlantic cousins celebrate getting rid of…

Clandestine · !Image Text · IT’S HAPPENING 👀 · Trump JUST spoke to Putin and said things were positive, and now Trump announces they are looking into reducing our standing army in Germany. · Just as I hypothesized, Trump is reducing our military footprint in the Eastern Hemisphere, which will lead to normalized relations with Russia and China, and the end to the war in Ukraine. · US Military presence in Germany is essentially the…

Source: By Alex Krainer · On Monday, 27 April, Britain’s king Charles III came to Washington for a four-day state visit to the United States hosted by President Donald Trump. His “majsesty,” is also known to his fans as late Jimmy Saville’s BFF and the brother of Jeffrey Epstein’s BFF Andrew, formerly known as prince. · Yesterday, Charles graced the joint session of U.S. Congress with an inspiring speech during which he found it appropriate to…

The Ukrainian leader’s links to the businessman charged in a high level corruption case continue to cast a shadow over him · © RT / RT · A Ukrainian media outlet has published what it claims to be transcripts from surveillance recordings of Timur Mindich,  businessman and longtime associate of Vladimir Zelensky who is accused of orchestrating a major corruption scheme. · Mindich, who fled Ukraine for Israel last November shortly…

By Alex Krainer · President Trump surprised many, perhaps most people, by ordering the attack on Iran on 28 February 2026. Just during the last days preceding the war did it become clear that the attack was imminent, in spite of the fact that the U.S. and Iranian sides were actively engaged in negotiations to settle the conflict peacefully. Before that period, it seemed that Trump was trying to avoid the war, and it was only logical that he…