Taiwan

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Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.

By: Khanh Vu Duc Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Manila this week— attending the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the ASEAN Regional Forum — highlights a crucial geopolitical reality: while the Taiwan Strait...

News

By Lauren PEARLE Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In a deeply divided country, one issue is cutting through the noise: Americans increasingly agree that the affordability crisis is real and that it could get worse. A new...

Editor's Choice, Crisis, Economy

The childish rivalry with Argentines, inflamed by the media, reveals moral weaknesses within Brazilian society. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Almost every people possesses what Carl Schmitt called the fundamental distinction between friend and enemy....

Americas, Society, World

Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee. This was one of the mandates of the US-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas last year. While this means Hamas...

Middle East, Axis of Resistance, Block 3

When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern “forever war.” After the costly experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, that pledge resonated with an American public weary of prolonged military intervention. For a brief...

Middle East, Afghanistan War, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait Blockade

Even superpowers depend on global supply chains. The real prize? Setting the rules others follow. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su A structural and widespread phenomenon In contemporary strategic discourse, the term “technological sovereignty” has, over the...

Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Israel extended the area under its control along Gaza’s eastern edge earlier this week, carrying out military operations in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah that forced people into displacement, eyewitnesses in both cities told Mada Masr. The two governorates lie adjacent...

Politics, forced displacement, Israeli aggression on Gaza 2023

Bethlehem / PNN/ The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media has launched a new study titled "Algorithms of Violence: Analysis of Behaviors, Representations, and Implications of Organized Crime on TikTok among Palestinian Society in Israel." The study examines the...

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The US Navy’s delayed effort to equip its troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers with hypersonic missiles is testing whether the ships can finally gain a credible combat role without repeating their history of shifting missions, immature technologies and mounting costs. This month,...

Military, Block 2, Chinese Hypersonics

When Chinese scholars recently argued that Batanes was a natural extension of Taiwan — and therefore part of China’s territorial claim — they demonstrated how indigenous history and cultural ties can become entangled in contemporary geopolitical competition. Although the argument...

Southeast Asia, Bashi Channel, Batanes

The EU – of governments that promise one thing and do another – gave the Ukrainian people its poison. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Introduction: From “solidarity” to strategy When Russia first entered Ukraine in February...

Europe, Russia & CIS, World

By Maximilian Malawista UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 2026 (IPS) Despite rising geopolitical tensions, trade restrictions and calls to bring production back to domestic shores, the global economy remains more interconnected than it may appear. Trade through global value chains (GVCs) reached historic...

Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Energy

Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, addresses a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York in December 1991. Credit: UN Photo/John Isaac By UN News UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 2026 (IPS) Sixty-seven minutes. That is how long volunteers spent serving...

Africa, Editors' Choice, Featured

Seoul’s deepening ties with the EU and NATO, as well as recent statements made by President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Jae Myung during foreign visits, suggest that by the end of 2026, South Korea may transition to...

Politics, South Korea, International politics

The U.S. war with Iran continues to be a major distraction, diverting attention from other problems even within the Middle East. The Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not want it any other way. An image of Iran as...

Benjamin-netanyahu, Israel, Israel-palestine

Europe’s security fears are real and legitimate. But deploying nuclear-capable aircraft to Russia's doorstep is not the answer, and Washington's contradictions are making things worse. On March 2, French President Emmanuel Macron announced major changes to France’s nuclear deterrence doctrine: an...

Emmanuel-macron, Nuclear-weapons, Nato

On Monday, Yemen’s Houthis announced a blockade of Saudi Arabia, marking a major escalation that could ratchet up pressure on global oil markets at a time when U.S. and global oil stockpiles are dangerously depleted . A Houthi blockade could also...

Houthis, Yemen, Saudi-arabia

For 25 years, Cambodia and Thailand have been unable to resolve a dispute over a shared area of the Gulf of Thailand, keeping one of Southeast Asia’s most promising energy opportunities out of reach. At a time of high energy...

Opinion, ASEAN Power Grid, Block 2

By: Ainur Rohmah Febrie: hot water What began as an investigation into a series of nationwide power outages has rapidly evolved into a rare confrontation between Indonesia’s two most powerful law enforcement institutions. Indonesia’s National Police, through its Anti-Corruption Task Force (Kortastipidkor),...

News

The United States and South Korea describe the latter’s defense buildup with the same enthusiasm but mean two different things. American officials call it “alliance modernization,” while South Korean officials increasingly call it “autonomous defense.” Neither side has much incentive...

Northeast Asia, Block 2, Elbridge Colby

On July 17, NBC News televised portions of a lengthy investigation proving that Israeli military forces had attacked medics at least 116 times in South Lebanon over the last several months. On that same day, Reuters reported that eight people...

Uncategorized

I have had the pleasure of working with Defacto Technologies for the past 10 years on SemiWiki and I am always impressed with their professionalism and ability to quickly address the challenges of complex SoC design. From my perspective, Defacto’s technology...

Defacto Technologies, EDA, Events

Indian protesters rallying Monday in New Delhi under the banner of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party were attacked by police as they marched toward the country’s Parliament demanding the resignation of the country’s education minister and denouncing the government of Prime...

South Asia, Block 4, Cockroach Janta Party

A rising share of profits in Europe are going into finance rather than productive investment. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Why is Europe falling behind in investment and...

Economics, Finance, Financial Institutions

‘Unwarranted ad breaks, entry bans on some foreign nationals, and political tampering with the game all made this a Trumpian World Cup. But if Donald Trump put his stamp on the world’s game, it’s also set a precedent for future...

Geopolitics, Dave Braneck, Football

You might think that an arch-conservative who has used his lifetime seat on the Supreme Court to send U.S. law back to the 1920s would take a victory lap and maybe chill just a bit. But no. Despite his success...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

My former Georgetown professor, John Esposito, passed away on July 15, 2026, just as the military campaign between the U.S. and Iran reignited in what is becoming America’s “Third Gulf War.” It was America’s first Gulf War in 1991 that led...

Islam, War-on-terror, 9-11

The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck four tankers carrying Kazakh oil in Novorossiysk over the course of three days, ignoring a statement issued by Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In Kazakhstan, many welcomed the statement issued by the country's Ministry of...

World

Nancy O'Brien Simpson OMG. OMG. OMG. This is incredible.My son-in-law Steven told me that the martyrdom of the Palestinians in Gaza would be the genesis of change. He was prescient in his prediction. The suffering of the Palestinian people, the images...

Opinion

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening session of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, Geneva, Switzerland. Credit: UN Photo/Irina Popa By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 2026 (IPS) Throughout July 2026, various United Nations (UN) bodies and global experts have...

Artificial Intelligence, Conferences, Development & Aid

The World Cup is a photographic image of the world, but it is overexposed. It is blurred though the filters of nationalist propaganda and individual heroics. At play are all the features of geopolitics: power games, big money, troubles with...

Labor, Trade, & Finance, World Cup

This story was originally published by ICT . The Namaygoosisagagun (Collins) First Nation has been destroyed by a fast moving fire that came on so quickly, people were forced to carry out an emergency evacuation; including some forced to flee by...

Environment, Health & Wellness, News
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