By Alan MACLEOD Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The world’s eyes will be on Lionel Messi on Wednesday night, as Argentina face England in the World Cup semi-final. The diminutive superstar has gained a massive...
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Burkina Faso and Israel: The Sahel and the realignment of regional balances in West Africa
Full ArticleThe confederal Sahel is building an ecosystem of multipolar alliances in which secondary regional actors find room to project their influence. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su From the golden age to the break, from the...
Is Team Russia on track for the LA28 Olympics?
Full ArticleWhy has the IOC not banned Britain, France, Germany, and other European NATO states for arming a NeoNazi regime in Kiev that is bombing civilians in Russia? Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su After nearly three...
Prosecuted for defending Palestinians’ right to resist, the MEP says Gaza has exposed a ‘complete divorce’ between governments and their publics Read Article HERE MEP Rima Hassan during the European Parliament Plenary, September 2024. (The Left/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) The post +972: Rima Hassan...
Russia Continues to Pound Ukraine
Full ArticleWhile the Western media continues to hype Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russia as incredible military achievements that are sapping Russia’s will to fight, the reality is that Russia continues an unrelenting bombing and missile campaign that is destroying critical Ukrainian...
Hat tip to Kevin Wamsley of Inside China Business. His recent video explaining the importance of China’s Beidou satellite navigation system provides a critical insight into the current success of Iran’s missile strikes on US and Israeli targets. It is...
In his new book, Roger Hallam of Extinction Rebellion provides tools for effective resistance to climate collapse under repressive systems We are living in an age of climate collapse, which will most likely result in mass displacement and death, warns Roger...
Far Away [Part 20] – Among the Afghans
Full ArticleAmid the hospitality of the Afghans, Longwei tells a story, and Darius’s duel with Meilin ends with an unexpected trip to the Hakim’s wagon. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part...
Award-winning entomologist Dino Martins, known for his work on pollinators, shows in his latest book that even the most gruesome creatures have vital roles to play Dino J Martins has never been able to resist the small things. The renowned entomologist...
There are many Liberals, the Epstein Class, and Managerial and Professional Caste who claim that Neo-liberalism does not exist and cannot be defined. Richard Murphy shows how simple it is to understand the force that is destroying our societies and...
Incumbent Carlos Vila Nova hopes to defeat his former party and secure second term as independent Voters in São Tomé and Príncipe go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks to...
The current architecture of international relations faces a profound, non-linear crisis that extends far beyond the traditional boundaries of regional military conflict. The ongoing military escalation in the Middle East — particularly around the region’s key maritime chokepoints, the Suez...
This infographic presents the top 10 countries whose citizens have been identified as foreign mercenaries in Ukraine, based on the calculations за Lostarmour, a Russian crowdsourcing portal that compiles and verifies open-source casualty data. Join us on Telegram , Twitter ,...
America’s manufactured menaces
Full ArticleBy Bruce FEIN Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Antifa and drug trafficking are hardly existential threats to the American way of life. The American Empire is the safest country in history. Among other things, we sport more...
Gangrene
Full ArticleJoin us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Empires never surrender: they rot; there is no empire without an end. We have the rare opportunity to see the gringo empire turn into scum while it still retains...
The conflict in the Middle East never ended
Full ArticleThe pause between the United States and Iran was merely the prelude to a new phase of the war. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The recent resumption of hostilities between the United States and Iran...
Brazil no longer plays “football-art,” nor does it manage to achieve results by appealing to “tactical awareness” and “efficiency.” Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Not a day has passed in the last month without Brazilians...
Trump’s war in Iran has confirmed wholesale that Israel owns him and the U.S. taxpayer. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Is Britain’s new prime minister about to stand up to the hugely powerful Israeli lobby?...
America’s Imperial Wars, Then and Now
Full ArticleI recently drove to a gas station in Massachusetts to fill my tank with regular gas, the cheapest around, and, to my surprise, given what’s going on, it was only $4.59 a gallon. Okay, okay, I take back that “only” and...
In a speech given on Wednesday in honor of Nelson Mandela Day, New York’s mayor reflects on what Madiba can teach us in a fractured era What a privilege it is to be together to honor the leadership of the Nelson...
In the grand circus of American politics, Kentucky somehow keeps stealing the spotlight. In the latest ongoing saga, 84-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell has managed to create the ultimate stir: found unresponsive in his D.C. home more than two weeks ago,...
Gaza / PNN / The Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp confirmed the number of casualties, saying people were struck at the funeral for a Palestinian killed in a strike earlier on Friday. Israel and the Hamas resistance group agreed to...
Hat tip to Kevin Wamsley of Inside China Business. His recent video explaining the importance of China’s Beidou satellite navigation system provides a critical insight into the current success of Iran’s missile strikes on US and Israeli targets. It is...
Imagine a seafood restaurant overlooking the Aegean, with tables set just meters from the water. One of its guiding principles is to source as much line-caught fish as possible. In other words, it cares not only about how the fish...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a legislative victory on Friday with the passage of a revision to the Imperial Household Law, but she faced significant criticism for her management of the Diet as the ruling parties voted to extend the...
Vanadium is viewed as a critical mineral by the United States, the European Union, Russia, China and many other countries because of its importance to energy storage and industrial alloys. At the Astana Metals & Metallurgy (AMM) Congress, Ferro-Alloy Resources CEO Nicholas Bridgen discussed the...
Artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by one country, but a symphony of international cooperation. That was Chinese President Xi Jinping’s framing on July 17, when he opened the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global...
It recently emerged that tech billionaire Peter Thiel is running a secret society that brings together fellow CEOs and billionaires with political leaders. Members reportedly include figures like NATO supreme commander Alexus Grynkewich and the son-in-law of US President Donald...
Driven by shifting domestic political dynamics and a transforming regional landscape, Bangladesh’s new prime minister, Tarique Rahman, who came to power after a landslide in February this year, has shelved plans to visit its most consequential neighbor, India, for the...
Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush...
China is building an increasingly sophisticated anti-stealth network, but its effectiveness may depend less on individual radar performance than on its ability to integrate, maintain and operate the wider system under combat pressure. Last month, the China Aerospace Studies Institute...
Shoshana Bryen, senior director of Washington’s Jewish Policy Center and editor of inFOCUS Quarterly, died on Thursday, July 16, 2026. She was a longtime contributor to Asia Times of articles often written in collaboration with her husband, former US Under Secretary...
This is not sleepwalking into war. The European elites’ eyes are wide open and crazed. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European Union has officially joined the war effort against Russia. This week, European Commission...
Credit: liujunrong/iStock by Getty Images - Source: IMF By Jean-Marc Natal and Azim Sadikov WASHINGTON DC, Jul 17 2026 (IPS) The largest disruption to the global oil market in decades should have sent prices soaring. But after spiking at the start of the...
July 17 marked the ninetieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The coup was a decisive event in the Spanish Revolution (1931-39). The defeat of the revolution was a seminal experience of the 20th century whose lessons...
Senior research fellow Gary Miller spoke to Financial Times about attempts to exploit mobile network vulnerabilities to track US personnel during the Iran war. “Iran absolutely has capabilities to get real-time, immediate, and continuous location information,” he said. “It would surprise...
SERBIA: ‘We Are Becoming an Electoral Autocracy, a System Where the Government Cannot Lose’
Full ArticleBy CIVICUS Jul 17 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the prospects for elections in Serbia with Rasa Nedeljkov, Programme Director at the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability, a civil society organisation that monitors electoral processes and the rule of law in Serbia. Rasa...
Your Humble Correspondent does not discuss Politics, because Politics are personal. The Somerset Thesis of Politics vs. Policy Everything that made you who you are – your History, your Family, your Employment, your Sexuality, your Morality – those incidentals which define your...
The House speaker’s refashioned red scare
Full ArticleJohnson’s best imitation of Joseph McCarthy. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Speaker of the House Mike Johnson finalized the Republican plank for the upcoming midterm election. It will not be about affordability, inflation, and the...
Reuters reported that Iran’s leaders instructed the Houthis in Yemen to close Bab al Mandeb Strait, the maritime chokepoint at the southern end of the Red Sea, if the United States strikes Iran’s power infrastructure. The Houthis are also focused...
Päivi Räsänen says the loss of her UK travel authorization is the latest consequence of a controversial court ruling over her Christian views on marriage and sexuality. By Zolta Győri Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Finnish...
Ankara at the heart of the alliance
Full ArticleTurkey, caught between two systems, shifts the center of gravity of its strategic choices. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Turkey regains its position On July 7 and 8, 2026, Ankara hosted the 36 th summit of...
The new (old) relevance of gold. NIKA DUBROVSKY Hello, everyone. I’m very happy to welcome Kathleen Tyson and Michael Hudson back to the David Graeber Institute . And today we are going to talk about gold — which is very fascinating, given...
Madhulima Tewari is the CEO and founder of VerifAIX. After two decades building EDA tools, taping out chips, and working on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise AI applications, she teamed up with chip design and methodology leaders and university...
Jonathan Cook – Britain’s Big Brother state is already here – we just don’t realise it yet
Full ArticleWhile the public is encouraged to blame immigrants, Muslims, the left, or ‘Israel haters’, the UK state is racing to erect a scaffolding of control to protect itself before we wake up to the deception Jonathan Cook is the author of...
Norman Solomon – Politicians Should Stop Hiding Behind the “Two-State Solution” Fantasy
Full ArticleToday, the two-state scenario is far-fetched to the point of delusion if not evasion. Norman Solomon is the national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. The paperback edition of his latest book, War Made Invisible:...
Trump wins bigly… as a war criminal
Full ArticleThe entire rotten system of dehumanizing exploitation and relentless warmongering needs to be prosecuted and vanquished – before it destroys humanity. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su If there’s a World Cup for war criminals, Trump...
There’s No Good Outcome to the Warner Bros. Takeover
Full ArticleThe following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack . The future of Warner Bros is again up in the air. Following yet another corporate restructuring – after having been partners or a subsidiary of Time, AOL, AT&T, and Discovery –...
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