On July 6, a Chinese navy submarine fired a long-range ballistic missile into international waters in the South Pacific. The nuclear-capable missile, which was launched from underwater and carried an inert dummy warhead, is believed to have splashed down near...
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Russia debates technocracy and the future of peoples
Full ArticleSkepticism toward accelerationism, wariness of transhumanism—and a call for distinct civilizational futures, not Western tech inevitability. Russia charts its own path. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su I had the honor of...
A child's painting of a fawn at the Conference Centre of Samarkand, where the Eighth GEF Assembly was held last month. The Bukhara deer, a species once pushed to the edge of survival by habitat loss and poaching, are now...
The race to replace outgoing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is underway, and as of today, five contenders are vying for the post. As part of the selection process, all the contenders have made public their vision for the United Nations...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi , who came to power through a military coup in 2013 that overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, has drawn criticism after saying the relocation of key state institutions to the...
L’Artico nel mirino di Parigi
Full ArticleL’Estremo Nord non è più, sotto ogni aspetto, una periferia ghiacciata, bensì un avamposto della sicurezza euro-atlantica. Segue nostro Telegram . Un teatro che ha perso la sua eccezione Per decenni l’Artico ha rappresentato l’anomalia virtuosa del sistema internazionale: una...
Explosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as France’s president met with his Syrian counterpart in a landmark visit, wounding at least 18 people, Syria's Interior Ministry said. Emmanuel Macron had entered the presidential palace to meet Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa...
On Sunday, healthcare workers in Chicago held a vigil to mark more than a thousand days of genocide as a way to honour those who have lost their lives and to raise awareness of the ongoing assault on...
One word spoils the NATO jamboree… Konstantinovka
Full ArticleThe NATO instigators are tasting bitter fruit as they gather in Ankara. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The NATO summit taking place in Turkey this week was already looking fraught with...
The film-maker Don Edkins lost his son Max in 2019, in the Ethiopian Airline crash that killed 157 people. With Max’s brother Teboho, he has made a documentary, not about the crash, but about their mourning It was, says Teboho Edkins,...
Egypt coach Hossam Hassan broke away from discussing his team's upcoming World Cup round of 16 match against Argentina to give an impassioned monologue about the plight of the Palestinian people. Hassan, who waved a Palestinian flag after...
The Takaichi visit shows that India and Japan are hedging their bets as faith in U.S. security guarantees wanes, seeking deeper economic and defense cooperation to navigate a shifting Indo-Pacific order. Yet, despite the fanfare, the partnership remains more a...
On Tuesday, NATO will showcase a series of new military projects worth billions of dollars in an attempt to convince US President Donald Trump that the allies are stepping up defence spending and converting investment into...
Norman Solomon: You’ve downplayed the importance of the individual in history. But the United States now has as president an individual who transformed power relations and the political landscape. Karl Marx: I can assure you that he did not do that by himself. Power...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished on Tuesday two Palestinian houses under construction in the West Bank province of Ramallah, claiming they were built with no permits. Local sources reported that bulldozers escorted by Israeli soldiers stormed the al Attari...
The world is passing through a breaking point that will alter the course of history. Precisely at this critical juncture, our country is hosting a historic gathering on July 7-8, 2026, in our capital, Ankara, at our source of pride,...
The Japanese yen’s collapse through mid-2026 has become one of the most consequential disruptions to hit global financial markets in decades. The currency has slid past 162 yen to the US dollar, its weakest level since 1986 — a sharp...
BANGKOK – Vietnam is digging up a graveyard so a sprawling Trump International golf resort with plush residences can be built along the Red River, while “the highest Starbucks coffeehouse in Asia” has opened on Vietnam’s tallest mountain peak near...
After the announcement of the list of 70 members appointed by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Syrian People's Assembly is preparing to hold its first session nearly two years since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. The announcement coincided...
Shipment discovered at airport in Monrovia and valued at £14.2m had been falsely declared as seasoning cubes Authorities in Liberia have charged five suspects over one of the largest drug seizures in the country’s history, after police found more than 200kg...
Welcome, Here are the key updates of the day: - Funerary ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Khamenei are underway in the holy city of Qom - - Tensions have slightly increased in the Hormuz after reports of two tankers coming...
Uzoamaka Power’s broken-hearted, lovable worker falls for a charming customer in this delightful, deftly written tale Here is a delightful Nigerian romcom, in which Soluchi, or “Sol” (played by Uzoamaka Power) is a modern-minded career woman living in Lagos where she...
China’s weapons may face mounting questions over quality, reliability and after-sales support, but its arms trade still serves a larger strategic purpose: locking vulnerable states into long-term military, economic and political dependence. That paradox is at the center of a...
On 26 June 2026, groups search through rubble in the state of La Guaira, Venezuela, after two major earthquakes on 24 June caused homes and buildings to collapse. Thousands remain unaccounted for, and many may still be searching for loved...
Correcting the Record on the USS Boxer
Full ArticleUSS Boxer During my interview the other night with Sulaiman I reacted with astonishment and skepticism to the CENTCOM announcement that the USS Boxer was being sent to the Sea of Oman. It deployed in early March and was widely...
Protests in Seoul have now been under way for more than twenty days; the head of the Central Election Commission has resigned and a criminal case has been opened against him; President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating, once triumphant, has...
By Gabriele Koehler and Catherine Mbengue MUNICH / BRUSSELS , Jul 7 2026 (IPS) The 2030 agenda cum SDGs are due to be completed in 2030, with negotiations towards a follow-up agenda to begin formally at the UN General Assembly...
Goodbye Indo-Pacific, hello first island chain!
Full ArticleOn June 16, the Pentagon announced that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) would revert to its 1947 name, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). U.S. officials called it a restoration of "deep historical roots" and insisted that the command's area of responsibility, stretching...
The outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz catalyzed an energy market shock that reverberated globally, creating “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,” according to the...
In the iconic final sequence of The Godfather, Michael Corleone eliminated his rivals one by one while his son was being baptized. The scene stands as one of cinema’s most compelling depictions of power and the consolidation of control, and...
By: Tita C. Valderama - - - - The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, opened Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Monday in what could become the country’s most consequential constitutional proceeding since the conviction of former...
Zalando is slashing 2,700 jobs at its Erfurt logistics hub to boost profits—and the Verdi union bureaucracy is helping the company do it by haggling over severance pay instead of fighting to keep the facility open. Workers must seize control...
Pakistan has quietly begun mediating between Libya's rival eastern and western power centres , news agency Reuters reports- citing two Pakistani sources- in a previously unreported Pakistani effort that would further raise its diplomatic profile if it...
President Trump was reportedly “shocked” to see many thousands of Iranians in the street mourning at the funeral of the country’s late leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over the weekend. Khamenei was assassinated by the United States at the beginning of...
The UN aid chief held a phone call Monday with Sudan's RSF paramilitary leader on hostilities around El-Obeid, and stressed the need for sustained humanitarian access to the city, his agency said. Tom Fletcher spoke to Mohamed Hamdan Daglo,...
Morocco 's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attack plots targeting sensitive sites and public security by a cell loyal to Islamic State's affiliate in the Sahel . Ten suspects were arrested in coordinated operations in the cities...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has threatened to fight a Supreme Court order regarding a media regulator, reigniting a judicial dispute that shook Israel in the months leading up to Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack . The decision comes ahead...
A Syrian ex-general and a former police officer were handed eight-year jail sentences by a Viennese court on Monday for torturing opponents of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad . The trial is the latest to see suspects from the Syrian civil...
Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country's south on Monday killed four people, including three women, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah . Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said a...
Quale futuro per il panafricanismo?
Full ArticleIl panafricanismo è stato storicamente ideologia e prassi. Agli occhi dei suoi ispiratori questo non poteva mai rimanere un discorso chiuso, rigido, dogmatico e limitato sulla consapevolezza razziale. Dopo la scomparsa dei suoi leader carismatici (da Nkrumah a Sankara, fino...
The Israeli parliament approved a bill in its first reading on Monday to set up a commission of inquiry into the security failings that led to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 . "The purpose of the proposed law...
Most crypto forty-niners died broke in a warehouse full of their computing rigs. Former Ethereum miner CoreWeave took its gold to Wall Street. On June 22, 2026, it joined the Nasdaq-100 — fifteen months after its IPO, nine years after...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli forces and settlers intensified their violations in Occupied Jerusalem during June 2026, carrying out 540 documented violations against Palestinians, their property, and Islamic holy sites, according to the Ma’ta Palestine Information Center. The center reported that more than...
Head of Gaza tribal coalition calls for national committee to begin governing the Strip
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) The head of the national coalition of Palestinian tribes, clans, and families, Alaa Al-Din Al-Aklouk, on Monday called for the national committee for Gaza administration to be allowed to begin its work in the Gaza Strip, saying there is...
NEW YORK, (PIC) The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday called on Israel to immediately release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, describing his detention as “arbitrary.” In a statement, the UNHRC said Israel’s...
James Smith – The West must act to save Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from being killed by Israel
Full ArticleA Gaza doctor was abducted and has been held captive in an Israeli dungeon for more than 550 days, for the crime of trying to save Palestinians caught up in the Israeli slaughter. James Smith is a lecturer in Humanitarian Policy...
The rise of ‘Pax Americana’. Read part 1 of this series, on the American revolution, here . Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog President Monroe,...
‘In Serbia, the connivance between politicians and multinational capital has fed a sustained protest movement. Current protests in Albania, resisting a luxury development project backed by Jared Kushner, target a similar cronyish capitalism.’ In Jacobin . Read the article...
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