The real beginning is with Rerum Novarum, the encyclical that Leo XIII (the predecessor of Leo XIV) issued in 1891. In 1891, the Church had lost the Papal State, which it had held for over a thousand years, for some twenty...
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The semiconductor industry is entering a new era in which advanced packaging and chiplets-based architectures are becoming the primary drivers of system-level innovation. As traditional process-node scaling becomes increasingly complex and expensive, manufacturers are turning to heterogeneous integration, combining… com/artificial-intelligence/370248-feed-forward-intelligence-enabling-testability-in-the-chiplets-era/">Feed...
Washington’s power politics undermines institutions
Full ArticleU.S. President Donald Trump, during his first and second administrations, has broken with American tradition and rejected international law and institutions. Washington’s foreign policy is fully militarized and is characterized by power politics. The present long-planned war against Iran is...
Beit Sahour says settlement plan threatens its last remaining area for future expansion
Full ArticleBEIT SAHOUR, West Bank / PNN / Monjed Jadou Palestinian officials in the city of Beit Sahour say a recently announced Israeli land seizure in the eastern area known as Ash al-Ghrab threatens the city's last remaining space for future...
Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza since the US-brokered alleged ceasefire last October, the enclave's health ministry said on Thursday, as at least three people were reported killed in the latest strike. Medics said an Israeli...
Proposed post-war security arrangements could eventually see French, British and Qatari forces play a larger role along Lebanon's southern border as part of efforts to provide guarantees against future Israeli aggression, a retired Lebanese army officer has told...
Facing a shrinking fighter force and a surging Chinese air arm, the US Air Force is betting that robotic wingmen — not more manned jets — will decide who controls the skies over the western Pacific. This month, multiple media...
The Afghanistan War Commission , created by the U.S. Congress in 2021, will deliver its final report in about two months on lessons learned from the 20-year war. The commission has already noted that the U.S. government,...
The Ukrainianization of Europe has already begun
Full ArticleFrom Galați to the Baltic, the continent enters the new era of permanent war. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su by Pino Cabras Drones, escalation, and rearmament: the model tested in Ukraine becomes...
The US-Iran framework agreement to end the US-Israeli war on Iran proves that nuclear weapons provide no strategic advantage, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) said Thursday. US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed...
The value of Israeli military goods imported into the UK multiplied by more than 100 times during the war on Gaza, an analysis of international trade data by Action on Armed Violence has revealed. Figures from the UN Comtrade database...
Italian BDS campaign targets Israeli drugmaker Teva
Full ArticleA campaign launched by pro-Palestinian groups is gaining momentum in Italy, targeting Israeli drugmaker Teva in an effort to pressure local and regional authorities to end dealings with the company through public procurement and contracts. The campaign is based...
Remembering a modern thought hero
Full ArticleDr. Reiner Fuellmich is rotting in a German dungeon, in the European garden where human rights and freedom to speak truth to power without fear of punishment are said to be paramount values. Join us on Telegram , Twitter ,...
WASHINGTON, (PIC) The Hind Rajab Foundation has called on US authorities to arrest an Israeli soldier with American citizenship, identified only as “Jake,” over his suspected involvement in war crimes and the systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza. The rights group...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Faisal Salama, head of the Popular Committee for Services in Tulkarem Refugee Camp, has revealed the scale of destruction caused by ongoing Israeli military operations in the camp, reporting that 1,100 housing units have been completely destroyed and...
Peace, yes, but what kind of peace? Some geopolitical doubts about the Iran-U.S. agreement
Full ArticleThe world needs peace, and, unfortunately, not all the countries we are talking about are champions of it. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su To trust or not to trust? General premise: it...
Several cities in Syria have been rocked by protests this week demanding accountability for officials from deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime presumed to be guilty of war crimes. The protests were triggered by a series of issues such...
Several Syrian cities have been swept by angry protests targeting figures associated with deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime , as frustration over the slow pace of justice for war crimes spills onto the streets and raises fresh fears...
There are times one is surrounded by such Retardation you are divided between suicide and genocide. During such moments I reflect upon the decision not to become a viral pathologist…ah, well. This fine layering of stupidity upon ignorance drizzled with smugness certainly...
By: Johanes E.S. Wato - - - - Ndambu festival of Kimaam (Kimaghima) people in Yos Sudarso Island of South Papua, Indonesia. Photo from Wikimedia Commons In Indonesia, government officials frequently defend development policies by pointing to statistical achievements:...
Trump’s art of the debacle
Full ArticleThis defeat of U.S. imperial power is on par with the shame of the Vietnam War. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su When Trump launched his war against Iran on February 28, his...
Ukraine on Thursday launched its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires in and around the capital, hitting a major oil refinery and forcing evacuations at the country's largest airport, officials said. AFP reporters saw large...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Asra Media Office (AMO) has revealed new details about a large-scale crackdown carried out by Israeli prison authorities against Palestinian female detainees at Damon prison on May 13, describing it as involving physical and psychological abuse as...
The United Arab Emirates has set a minimum age of 15 for social media use, becoming the first Arab country to introduce such a restriction as governments worldwide seek to address growing concerns over the impact of online...
Charlie Kirk’s media empire and his right-wing activist organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), have come under the control of the Israel-directed forces he spent the last months of his life antagonizing. Erika Kirk now claims her husband supported Israel to...
TOKYO – China’s latest fix for its ailing economy: build a better birdcage. The metaphor runs deep in Chinese culture, where enclosures for pet birds have long captured the tension between freedom and control — the belief that markets, like...
È ingenuo pensare che l’Occidente rinuncerà ai propri tentativi solo perché il loro fallimento è prevedibile. Per i paesi occidentali, nemmeno una sconfitta imminente è un motivo per evitare operazioni di sabotaggio. Per l’UE e la NATO, ci sono solo...
Manila’s International Airport, the worst in Southeast Asia and perpetually under renovation, serves as the departure hall for more than two million Filipino workers whom the state contracts out annually to foreign employers. The passengers are nurses, seafarers, engineers and...
The arrival of leaders from across Southeast Asia in the Russian city of Kazan for the ASEAN–Russia Commemorative Summit on June 17-18, 2026, represents far more than a routine diplomatic gathering. Partially overlapping with a Group of Seven (G7) meeting...
Volkswagen's plans for a deal with Israeli arms maker Rafael to use its struggling Osnabrueck plant to manufacture weapons are being complicated by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, the German carmaker's third-largest investor, according to a report by...
Israel on Wednesday approved the expansion of an illegal Jewish school for settlers squatting in the centre of the Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, in a construction push that violates a decades-old agreement. Israel's...
European lawmakers are to give final approval on Wednesday to tougher migration rules that will grant authorities broader powers to detain irregular arrivals and allow for the creation of deportation centres outside the bloc. The vote in Strasbourg is one...
Beit Iksa: Palestinian village facing isolation and livelihood restrictions in Jerusalem
Full ArticleOCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) A few kilometers away from the occupied city of Jerusalem, the Palestinian village of Beit Iksa lives a harsh reality as a result of a continuous Israeli siege that affects the details of daily life, starting from freedom...
Germany is deploying two ships to the Red Sea in preparation for a possible military mission in the Strait of Hormuz, Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday. "As we speak, our minesweeper Fulda and the supply ship Mosel...
More than half of Ayetoro – a Christian utopia founded in the 1940s – has been lost to the ocean, and its remaining people are running out of options In the early hours of 15 February 2019, the Atlantic Ocean came...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian health ministry announced on Thursday that two Palestinians were killed and eight others injured over the past 24 hours as a result of ongoing Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the ministry said that...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli forces carried out a series of coordinated raids across multiple cities, towns, and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem early Thursday, conducting home searches, vehicle inspections, arrests, and firing tear gas, stun grenades,...
Professor Daniela Gabor referring to the AI bubble, argued recently on instagram: The iceberg is ahead of us, but we are being told to look the other way. Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike...
US, Iran on same page, as President Masoud Pezeshkian holds the signed MoU with President Donald Trump’s signature ending the war and lifting US naval blockade, Tehran, June 18, 2026. The authenticity of the public articulation of the stunning proposal...
In the end it was the economic issue that brought about Trump’s capitulation, but one should not forget that in the meantime Iran’s military capabilities had surpassed those of the US and Israel. Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer...
Welcome! Here are the key updates of the day: - The US and Iran have officially signed a memorandum of understanding to end the US-Israeli war on Iran. US President Donald Trump, at Versailles Palace in France, and Iran's President...
When Bangladesh’s newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office earlier this year, there was a tentative hint that New Delhi and Dhaka might finally transcend the bitter recriminations that followed ex-leader Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster in a 2024 uprising,...
Will US Opposition to UN’s Socio-Economic Goals Play a Decisive Role in the Vote for Next Secretary-General?
Full ArticleSecurity Council. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 2026 (IPS) As the campaign for a new UN secretary-general gathers momentum, will the US exercise the decisive vote — or the veto– in the final selection?...
Despite long-standing predictions, Europe’s decline is now gathering momentum due to the incompetent policies of the elites, internal problems, and external factors, which call for a rethinking of its role in the world and the establishment of cooperation with Russia....
On June 16, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) will officially revert to its previous name, the US Pacific Command (PACOM). The move reverses a decision made during President Donald Trump’s first term to...
What Triggered Trump to Make the Deal with Iran?
Full ArticleTrump signs electronic copy of the MOU in Versailles To quote James Carville, “Its the economy stupid!” On Monday I wrote: So the question we ought to ask is why did Donald Trump blink and accept the proposal that Iran proffered...
Meet the biggest winner of the war with Iran
Full ArticleAfter months of on-and-off talks, Iran and the United States are set to end their war and sign an interim peace agreement on Friday June 19 in Switzerland. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi led most of the negotiations, but no...
After the Iran War, is UAE the odd man out?
Full ArticleThe roles played by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey in facilitating the “ Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding ” underscore the extent to which regional actors have invested in creating off-ramps for the United States and Iran, and...
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