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As NATO holds its summit in Ankara on July 7-8, two major conflicts in which member countries are deeply involved, Russia-Ukraine and Iran, could quickly escalate to a point of no return. While European leaders continue to present Russia as an imminent threat to Europe, Russian forces launched a major offensive against military production sites in Kyiv on July 6, […]

On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, Diane Sare, independent candidate for the presidency in 2028, held a day-long conference on July 5 in Philadelphia dedicated to restating and to reviving the founding principles of the Republic, as stated in that historic document. Unfortunately, as the various expert speakers pointed out, […]

In a July 3 video address to the National Constitutional Center in Philadelphia, commemorating the founding of the United States, Pope Leo XIV gave the speech that President Trump should have given for the Fourth of July celebrations. Speaking as “a son of this great country, founded by courageous men and women who dreamed of liberty and of a better […]

Just over two weeks before leaving Downing Street, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled, on June 30, his much-touted Defense Investment Plan (DIP), which provides for a £15 billion increase in defense spending this year. To sell the plan to the public, the outgoing Prime Minister attempted to sell the military buildup as a jobs program. “It will create nearly […]

As German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosted the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Berlin on July 3, he pledged an even greater military build up against Russia. Just one day before, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda had announced that his parliamentary leaders are favorable to changing their nation’s constitution, to allow foreign nuclear weapons to be stationed in Lithuania. This […]

The debate on a serious investigation into the September 2022 attack on the Nord Stream pipelines transporting Russian gas to the German coast has been on the political back burner in Germany for a long time. But developments last week introduced new elements into the affair: the German Federal Public Prosecutor announced on July 2 that the indictment against one […]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced during the NATO summit in Turkiye the nations that have agreed to become founding members of the global bank he has promoted to finance the military build-up in NATO countries and, although he doesn’t say so, to prop up the western financial system (cf. SAS 27/26). This Defense, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) is […]

In the aftermath of the unexpected and stinging defeat of the combined military forces of the U.S. and Israel by Iran, a fight has emerged to prevent Congress from implementing the de facto merger of the two countries’ military. Section 219 (formerly 224) of the new National Defense Authorization Act would integrate the defense sectors of the United States and […]

Chinese researchers note the surprising results of their wheat production in the experimental project in the Taklamakan Desert, producing more than double what they expected. This feat was achieved in Makit County on the southwestern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, in Xinjiang province. The county is surrounded on three sides by sand, and has an annual precipitation of less than […]

Great uncertainty again dominates the strategic picture, with the conflicts around both Iran and Ukraine evolving on a daily basis. While the greater immediate danger appears for the moment to have shifted away from South-West Asia to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, the underlying dynamic comes from the efforts of the transatlantic world to maintain the dominance of […]