By Manuel Tufró* – ScheerPost Twenty-five years ago, four simultaneous suicide attacks on U.S. soil claimed 2,977 lives. Most of the victims were people who worked in the World Trade Center’s twin towers.
By Boaventura De Sousa Santos* – Meer Artificial Intelligence as a litmus test. The end of the Soviet Union and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe was hailed as the great universal consolidation of capitalism, considered the “natural” way to organize the economy and…
Trump announced a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he portrayed as permanent US control over Greenland’s security, while Denmark and Greenland emphasized preserved sovereignty. The deal avoids territorial conflict but establishes a precedent of coercion against allies, normalizing sphere-of-influence politics that undermines NATO trust.
By Athanasios G. Platias* – Modern Diplomacy The idea that the world is becoming multipolar has acquired the status of conventional wisdom.
President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States represents a choice between confrontation and coexistence. The article argues that China cannot be contained, economic separation harms both nations, and collaboration on climate, health, and AI is essential to avoid catastrophic conflict.
Russia holds parliamentary elections amid ongoing war in Ukraine, with the dominant United Russia party expected to win despite potential loss of supermajority. The Russian economy shows stagflation—slowing growth, persistent inflation, and declining civilian manufacturing—as military spending consumes resources while long-term structural weaknesses persist.
By Nate Bear* – donotpanic.substack.com AI war-tech firm Palantir has embedded itself deeply within Ukrainian military systems and civil society, turning the country into a laboratory for its dystopian technologies of tracing, surveillance and kill-targeting. Palantir, founded…
The UN endorsed the Equal Earth map projection, which more fairly represents landmasses compared to the commonly used Mercator projection that distorts regions near the poles. The change aims to provide a more accurate geographic understanding for educational and policy purposes, though its widespread adoption requires investment in updating textbooks and media.
An Israeli drone operator has alleged that army officers treat Gaza’s entire population as targets with no rules of engagement, describing widespread killings of Palestinian civilians and lack of accountability during military operations since October 2023.
A largely forgotten UN Charter provision allowing former Allied powers to take military action against former Axis enemies without Security Council approval could gain relevance amid Russia-Germany tensions, despite German government claims the clause is obsolete.
