Eurasia

Power parity informs the view from Ankara, which has a strong interest in preventing Iran from going nuclear or alternatively falling into chaos—even as the war’s outcome will be largely outside Turkish control. On May 22, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to …

Iran US War Live Updates: The US-Israel-Iran conflict remains at a delicate crossroads as military action and diplomacy unfold simultaneously across the region. The United States says it carried out “self-defence” strikes on missile launch sites and mine-laying vessels in southern Iran, while senior Iranian negotiators have travelled to Qatar …

Project Blue Beam, a conspiracy theory originating from Serge Monast’s 1994 claims, suggests a government-led scheme to simulate a fake alien invasion or religious event to establish global control. Project Blue Beam has resurfaced repeatedly across social media over the last few years, especially during discussions about UFOs, drones, artificial …

Concerns about American biological laboratories in Ukraine and other post-Soviet republics can no longer be considered exclusively ‘Russian disinformation.’ In Part 1 of this investigative series, I examined the growing fears surrounding emerging pandemics, high-containment biological laboratories, and the renewed public scrutiny of gain-of-function research in the aftermath of COVID-19. …

Attrition rather than territorial movement is increasingly becoming the decisive factor shaping the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine. A recent article published in the Kyiv Independent titled “Is Ukraine starting to win the war again?” tests the maxim that if you need to ask, the answer is probably “no.” …

Strategic Alert: Trump’s “Wedding” Deception and the Boiling Point of “Fuel”… Washington Arms the Middle East Slaughterhouse. Friday, May 22, 2026 (Day 84 of the War) US President Donald Trump’s erratic statements regarding the negotiations were merely a smokescreen. His sudden announcement of skipping his son’s wedding to “stay at …

The power of the neoliberal ideological apparatus, its omnipresent intrusiveness, capable of permeating the entirety of the era’s general imaginary and, therefore, subsuming both the Right and Left quadrants under its umbrella, is clearly revealed by its performative capacity to legitimize itself in any context by delegitimizing any truly existing …

Field Marshal Asim Munir arrives in Tehran to advance mediation efforts between Iran and the US. Despite diplomatic efforts, mainly involving Pakistan, to secure a permanent end to the US-Israeli war on Iran, President Donald Trump appears determined to maintain pressure on Tehran rather than seek a lasting political settlement. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China on May 19-20 and held important meetings with Chinese officials, including his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. United World International (UWI) writer and political scientist Dr. Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated Russian President Putin’s visit. How would you generally assess the outcomes of Russian President Vladimir …

The US/Israeli war with Iran not only altered the military balance in the Middle East. It also opened a deeper crisis: that of the power model upon which the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries built their rise over the past few decades. The US/Israeli war with Iran not only altered …