Eurasia Press & News
Israel is expanding its control over territory in southern Syria, not merely through military means, but also through the purchase of agricultural lands by individuals of Jewish descent holding multiple nationalities, Al-Akhbar reported on 4 May. According to a local source in the Deraa Governorate of southern Syria, extensive purchases …
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6 May
Russia’s Resettlement Strategy in Occupied Ukraine
Russia is engaged in a deliberate, sophisticated, and systematic campaign to repopulate occupied areas of Ukraine with Russian citizens as part of a broader effort to consolidate control and forcibly integrate these territories into the Russian state. This campaign has accelerated over the past year as the occupation has become …
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6 May
The long shock: How the Iran war is remaking the global economy
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz marks a rupture in the post-1970s energy order, with consequences that may redefine how the global economy functions The US and Israeli-led war on Iran has initiated a chain reaction that has culminated in the most significant oil supply disruption in modern history. …
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6 May
Islam’s Turbocharged Takeover of Europe
Discord between Western allies — ostensibly due to contrasting views towards Islam and Israel — has recently escalated to a new height. Its core most likely consists of a deep-seated envy that a handful of scruffy, hunted people managed to transform a land of sand dunes, deserts and malarial swamps …
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6 May
Iran’s New Oil Weapon
Despite a fragile cease-fire between the United States and Iran, the global economic crisis sparked by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues unabated. Dueling blockades have kept 20 percent of the global oil supply, 20 percent of the global supply of liquefied natural gas, and critical commodities such …
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6 May
The US War for Energy Dominance Seeks Dominance Over Europe and Asia
ƒDespite apparent military setbacks, the U.S. war against Iran may represent a broader strategy aimed at reshaping global energy flows and strengthening Washington’s geopolitical leverage. The US war on Iran — at face value — appears to be a catastrophic tactical and strategic US failure demonstrating the limits of its …
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6 May
The UAE and the Unravelling of Gulf Consensus
The United Arab Emirates’ exit from OPEC is not a technocratic adjustment to oil policy; it is a geopolitical signal. Beneath the surface of production quotas and market strategy lies a deeper rupture: the erosion of Gulf unity as a guiding principle of regional order. Accelerated by wartime vulnerability, sharpened …
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6 May
The Danger of Mythos: Digital Sovereignty of the Global South under Mortal Threat
Threats emanating from a powerful upcoming Large Language Model (LLM) to the world’s digital infrastructure demonstrate how the US is pushing the world towards the brink of a new informational disaster. Mythos, a powerful Large Language Model (LLM), is currently the talk of the town in the technological circles around …
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6 May
Russia Threatened to Halt Syrian Oil Operations if Assad Regime Didn’t Pay Debt
Leaked meeting minutes show Russia’s deputy defense minister leaning on Syria to pay a $37-million bill for keeping oil flowing. Months after that meeting, the regime of Bashar al-Assad fell to a rebel coalition. Syria’s new government has continued to negotiate with Russia over its total debt of at least …
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