Economy & Finance

Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitics Are Becoming More Complex Authored by Andrew Korybko, Tensions are growing between Turkiye-Pakistan and Israel-Cyprus-Greece… Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean can no longer be taken for granted as a result of three recent developments: 1) the growing Turkish-Israeli rivalry in post-Assad Syria; 2) Israel’s reported plans to establish a rapid response force with Cyprus and Greece; […]

Le Pen’s Political Future Hangs In The Balance As Appeal Begins This Week The political future of Marine Le Pen hinges on a crucial appeal in Paris this week that will determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential election, after she was barred from public office over misusing 4 million euros of EU

EU Official Plotted To ‘Organize Resistance’ Against Hungary’s Orban, Files Show Authored by Kit Klarenberg via The GrayZone, A senior European Union official has been secretly seeking to remove Hungarian President Viktor Orban since at least 2019, according to leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone. The files show in January 2019, the EU’s International Coordinator

China–EU EV Conflict Nears Resolution As New Pricing Framework Emerges China and the EU took a significant step Monday toward easing their long-running electric vehicle trade dispute after Brussels released rules that could allow Chinese exporters to replace punitive tariffs with negotiated pricing commitments, according to the South China Morning Post. The European Commission said

Germany’s Mittelstand Succession Crisis: Who Will Take the Reins? Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany faces a massive wave of business transfers. The decline in entrepreneurship and self-employment has multiple causes; blaming the young generation’s supposed obsession with work-life balance belongs more to the realm of fables. When a productive and market-successful company exits the competition,

A Paleoconservative Rips Apart Trump’s Venezuela Overthrow Authored by Terry Cowan via Substack There is no way to put a pretty face on our most recent regime-change adventure. It is pig-ugly, and not defendable on any level, or from any angle or perspective. The reality of it all is plain to see. The Administration boldfacedly

Day 1,419: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Just Surpassed Soviet War With Nazi Germany This week has marked another grim milestone in the nearly four-year long Russia-Ukraine war. The conflict has just entered its 1,419th day – which means it has officially surpassed the entirety of the historic Soviet campaign against invading Nazi Germany, which lasted 1,418 days

Money And Power: Fiat Currency, Monetary Corruption, & The Architecture Of Extraction Authored by Justin Pak via The Mises Institute, Money is often described as neutral, technical, or merely instrumental—a passive medium facilitating exchange within an otherwise political society. This view is not only mistaken; it is profoundly misleading. Money is the hidden constitution of

Behind The Utter Failure Of Russian Anti-Air Systems In Venezuela There are reports that during the Trump-ordered military raid on Venezuela to oust and capture President Nicolás Maduro, at least one US helicopter was hit by surface fire or possibly small missile, but the chopper managed to keep flying – with the pilot wounded – and

10 Commandment Displays Became Law In Texas, Then The Lawsuits Came Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Melissa Martin, a veteran Texas educator with some 30 years of experience, was thrilled when the state passed a law in 2025 that required the state’s 9,000 public schools to post the Ten