The Cult of AI and the Case for Human Control: Does the Machine Stop?
The doomsayers and the evangelists both miss the point. AI does not need to be feared or worshipped — only kept off public networks unless a human decides otherwise.
Disclosure Day: Things To Come?
Teaser: In the 2026 film Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg opens with a scene based on George Orwell's line in Nineteen Eighty-Four: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever”. What is he trying to tell ...
China: The Art of Imperial Expansion without a Hot War
Thirty years ago, bamboo huts appeared on a reef inside Philippine waters. Today, it's a military base, and the court ruling against it is wastepaper. This is the art of imperial expansion without risking a hot war.
Trouble in the Tropics: Terraformation as a Tool for Territorial Theft
In August 2026, a Chinese ship spent three weeks mapping the seabed inside Scarborough Shoal. Surveys like it have preceded every island China has built. This one sits 120 nautical miles off Luzon, which is six minutes away at Mach 2.
The FBI Wants Your AI to Lie to You
The FBI tells AI companies to quietly degrade service for certain customers, whilst another federal agency calls it ‘consumer deception’.
Global Oil Denial — How Venezuela and Iran Reveal a New American Oil Strategy
As Washington takes control of Venezuelan oil and confronts Iran over Hormuz, is a new strategy emerging to secure supply for the Americas while squeezing access for rivals and allies alike in the Eastern Hemisphere?
Canada's Euthanasia Programme Is Its Fourth-Highest Death Cause. What's Next?
Canada's assisted-dying programme has surpassed Nazi Germany's notorious Aktion T4 programme in the number killed. Canadian physicians are now debating whether organs should be vivisected from Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) patients: surgically ...
The End of American Pro-Israel Lobbies? The AIPAC Earthquake
AIPAC, the most feared name in Washington lobbying, just became something for which candidates apologise.
How Trump Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb — The Return of Dr. Strangelove
As America's conventional arsenal runs dry, Washington's fallback is looking more and more nuclear.
Is Russia’s New Crypto Law a Licence To Kill Sanctions?
Russia, Europe's largest crypto market, has just given digital assets a new rulebook — for foreign trade. Is this the end of the West's sanctions strategy?
OpenAI's Great Escape
Two rogue AIs broke out of their cage and hacked Hugging Face — or so we're told by a company with a trillion-dollar flotation to sell.
Disaster Imperialism Galore
When the ground shook, the Marines were already offshore. Is disaster imperialism the new face of war? Nature wreaks havoc, and the troops arrive to accept a surrender dressed up as rescue.
The Right Question About Venezuela and HAARP
The real story of the questions swirling around the recent earthquakes in Venezuela began half a century ago — in Switzerland.
Back to the Future — Swedish Dreams of the Age of Greatness
While everyone else is looking for an exit, Stockholm is bolting the doors. How are politicians in Sweden perfecting the art of national self-immolation?
Trump's War on Native America in the Shadow of Hormuz
One might be forgiven for assuming that when President Donald Trump is busy throwing American power around elsewhere on the planet, he would have less time to wreck his own country.
The Fog Machine at Palantir
Alex Karp’s Palantir manifesto isn’t unclear; it’s engineered that way. Behind its philosophical fog lies a strategy: build power, dodge accountability, and let every audience hear what it wants.
Iran Is Blinding US Air Power in the Gulf; Washington Walked into the Trap Eyes Wide Shut
On 27 March 2026, in a strike on a Saudi air base 600 kilometres from Iranian territory, Tehran is reported to have destroyed a key US Air Force battle management and surveillance aircraft valued at between $270 million and $500 million.
Greenland Is Soon To Be America’s 51st State
It is only a matter of time before Greenland is assimilated by the US. The best Denmark and Western Europe can do is ensure that the transfer occurs on the most favourable terms possible for themselves and that the transaction strengthens Europe.
NATO chief confirms Russia’s account of Ukraine intervention amid an escalation of surrendering Ukrainian soldiers
The West, through Jens Stoltenberg, seems to corroborate Moscow's rationale for the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
