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May 12 2026 
Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?
Global Research
Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, 5 November 1956.Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are also punctuated and defined by critical tipping points. There are many differences between… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
‘Ways of War’ Are in Metamorphosis: Lessons from the Iran War
Alistair Crooke at Strategic Culture © Photo: Public domain
A U.S. carrier no longer induces fear as once it might have; It now radiates vulnerability.
Although the Iran war largely has been viewed through the lens of conventional western warfare, its lessons are anything but conventional. They are in fact insurrectionary.The post-war western approach (especially in… Continue reading
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May 10 2026 
Join Evelyne and Me for a Mother’s Day Calligraphy Class, Learning Oracle-Bone Characters That Trace a Woman’s Life.
Eight Images Fully Explained and Translated. Stupendously Fascinating!
Radio Sinoland
Introduction
One common feature of Mother’s and Father’s Day in China is the children thank their parents for all that they do, as shown in the picture below. The two big red characters to the left, 感恩 = gǎn ēn, mean “grateful and thankful”. Below is the Mandarin,… Continue reading -
May 09 2026 
Russia to Show no Mercy if Nazis Try to Disrupt Victory Day Celebrations – Lavrov
From Tass News Agency
“Problems continue to pile up every day, created by those who have turned Zelensky into the direct instrument and the tip of the spear of the aggression against Russia,” the Russian foreign minister added
MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. Moscow will respond without mercy if Nazis try to disrupt Victory Day celebrations in Russia,… Continue reading
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May 09 2026 
Why the US is at War with Iran and Why the War Might Pause but Won’t End
The New Atlas
Brian Berletic – The prospect of US war against Iran and around the globe continuously escalating in the near to intermediate future is inevitable because the wars taking place now are being fought specifically to prepare for a future confrontation with China itself. For this reason, the prospects of the US arriving at… Continue reading
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May 07 2026 
Chinese Explorers Surveyed Western United States in 2,250BC
Jeff J. Brown at Radio Sinoland
No Joke! Charlotte Harris Rees has the map and written Emperor’s records that prove it. Ian Hudson at 1421 Foundation concurs!
I saw the article in the South China Morning Post, referenced below, about how the Chinese beat Westerners to North America during the voyages of Zheng He, in the 15th century.… Continue reading -
May 06 2026 
US Pressing Others to Help Reopen Hormuz is to Socialize Liability of Its Self-Made Trouble
China’s Diplomacy
This is an editorial from China Daily.
History’s recurring lesson is that great powers often mistake ultimatums for rational strategy. The Middle East crisis offers another tutorial on that error.
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pressed allies in Europe and Asia to contribute to a US-led effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, arguing… Continue reading
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May 05 2026 
Who’s the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ in China-Latin America Cooperation? The US should look in the mirror.
By Global Times
On April 27, US Ambassador to Peru Bernie Navarro drew an unprovoked comparison between China and the Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood – the fairy-tale villain who deceives and devours the weak under a mask of goodwill – in a deliberate attempt to smear China’s cooperation with Peru and other… Continue reading
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May 05 2026 
Israel Has Kidnapped Two of Our Most Important Pro-Palestine Activists
Two foreign activists – Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek – from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May the 3rd (Photo by Ilia Yefimovichvia Getty Images).
Chris Hedges – The Chris Hedges ReportNothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more than… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
India Not Playing A Balancing Act In War On Iran
By Press TV Website Staff
India has abandoned any pretence of neutrality in West Asian developments and the war against Iran, openly siding with Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to an Indian journalist and author.
Ghazala Wahab, a New Delhi-based senior journalist and author, who edits FORCE magazine, told the Press TV website that… Continue reading
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May 03 2026 
Kevork Almassian & Marwa Osman : The Hidden Alliance
Syriana Analysis
Is Syria’s New Leader in a Hidden Alliance with Israel?
Is Ahmad al-Sharaa helping Israel choke Hezbollah through Syria? In this livestream, Kevork Almassian speaks with Marwa Osman about Israel’s escalating attacks on southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire, the deeper strategy behind efforts to sever Hezbollah’s supply and logistics routes, and whether Syria’s new leadership… Continue reading
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May 03 2026 
The New Cold War
The Peoples of Asia Know the Cost of War: Hands off Asia!
Cover photo: Diego Rivera (Mexico), Pesadilla de guerra, sueño de paz (Nightmare of war, dream of peace), 1952.From Okinawa’s farmers to the Philippines’ ‘Magnificent 12’, Asia’s peoples have confronted US militarism before – a tradition more urgent now as the New Cold War arrives… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Four Years On, China’s Global Security Initiative Builds Momentum
chinadiplomacy.org.cn
By Matteo Giovannini
China’s Global Security Initiative has steadily built momentum since its 2022 launch, winning recognition across the Global South as a cooperative alternative to traditional security frameworks.
On April 21, 2022, at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping introduced the Global Security Initiative (GSI), presenting a forward-looking vision to address… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Who will survive in the new world? RT’s new special project offers exclusive insights.
RT presents the Social Well-Being Index, a new way to measure whether societies can sustain themselves, protect life, and remain cohesive.
By RT newsroom team
What makes a prosperous nation?
The West has one answer: money.
For decades, Western institutions have measured things like GDP, sustainability and ‘human development’ to show which countries are doing well in the world.
But… Continue reading
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