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Apr 27 2026 
Alastair Crooke : The mechanistic fallacy — Why the West so often fails at geo-politics
Washington will not be able to think straight about Iran, and will opt for the wrong tactics.
Strategic Culture
Some fifteen years ago I wrote that western reliance on its lens of secular rationality was no longer adequate as a means to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was becoming obvious — even then — that the future… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Special Representative of the President of Iran and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi
https://t.me/MFARussia/29541
President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a meeting (http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79633) with Special Representative of the President of Iran and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi (St Petersburg, April 27, 2026)
💬 Vladimir Putin:
Allow me to extend a warm welcome to you – this time in St Petersburg.
At the beginning of our conversation, I… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Victor Gao on Iran: The END of Pax-Americana is Here, US Would Exit War with China a LOSER
With Afshin Rattansi on Going Underground
The END of Pax-Americana is Here, US Would Exit War with China a LOSER
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Apr 27 2026 
‘US EMPIRE IS DEAD!’: Professor Marandi Drops DEVASTATING Iran War Analysis
With Kyle Kulinski on Secular Talk:
Follow Kyle on Twitter:
@kylekulinskiWe have had him posted up a few times on The Hearty Salon and enjoyed his take.
About Kyle:
“The first time I ever really listened to Kyle Kulinski’s show was in the back of a cab last summer. The driver… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Yemen’s Foreign Minister Speaks With Reason2Resist
In August 2025, Israel murdered Yemen’s Prime Minister and several other members of his cabinet, including Yemen’s Foreign Minister.
Shortly after the assassinations, Abdulwahid Abu Ras was appointed as Yemen’s acting Foreign Minister. He has remained in that position since then.
On April 25, 2026, Foreign Minister Abu Ras sat down for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
A Persian scholar finished a single math book in 9th century Baghdad …
Ihtesham Ali
A Persian scholar finished a single math book in 9th century Baghdad that quietly became the foundation for every line of code running on Earth today.
I started reading about him at midnight and could not believe how many things in my daily life trace back to one man. His name was Muhammad ibn… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
She betrayed Maduro? The truth about Venezuela: María Páez Victor and Francisco Dominguez
I am grateful that Radhika Desai took on this topic. In one sense we want to keep it a secret until it is time, but on the other, we know that those that say Venezuela ‘caved’, are simply uninformed and sour because Venezuela did not do what they wanted them to do. Yes, Venezuela retreated… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2026 
News on China
News on China, No. 20
About 10 min read.Wang Yi Opens Five-Day Visit to Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar with First China-Cambodia Defence-Diplomatic Dialogue
Co-chaired on 22 April by the foreign and defence ministers of both sides, the newly operational joint strategic dialogue – initially agreed during President Xi Jinping’s April 2025 state visit to Cambodia – held… Continue reading -
Apr 26 2026 
MOATS : George Galloway
END OF THE BEGINNING | ‘Whack job’ shooting | Trump pulls Iran talks | Israel flaunts Lebanon truce
The end of the beginning. The illusion of control is fading.
Trump pulls out of Iran talks as tensions rise again in the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel openly flaunts the Lebanon truce. Another escalation, another reversal, and still… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2026 
The Chernobyl story : updated to today
History buffs will love this:
The issue here is that the original Chernobyl sarcophagus, built in just six months, had always been meant as a temporary solution. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spoke of the need to replace the structure.
«The possible instability of the sarcophagus is a significant problem.The concern is mostly related to the fact that essential supports of the… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2026 
Daily Chronicles
Daily Chronicles features issues, small or large, with the potential to change our world.
Evolving Strategy of Empire.
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May 3
🔹 Latest western media .. TACO style .. rhetoric is ‘coordinate ship’s movements’, ‘organize safe passage’, ‘does not currently include navy escorts’. Project Freedom seems to sail on a strait of… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2026 
The Persian focus turns to regional consolidation of their unassailable position
From our Group of Friends
What a lovely idyllic weekend, no? Like a universal Last Meal of lobsters and cake on the floating tombs. One could even forget an entire region is about to be murdered by Murder Inc. One could be misled by the calm unperturbed posture of the Iranians.. they’ve resumed commercial flights within… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2026 
US allows Venezuela to fund legal defense for Maduro, his wife
In this regard, the defense withdrew its motions to dismiss the case against the Venezuelan leader on the grounds that it was unable to pay for legal representation
TASS
NEW YORK, April 25. /TASS/. US authorities have allowed the Venezuelan government to pay for legal services for President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2026 
Fẹ̀mi Akọ̀mọ̀làfẹ̀ : Wilful African ignorance, or carefully cultivated stupidity?
Our big poser for today:
At what precise moment did the African mind become so historically vacant, so thoroughly colonized, that it now confuses barbaric geopolitical violence against defenseless people and sovereign states with Christian duty?
How did it happen that children of a continent that tasted the brutal lashes of colonial empire builders, where missionaries… Continue reading
