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Russia Will Not Attack First, However Would Respond If NATO Or The EU Strikes
Russia has stated that it will not attack the European Union (EU) or NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member states unless it is attacked first. The comment came from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who added that Western officials have justified increasing military spending by citing the need to defend […]
544 Mentions, Zero Accountability: The Dark Ties Between Tom Barrack and Jeffrey Epstein
What does it mean when a man entrusted to represent the United States abroad appears 544 times in the files of the most notorious child sex trafficker of the modern era? What does it say about American power when a sitting U.S. ambassador and presidential envoy exchanged affectionate messages, coordinated […]
Doug Casey on Davos 2026: The Elite Agenda and What Comes Next
International Man: Davos 2026 just wrapped, and in Trump’s speech, he highlighted U.S. housing affordability. He framed it as a tradeoff with protecting existing homeowners’ wealth, warning that making homes “cheap” can crush values for people who already own them. How do you evaluate it economically and politically—and what does it […]
A stark red line: Moscow threatens to target western troops in Ukraine
In a dramatic escalation of rhetoric, Russia has declared that any deployment of Western military forces to Ukraine—even under a future ceasefire agreement—would make those troops “legitimate combat targets” for the Russian armed forces. The stark warning, issued by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on January 8, directly responds […]
NATO Seeks “War Bank” Amid Rising Tensions With Russia
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has made moves to establish a war bank, as tensions with Russia rise. The Bank of Defense, Security, and Sustainability (DSRB) would allow NATO members to pool funds. In doing so, NATO would be circumventing domestic fiscal constraints and voter opposition by classifying contributions as […]
Can Trump Save the UN?
In a recent interview, Donald Trump claimed he could “very easily solve” the United Nations’ financial problems by requiring member states to pay their dues, much as he pressured NATO allies to increase defense contributions during his first term. Trump would not be able to do this with funds, as that is not […]
Pandemics for Profit: Jeffrey Epstein Was a Pandemic Power Broker
In the sordid underbelly of elite philanthropy, where altruism masks avarice and power brokers play god with global crises, the Jeffrey Epstein files have detonated a revelation that should outrage every thinking citizen. Buried amid the salacious headlines of Epstein’s depravity lies a damning blueprint: a two-decade financial colossus engineered to commodify […]
Judge, Jury, Executioner: When the Government Decides Who Lives or Dies
“How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see?”—Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind” What does it say about a political movement that demands absolute reverence for life in the womb yet shrugs when the government kills, cages, or brutalizes the living? What […]
Venezuela defies U.S., vows continued alliance with Russia and China
In a bold rebuke to Washington, Venezuela’s government is asserting its sovereign right to maintain critical economic and strategic partnerships with Russia and China following the unprecedented U.S. military capture of its president. The dramatic events of early January, which saw Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro taken to New York to […]
A Geopolitical Earthquake
Our specialty is forecasting. We use multiple branches of science in our predictive analytic models including complexity theory, behavioral psychology, Bayes Theorem, neural networks (a form of artificial intelligence or AI), inference, subject matter expertise and good old-fashioned intuition to arrive at the market and geopolitical predictions we offer our […]
