President Trump is wasting no time sending tensions with Iran soaring, as he threatens to bomb the country if Tehran doesn’t agree to a version of the JCPOA (the deal Trump withdrew the U.S. from in 2018). This, as Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth orders the Pentagon to deploy an additional […]
Neo-mercantilism is a revived theory of mercantilism, emphasizing trade restrictions and commercial policies as means of increasing domestic income and employment. Neo-mercantilism focuses attention on the interconnectedness of trade, technological investment, and national industrial policies with national security and state power dynamics. In current policy discussions, areas such as trade […]
In January, during a rally in New York opposing Israel, a protester was filmed with only her eyes visible, obscured by a mask and headscarf. However, shortly thereafter, images revealing her full face, along with her name and workplace, began to circulate online. A nascent technology firm proudly announced on […]
On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin inaugurated a nuclear-powered submarine outfitted with hypersonic Zircon missiles, which can travel at speeds significantly exceeding that of sound. According to Russian news agencies, which cited a video feed from the Arctic port of Murmansk, Putin commissioned the submarine, named “Perm” after a city in […]
Israel’s Dimona nuclear project: A secret within a secret, holding the world to ransom through nuclear blackmail. In the 1950s, Paris and Tel Aviv collaborated closely on atomic research, driven by their shared opposition to Nasser’s Egypt. This strategy is known as a policy of nuclear ambiguity in deterrence. Officially, […]
On Sunday night, a huge crowd of opposition supporters gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall to protest the detention of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Earlier that day, a court ordered Imamoglu’s arrest on corruption charges, leading to the largest protests in Turkey in over […]
In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Steve Witkoff (image, above), Special Envoy to the Middle East for US President Donald Trump, appeared to have acknowledged that the recognition of the status of Crimea, and the four new regions under Russian control—though he struggled to name them—as the main obstacles […]
Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) examines the initiatives undertaken by Israel and the United States aimed at undermining international law and the institutions designed to support it. She also addresses the complicity and duplicity of their allies, as […]
Our weekly documentary curated by the editorial team at 21WIRE. To understand today’s geopolitics, and continental rivalries, we must also understand the history of The Silk Road. It still stands as one of humanity’s most transformative endeavors, connecting East and West across Eurasia for thousands of years. This documentary series examines […]
‘EU democracy’ – attempts to ban Romanian frontrunner and pro-peace candidate Călin Georgescu from his country’s elections. On March 27, Romania’s National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) will conduct a simulation exercise to test a ‘rapid response’ system of information control aimed at swiftly identifying and removing […]