Saturday, July 12, 2025

Geopolitics

PKK rapid disarmament: Öcalan’s ambiguous promise under Ankara’s watch

While Abdullah Öcalan vows a rapid disarmament of the PKK, official Turkey plays a cautious optimism card, and the Western press trumpets a fragile peace whose survival depends more...

Macron London visit, hollow handshake and hidden tensions

Chilly smiles behind the Entente Cordiale When Emmanuel Macron crosses the Channel, one could almost imagine an old script being dusted off, replaying the charade...

Trump Netanyahu White House: the brittle theatre of an illusory ceasefire

It’s a political spectacle whose backstage whispers reveal more than the scripted lines: Trump Netanyahu White House, a handshake staged to sell a so-called...

BRICS Summit 2025: Xi and Putin Missing in Rio, and the Illusion of Multipolarity

Amid the sweltering humidity of Rio de Janeiro, the so-called emerging alternative to Western hegemony opens its doors to the world, yet behind the...

Russia recognises the Taliban government in Afghanistan: weak signal or strategic provocation?

Sometimes, a seemingly mundane diplomatic gesture signals a deeper fault line. On 3 July 2025, when Moscow became, quite officially, the first state worldwide...

Eastern DRC: Is Rwanda Really Steering AFC/M23 Military Operations?

The latest explosive UN report accuses Kigali outright of orchestrating AFC/M23 military operations in eastern DRC. Behind the factual elements lurks a scenario that...

Peace Deal DRC Rwanda: Kigali loses its shadow war

It is more than just a ceasefire scribbled under Washington’s watchful eye, the Peace Deal DRC Rwanda is the blunt admission of Kigali’s failed...

US Refuses Russia Sanctions Ahead of Trump–Zelensky NATO Meeting

The Quiet Surrender in The Hague On the eve of what could be a defining conversation between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO...

Israel–Iran Ceasefire: The Illusion of an Imposed Calm

The Israel–Iran ceasefire, announced overnight by Donald Trump with the flair of a Hollywood peacemaker, smells more like theatre than diplomacy. As a journalist...

Nuclear tensions and global chaos: what you missed this weekend

Nuclear tensions flared dramatically this weekend, redrawing the geopolitical map in just a few hours. In a rapid and highly controversial operation, the United...

North Korea launches 10 rockets near Pyongyang

North Korea launches 10 rockets near Pyongyang, marking its first military provocation since the election of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung earlier this...