Lordre: 2026

The Brits, French, And Germans Are Now Right On Russia’s Doorstep

Voice of East: The Brits, French, And Germans Are Now Right On Russia’s Doorstep By Andrew Korybko There are really only three scenarios left: NATO finally agrees to some form of Russia’s proposals; Russia launches a preventive war against European NATO betting that the... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Russia’s “1941” Warning: Europe’s Militarization And The Risk Of Strategic Miscalculation By Uriel Araujo As Germany deepens military cooperation with Ukraine and NATO expands in the Baltic and Arctic, Moscow increasingly warns of encirclement. The continent’s push for militarization comes at... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: From national politics down to local neighborhood discussion, America seems to be in full-blown moral panic about data centers. The two main concerns voiced by both politicians and my neighbors boil down to arguments that the increasing number and size (due to the push toward resource-intensive artificial intelligence in pretty much everything) of data centers … Continue reading Data Center Panic Forgets the Future → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: The Starobelsk Dormitory Bombing Reflects Horribly On Ukraine And Its Western Patrons By Andrew Korybko One of the special operation’s goals is to neutralize these Ukrainian terrorist threats to civilians that Russia long foresaw but was unable to preemptively avert through... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: The Arctic And Baltic Fronts Of The NATO-Russian New Cold War Are Dangerously Merging By Andrew Korybko This trend poses a significant threat to Russia, but it also poses an equally significant one to the EU too if it leads to... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On May 25, US president Donald Trump went back to war with Iran, launching strikes in the southern part of that country on a laughable claim of “self-defense.” The previous phase of the war was stupid, evil, and illegal, as is this phase. It was and is stupid because even given Trump’s constantly shifting (and … Continue reading War With Iran, Phase Two: All Three Plausible Explanations Call for One Corrective Action → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Could A Major War Soon Erupt Along The Latvian-Belarusian-Ukrainian Front? By Andrew Korybko In all three cases, it’s respectively Ukraine, Latvia, and Poland and France that arguably have the prerogative when it comes to whether or not to escalate against Russia,... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: NATO’s Northern Militarization And The Growing Risk Of War With Russia By Uriel Araujo NATO’s rapid militarization of the Arctic and Baltic regions is transforming Northern Europe into one of the world’s most volatile points of contention. From Norway’s expanding strategic... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Last July, then US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the formation of a “strike force” to investigate former president Barack Obama and members of his administration, based on claims from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard of a “treasonous conspiracy” to prevent the election of Donald Trump in 2016. The alleged conspiracy involved falsifying intelligence … Continue reading Charge Obama? Great Idea, But Unlikely → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: How Likely Is It That Russia’s Next Special Operation Will Be Against Latvia? By Andrew Korybko What’s much more probable is kinetic retaliation against reported Ukrainian drone teams there. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warned that their country’s armed forces are ready to... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “Some men,” an old saying has it, “are sent to Washington because their hometowns want them somewhere else.” Although Melbourne Beach, Florida isn’t US Representative Randy Fine’s hometown — he was born in Arizona, raised in Kentucky, and subsequently managed to wear out his welcome in Massachusetts, Nevada, and Michigan before landing there — I … Continue reading Randy Fine vs. “Dual Loyalty” — Pot, Kettle, Black → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Europe’s Invests In Endless War While Ukraine Bets On Democrat Victory In The US By Uriel Araujo Brussels insists it wants peace in Ukraine, yet European policies continue pushing Kiev toward unrealistic expectations and prolonged confrontation. With Europe now carrying much... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Trump 2.0’s Counterterrorism Strategy Targets The “Red-Green Alliance” By Andrew Korybko Tucker Carlson earlier claimed that the CIA is investigating him for communicating with contacts in Iran, so it’s possible that he might be charged on these new counterterrorist grounds, especially... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Russian Defence Minister’s Warning: How SCO Faces A New Eurasian “Great Game” By Andrew Korybko Unless they all get on the same page, and soon, the West risks dividing-and-ruling the SCO. Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov described the threats facing the... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On May 11, a new law went into effect in Florida, “allowing” businesses to round the amounts charged for cash purchases to the nearest nickel. Really? Nothing more important than this for our masters in Tallahassee to spend their time on? Don’t get me wrong. The practice in question makes sense: Last November, the US … Continue reading “Nearest Nickel” Makes Sense … But Why a Law? → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: French Media Confirmed That Paris Is Backing Ukraine In Mali By Andrew Korybko A division of labour can now be discerned: the US masterminded this war against Russia’s Malian ally, which al-Qaeda-aligned Islamic radicals are leading in alliance with Tuareg separatists,... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Senate Republicans, the Associated Press reports, plan to give the Secret Service $1 billion for “security upgrades” to president Donald Trump’s (supposedly $400 million, supposedly donation-funded) White House ballroom project. After an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton ballroom hosting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April, Republicans began boosting the ballroom itself as a … Continue reading The “Security” Case for Trump’s Ballroom: A Win-Win Proposal → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Mali After the Failed Decapitation Strike: Malian Foreign Minister Signals a Coming Counteroffensive By Andrew Korybko The failed decapitation strike on day one of the war bought Mali time, but whether or not it’s enough depends on when the counteroffensive is launched... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Von Der Leyen’s Quip About Turkiye Exposed The Artificiality Of Its Partnership With The EU By Andrew Korybko Turkiye’s partnership with what became the EU was only due to US machinations after World War II. European Commission President Ursula von der... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “We won’t be signing off until the world ends,” Ted Turner said in 1980, just before the launch of his latest media venture. “We’ll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event.” Turner died on May 6 at 87. The world hasn’t ended yet, … Continue reading Ted Turner: 24 Hours That Changed The News World → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Thomas Knapp: In the months leading up to the USA’s 250th birthday party, some debris from its 200th is making headlines. The New York Times‘s Jennifer Schuessler finds conspicuously “much less investment and enthusiasm overall” for this year’s semiquincentennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence than the 1976 bicentennial, itself diminished by jaded jeers charging that “‘Buy-centennial’ … Continue reading The Populism of Bicentennial Commercialism → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Ukraine’s Shadow War In Africa: Bold Strategy Or Geopolitical Overreach? By Uriel Araujo A covert Ukrainian footprint in Africa is taking shape, from the Maghreb to Sub-Saharan states, fuelling instability. Kiev’s Africa strategy blends military expertise with covert operations, even as... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Citing anonymous sources, the New York Times reported on May 4, US president Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would require pre-release “national security vetting” of all new Artificial Intelligence models. The following day, the US Department of Commerce revealed that three three large AI firms — Microsoft, Google, and xAI — have already … Continue reading AI Regulation: More of the Risk, Less of the Benefit → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: The Sahelian Domino Effect: How Mali’s Latest Crisis Could Ignite a West African War By Andrew Korybko There’s a growing risk that Tuareg separatism might once again spread from Mali to Niger, and radical Islamist violence could spread further into there... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On May 2, Spirit Airlines ceased operations after it failed to get the US government to bail it out of the latest in a series of untenable situations — at least two of which the US government put it in to begin with. As of 2023, Spirit was the seventh largest air passenger carrier in … Continue reading The Murder of Spirit Airlines → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Poland, Germany, And New Europe: The Emergence Of A Post-NATO Security Identity By Uriel Araujo Europe’s security order faces new strain as Poland questions NATO and the US. Long a frontline ally, Warsaw now signals openness to deeper European defence integration.... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Five Reasons Why Counterinsurgency Remains Such A Challenge For Mali By Andrew Korybko The solutions are difficult to implement during the crisis, however, but hopefully that’ll happen after (if?) it passes. Saturday’s coordinated attacks across Mali by terrorist-designated Tuareg rebels in the rural... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: In the wake of Cole Tomas Allen’s alleged attempt to assassinate US president Donald Trump and/or other political officials, journalists, and general-purpose celebrities come the usual calls for “gun control” because that’s just how things work. My preferred argument against such nonsense leans hard on morality (it’s evil to infringe on the unalienable human right … Continue reading OK, “Gun Control” Had Its Chance — Here Are The Results → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Why Russia Created A New Day Honouring Soviet Victims Of Nazi Genocide By Andrew Korybko That was the primary reason why it was established, though it also serves political purposes, but these are in response to the West’s “war on historical... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: On April 25, one Cole Allen allegedly charged a security checkpoint outside the Washington Hilton ballroom where many of the nation’s most prominent politicians, journalists, and entertainers were gathered for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, bearing both arms and ill will toward some or all of those inside — almost certainly including US president Donald … Continue reading Note to Those So Inclined: Please Stop Trying to Kill Donald Trump → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Thomas Knapp: On April 21, a majority of Virginia voters said “yes” to a ballot measure allowing the state’s US House districts to be redrawn for the benefit of the Democratic Party. The next day, a judge banned certification of the election results, calling the ballot language “flagrantly misleading” and asserting that state legislators didn’t follow relevant … Continue reading There’s a Simple Way to End the Gerrymander Wars → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: The Colby Ultimatum: US Demands Europe Accelerate The Transition To NATO 3.0 By Andrew Korybko This might be the US’ final warning before it takes drastic action to punish those who continue to reject Trump’s demands. Under Secretary of War... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: “The longest government shutdown in US history!” Apart from perfunctory stories about failed congressional votes to end it, that’s really all you’re hearing right now from mainstream media lately about the partial “shutdown” of the US Department of Homeland Security. Wow! More than two months! Headed for three! It’s starting to sound like auctioneer patter: … Continue reading Instead of Ending the DHS “Shutdown,” Make It Real … and Permanent → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Thomas Knapp: I don’t care much for politicians and their works. Political government is a stupid and evil way of doing things. It makes us all less happy, less healthy, less prosperous, and less safe than we’d be if we abandoned it for voluntary means of living together. Nonetheless, I occasionally try to “give credit where credit … Continue reading Trump: An Alternative Hypothesis → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: War On Iran, Strait Of Hormuz, China, And The “Mountain Of Gold” Prophecy – An Islamic Eschatological Response By Sheikh Imran N. Hosein – Part 4 In this lecture, Sheikh Imran N. Hosein provides a comprehensive analysis of modern geopolitics... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: What Are The Chances Of Russia Attacking The Foreign Companies Supplying Ukraine With Drones? By Andrew Korybko Typically cautious Putin isn’t going to risk World War III over foreign drone companies when he wouldn’t risk it after Ukraine attacked his country’s... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: US president Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order funding research into the possible benefits of ibogaine, CBS News reports. It will remain a “Schedule I” drug, forbidden by law for you or me to just go pick up at the local pharmacy, but apparently Trump believes it’s worth looking into for use … Continue reading The Rehabilitation of Ed Muskie? → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: The Russian Navy Deterred Estonia From Boarding Its “Shadow Fleet” By Andrew Korybko Escort missions to India and China might also deter the US and the UK from doing the same outside the Baltic, but even so, they might encourage Ukraine... Read More › - Voice of East

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Nothing Special About April 15 — Every Day is Tax Day

Thomas Knapp: The deadline for filing US federal income tax returns falls (usually) on April 15, a date that’s worked its way into the American vocabulary as “tax day.” That’s really not a very accurate term. For one thing, most Americans pay all sorts of other taxes (sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, etc.) all the time. … Continue reading Nothing Special About April 15 — Every Day is Tax Day → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Thomas Knapp: Are The Terminator, The Matrix and other such films entertainment, or are they prophecy? With the fast progress of artificial intelligence over the last few years, that’s become a real question of real concern to real people. Out at the edges of the opinion bell curve, we have “doomers” on one end and extreme “optimists” on … Continue reading The Real AIpocalypse Is Probably Already Here → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: France Pulls $15B In Gold From U.S. As “Transatlantic Divorce” Unfolds Amid Iran War By Uriel Araujo France’s withdrawal of $15 billion in gold from US custody should draw attention beyond financial circles. Combined with its Middle East stance and recognition... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: War On Iran, Nuclear Escalation, And The Coming Struggle Over Gulf Oil: An Islamic Eschatological Response By Sheikh Imran N. Hosein – Part 3 In this lecture, Sheikh Imran N. Hosein provides a deep dive into the intersection of Islamic... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Oil Refinery Fires in Tehran, Iran US president Donald Trump says that his war in Iran — currently in a supposed ceasefire — resulted in “total and complete victory. 100%. No question about it.” The Iranian regime, via a statement from its Supreme National Security Council, also claims “great victory.” If the war is really … Continue reading Iran War: And The Winner Is … → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: The TurkStream Plot: Why The Serbian ‘Exoneration’ Of Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up By Andrew Korybko In what’s been called the “Battle for Hungary”, this thwarted terrorist attack is thus far the most dramatic development by a long shot, much more meaningful... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: Steve Wozniak’s insistence that he priced Apple’s first computer at $666 “because I, as a mathematician, liked repeating digits” is more plausible than Moses Harman’s that his periodical Lucifer the Light-Bearer with its frank discussion of what Robert C. Adams called “anarchy, socialism, free trade, free rum and free love” aimed merely to “bring light … Continue reading The Age of the Gilded Apple → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: An Open Letter To The Islamic World To Join Legal Battle Against US Wars Of Aggression By Captain Dan Hanley 9/11 Treason, Not Terrorism: New Multi-Million Plaintiff Lawsuit Targets ‘Deep State’ Architects To all my dear Muslim brothers and sisters... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: The Athanor Affair: Rogue Masonic Hit Squad, Fake Mossad Agents, And The End Of The Franco-Israeli Alliance By Uriel Araujo The Athanor scandal (centred on a failed hit supposedly disguised as an operation to eliminate a Mossad agent) exposes a shadowy... Read More › - Voice of East

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Thomas Knapp: $1.5 trillion. With a “t.” That’s how much US president Donald Trump wants Congress to appropriate for military (falsely called “defense”) spending in 2027. And that number — there’s no other way to put this — is insane. The only proper date for such a spending request, followed by a winking grin emoji, is April … Continue reading Stop Pretending Military Spending is About “Defense” → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Voice of East: Pezeshkian To Americans: Attacking Iran Is A ‘War Crime’ With Consequences ‘Beyond Iran’s Borders’ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian just released a public letter addressed to the American people ahead of Trump’s address to the nation about the Iran war. He... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: Under Iran War’s Shadow: Why The South Caucasus Is No Safe Corridor To Bypass Russia By Uriel Araujo Europe’s push to turn the South Caucasus into a strategic corridor gains urgency amid tensions with Iran and Europe’s attempt to bypass Russia.... Read More › - Voice of East

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Voice of East: How The Iran War Is Accelerating De-Dollarization By Uriel Araujo As the Iran war exposes the limits of US power, BRICS nations accelerate efforts to bypass the dollar. The rise of BRICS Pay and India’s CBDC proposal signals a shift toward... Read More › - Voice of East

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