The UN General Assembly voted 123-3 to declare the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparations. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted no. The reasons why expose a fundamental tension in international human rights law.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisThe U.S. and Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities but left 400 kilograms of enriched uranium buried underground and beyond reach. With the IAEA locked out and diplomacy collapsed, Tehran’s stockpile is the crisis no bomb could solve.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisIran spent decades surrounded by US bases. Now those bases are launching a war against it. Russia saw the same pattern and invaded Ukraine to prevent it. The parallel is uncomfortable, but the Iran war makes it impossible to dismiss.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisOn February 28, a US Tomahawk missile struck a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing 168 people, most of them children. Amnesty International’s investigation points to outdated intelligence, a failure to verify the target, and a potential war crime.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisNearly 99% of international internet traffic flows through submarine cables thinner than a garden hose, stretched across 1.7 million kilometers of ocean floor. Recent sabotage incidents reveal just how fragile the physical internet really is.
Evergreen Geopolitics & ConflictA Super Micro co-founder allegedly funneled $2.5 billion in Nvidia’s most restricted AI chips to China through a Southeast Asian shell company, using dummy servers and bribed auditors to dodge export controls. The indictment reveals how porous Washington’s chip blockade really is.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & Analysis Tech & AI PolicyEuropean defense budgets have hit record highs, but fragmented procurement, duplicated weapons systems, and a hollowed-out industrial base mean the continent is paying more and getting less. The NATO spending targets may be making the problem worse.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisBetween 1932 and 1933, Stalin’s Soviet government engineered a famine in Ukraine that killed nearly four million people. The grain existed. It was taken. This is the story of the Holodomor, one of the 20th century’s worst atrocities, and the decades-long campaign to erase it from history.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisOil drops, wheat drops, shipping costs drop. So why is your grocery bill still climbing? The answer involves rockets, feathers, and a system that was never designed to work in reverse.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisThe Trump administration sanctioned Palestinian human rights organizations for cooperating with the International Criminal Court. Then YouTube, Google, Mailchimp, and banks deleted their accounts, erasing hundreds of videos documenting alleged war crimes.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisThe U.S. approved the sale of 70,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the largest AI hardware deal ever struck with the Middle East. Behind the numbers lies a geopolitical realignment that trades Chinese tech ties for American silicon and reshapes who gets to build frontier AI.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & Analysis Tech & AI PolicyOil is not just fuel. Between 10% and 20% of every barrel becomes the raw material for plastics, fertilizers, medicines, and thousands of other products. With Brent crude up 80% since the Hormuz crisis began, the price of modern life is being rewritten far beyond the gas pump.
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