Category: Geopolitics

Tom DiLorenzo on “Virtuous” War Crimes – The American and Israeli Traditions (PFS Bodrum 2025)

21 September, 2025 Sebastian Wang Tom DiLorenzo on “Virtuous” War Crimes – The American and Israeli Traditions (PFS Bodrum 2025) Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum 2025 Tom DiLorenzo on “Virtuous” War Crimes: The American and Israeli Traditions Reported by Sebastian Wang This was a characteristically incendiary address. Tom […]

Iran on the Brink

Three months after Israel’s attack on Iran—which killed some 1,060 people and badly damaged the country’s nuclear facilities and air defenses—a “human tragedy,” writes Christopher de Bellaigue in the Review’s October 9 issue, “is playing out on the Persian plateau”: The government that possesses the world’s second-largest natural gas […]

The Roots of Civilisation

by Alain de Benoist Arktos Journal Sep 13, 2025 Alain de Benoist draws attention to the depth and continuity of civilisation in Europe, presenting the groundbreaking discoveries of Alexander Marshack to trace the heritage of European art back to the Stone Age and highlight the prehistoric roots of […]

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister on The Quest to Criminalize War

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Watch now Former Malaysian Prime Minister on The Quest to Criminalize War The Corbett Report Sep 10 READ IN APP SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/former-malaysian-prime-minister-on-the-quest-to-criminalize-war/ Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad joins James to discuss his decades-long quest to […]

A Return to Realism

September 10, 2025 Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. Greetings, This week, our writers tackle big questions across the board. What limits American power? Who picks our voters? Is housing a sacred cow […]

Digital revolution, analog chaos

Tuesday, Week XXXVII, MMXXV Recently: How’s Iran’s standoff with Israel and the West affecting everyday Iranians’ feelings about the regime? Trita Parsi on why nationalism is surging while Islamic Republic’s popularity continues to tank. Today: Nepal’s government collapses days after a social-media ban triggered a Gen Z uprising. […]

A Smarter, Saner, Safer Foreign Policy

What if America could be stronger, safer, and spend half as much on national defense? The military-industrial-congressional complex is broken. Corruption, waste, and catastrophic hubris are out of control. The result? A bloody, perilous, and expensive defense strategy. If we don’t change course now, the cost won’t just […]

The Theatrical Grapevine

Troy Southgate Sep 04, 2025 YESTERDAY, we were exposed to one of those infamous ‘live mic’ incidents that I have discussed in the past and which involve leading politicians supposedly having an informal discussion that they assumed was private. Needless to say, there is little doubt that these […]

Article 5 Is a Trap for America

NATO promises and the nuclear gamble Kenneth Schmidt Aug 21, 2025 Kenneth Schmidt warns that Trump’s push for NATO’s “Article 5 protections” risks binding the U.S. to Ukraine’s defense and potential nuclear war, urging a retreat to Monroe-Doctrine restraint instead. I was happy that Putin and Trump met […]

The End of Post-Industrial Nations

There can be only one… then none? The Honest Sorcerer Aug 24, 2025 A one million feet view. Photo by NASA on Unsplash According to prevailing economic theory we live, in the West at least, in a “post-industrial”, knowledge-based, high income economy where industrial output matters very little. Watching […]

Hindutva Meets Zionism: The Id Hindutva Meets Zionism: The Ideological Roots of Today’s India–Israel Axis

The ideological marriage behind today’s India–Israel alliance. José Alberto Niño Aug 25, 2025 Pictured: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Share In 1938, Mahatma Gandhi famously declared, “Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or […]

Trump Trade Talks: NAFTA Deals Stall

Released on Patreon on Aug 13, 2025 To get early access to all the videos and newsletters, as well as other perks like the news digest, join the Patreon… JOIN THE ANALYST TIER ON PATREON HERE LINK FOR THE PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/peterzeihan To nobody’s surprise, trade talks with Mexico and Canada have […]