By Paul Miller
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Exclusive
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria Is Taxing Its Own Doctors to Leave — And the UK Built the Pipeline
Every year, thousands of Nigerian medical professionals pay millions of Naira to exit a broken domestic healthcare system — and…
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Government & Policy
The United Nations Faces Mid-August Collapse as Top Donors Freeze Crucial Funding
Geopolitical liquidity squeezes are pushing the United Nations toward an imminent structural shutdown by mid-August as a coordinated withholding of…
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Conflict & Security
Armenia Deploys Advanced French Artillery as Russia Threatens Gas Cutoff Ahead of Elections
YEREVAN — A major geopolitical realignment solidified in the South Caucasus as Armenia publicly showcased advanced French military hardware during…
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Strategic Analysis
NATO Fractures Deepen as Rutte’s Ukraine Funding Mandate Stalls Against Major Economies
Internal fractures within NATO over the financial burden of sustaining Ukraine’s war effort have intensified criticism and sharpened divisions following…
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Strategic Analysis
A Tale of Two Summits: Trump Gets Trade, Putin Gets a Strategic Alliance
Beijing has successfully orchestrated a masterclass of rapid-fire diplomatic theater, navigating back-to-back state visits from the presidents of the world’s…
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Business
Weaponized Commodities: How Moscow Rewrote the Global Currency Playbook to Forge a Dominant Ruble
L ONDON/MOSCOW — The Russian ruble has quietly staged an audacious performance in global currency markets, muscling its way to…
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Strategic Analysis
The Karaganov Doctrine: Inside Moscow’s Dangerous Shift Toward Nuclear Brinkmanship in Europe
T he strategic calculus governing European security has fractured, replaced by a grim reality where the threat of theater nuclear…
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Conflict & Security
The Quiet Part Out Loud: Trump’s Candor Shatters the Security Myth of the War on Iran
THE GLOBAL HORIZON — The geopolitical architecture of the Middle East, and the foundational narrative used to justify its violent…
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Europe
Ukraine Anti-Corruption Court Orders Arrest of Former Presidential Aide Andriy Yermak
K YIV — The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) on Thursday ordered the immediate detention of Andriy Yermak, the…
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Business
The Hormuz Chokepoint: Global Economies Brace as “Dual Blockade” Hardens
L ONDON/SINGAPORE — The global economic machinery is grinding against the friction of a $105 barrel. As the crisis in…
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