Armageddonists in the State Department and the Pentagon

 

Armageddonists in the State Department and the Pentagon. “War of Religion” against Iran. Pete Hegseth Endangers the Entire Planet? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Felicity Arbuthnot There is chaos within the ranks of the US military including command structures. Hegseth is ignorant regarding the complex modalities of modern warfare. He is firing generals and commanding officers at the height of a war with Iran. Read here

Omissions on a Cruel Trade: The Neglected Role of African Slavers By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Last month, the United Nations General Assembly was unimpeachably correct in condemning the hideous practice of slavery in a resolution endorsed by 123 votes. Those voting either against the resolution (Argentina, Israel and the United States) or choosing to abstain (52 in all) did, nonetheless, demonstrate why grave breaches of human rights can never be extricated from the political and historical context of their perpetration. Read here

Is Lula Only Now Discovering That Latin America Needs Stronger Defenses After He Abandoned Venezuela to Its Fate? By Miguel Santos García A curious and perhaps belated shift has emerged from the Brazilian presidency in the wake of the January 2026 US military operation that abducted Nicolás Maduro facilitating a regime tweak in Venezuela. Read here

Have the United States and Ukraine’s Azov Batalion Returned to Being Close Allies? By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Apparently, certain geopolitical dynamics follow a predictable pattern, even when they contradict official statements. The case of the possible connections between the United States and the Ukrainian nationalist movement “Azov” illustrates this structural contradiction in Washington’s foreign policy. Read here

The US Army Is “Uneasy” with the Trump Regime By Huseyin Vodinali There is a serious crisis in the US. The military, or Pentagon as it is more commonly known, has long been uneasy about Trump’s adventurous and reckless policies. However, the war launched against Iran, and especially the possible ground operation, is causing considerable anxiety among American officers. Read here

Food Time Bombs and Predicted Starvation: The Prospects of a Hormuz Transit Deal By Dr. Binoy Kampmark The conflict in Iran had “unleashed a triple emergency: a surge in humanitarian need, a global economic shock, and a system already stretched to breaking point by more than 60 simultaneous conflicts.” Read here

The End of Strategic Monopoly: War, Energy, and the Fragmentation of Global Power in 2026 By Laala Bechetoula The 2026 war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States constitutes a systemic rupture in the architecture of international relations. Beyond its military dimension, the conflict exposes the erosion of Western strategic monopoly and the emergence of a condition this article terms fragmented multipolarity — a system characterised by distributed power, persistent instability, the absence of equilibrium, and the simultaneous failure of existing theoretical frameworks to account for observed dynamics. Read here