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The Conversation: Up to 20,000 seafarers on 2,000 vessels remain stranded in and around the strait, enduring a combination of physical danger and psychological stress typical of combat zones.

Academic rigour, journalistic flair Arts + CultureBusiness + Economy Education Environment Health Politics + Society Science + TechWorld Podcasts Insights Share article Print article As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization has sounded the alarm over a related humanitarian crisis: the plight of … Continue reading

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Axios: China wins by watching

China wins by watching   Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photo: Getty Images   Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the Iran war doing what he does best — patiently exploiting America’s distraction and discord, Axios’ Jim VandeHei writes in a “Behind the Curtain” … Continue reading

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Breaking Defense: UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables. Comment is the Island of Ireland, a weak link, exposed

UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables  Together with allies, the UK tracked “every mile” of the deployment involving an Akula-class and a pair of Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI) surveillance submarines, according to British … Continue reading

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Defense: UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables. Comment: But what about Ireland and the undersea cables with minimal security

UK accuses Russia of covert submarine operation threatening undersea cables  Together with allies, the UK tracked “every mile” of the deployment involving an Akula-class and a pair of Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI) surveillance submarines, according to British … Continue reading

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Seabed zero … sabotage

Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risks to undersea infrastructure By Bruce D. Jones | February 13, 2026 Finnish authorities took control of the Fitburg and escorted it to the port of Kantvik after it damaged an undersea cable. Image: MKFI, … Continue reading

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Futurism: Data from TikTok to ICE is the question

Last month, the popular social video app TikTok finalized a deal with investors, including Oracle, to appease a bipartisan bill that called on the app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to divest — or be banned in the United States. The deal … Continue reading

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@CaptainKieran1

Most of you don’t understand what happened today with Trump’s trade deal with India. This is a MAJOR geopolitical blow to China/Russia/Iran and the other players attempting to de-dollarize. BRICS has now suffered three MAJOR blows. Venezuela losing control of … Continue reading

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GZERO Everything is Political China’s military purges

by ian bremmer What to know about China’s military purges By Ian BremmerJanuary 28, 2026 Xi Jinping has spent three years gutting his own military leadership. Five of the seven members of the Central Military Commission – China’s supreme military authority … Continue reading

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China just declared war. Not with missiles. With lawyers. “Chinese interest in Venezuela will be protected by law.”

Shanaka Anslem Perera  @shanaka86 · 4h China just declared war. Not with missiles. With lawyers. “Chinese interest in Venezuela will be protected by law.” Read that again. Beijing didn’t threaten military action. They announced something far more dangerous to American … Continue reading

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The Guardian: China rebuilds its forgotten ‘Auschwitz’ to remember Japan’s brutality. (This article is over 10 years old) but somehow we know little of Japan’s war impact on China.

China  This article is more than 10 years old China rebuilds its forgotten ‘Auschwitz’ to remember Japan’s brutality This article is more than 10 years old As Beijing prepares to hold a massive military parade to mark the end of the … Continue reading

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