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Politics & Power

How Spain’s World Cup Win Made the Gold in Trump’s Oval Office Look Cheap

Spain won the World Cup, and Donald Trump received a rare reminder: not everything in this world can be settled with a single phone call.

20 Jul 2026, 15:32

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The End of the West's Migration Delusion: How One Film Hit Where It Hurts

The scandal around Uwe Boll’s Citizen Vigilante reveals a West deeply fractured over migration, crime, failed integration, and the growing cost of silencing debate.

02 Jul 2026, 14:46

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Through Friction to Power: How Trump and Sánchez Turn Outrage Into Centrality

Trump’s power lies in centrality: turning outrage, scandal, and negative publicity into attention. Pedro Sánchez shows how the same politics of friction can work in Europe.

01 Jun 2026, 20:24

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Trump in China: Taiwan Was Not Sold, Hormuz Was Not Opened

Trump left Beijing with ceremony, compliments, and a delegation full of American power. But Xi put Taiwan at the center, China bought less than Washington hoped, and Hormuz remains Trump's problem.

15 May 2026, 17:51

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Toxic Asset: How Trump Is Turning Into a Burden for Allies and Partners

Trump is becoming a liability for the very people who once bet on him. What first looked like a series of random setbacks is now starting to look like a pattern.

22 Apr 2026, 15:26

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From the Wine Cup to the Umbrella Tip: Poison in the Service of Power

Poison has outlived empires, dynasties, and regimes, returning again and again as one of power’s quietest weapons.

19 Feb 2026, 15:35

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Elections and AI: A Boon, a Curse, and Fatigue

AI hasn’t stolen elections. But it is reshaping democracy by exhausting voters, blurring trust, and hollowing out the meaning of political choice.

24 Jan 2026, 18:00

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Trump Acts. Maduro Falls. Greenland Follows. Putin and Xi Remain Silent.

The seizure of Venezuela’s president, pressure on Greenland, and the quiet redrawing of global power lines — while Moscow and Beijing choose silence.

17 Jan 2026, 18:00

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The Epstein Files: This Is the Moment America Finally Sees Itself

December detonates a political era America spent decades pretending didn't exist.

09 Dec 2025, 18:00

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Argentina’s Pivot: Javier Milei and the Birth of Post-Establishment Politics

How Argentina went from twenty years of decay to electing a chainsaw-wielding outsider, and why Milei is the first prototype of a new global political era.

14 Nov 2025, 15:00

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Dark Enlightenment: The Elite’s Heresy Against Democracy

From Silicon Valley’s tech oligarchs to Yarvin’s ‘Empire of Love,’ the Dark Enlightenment is a seductive counterculture for elites who see democracy as a bug in the system.

04 Sept 2025, 14:59

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Anchorage and Washington: The Two Most Useless Summits… Or Something Else?

Two summits on Ukraine — in Anchorage and Washington — left the world with more questions than answers: no ceasefire, no agreements, just promises, delays, and a fragile idea of peace.

19 Aug 2025, 21:45

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