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MBS Needs to Decide: Israel or Turkey and Pakistan. Are We Seeing the Fall of the House of Saud?

22 October 2026 at 09:30
The fact that Trump made a comment that Israel has been “very helpful” to Saudi Arabia reveals a strategic dilemma facing Mohammed bin Salman: either to align himself with Israel and thereby offend the Arab and Muslim worlds, or to embrace regional collective security and accept the prospect of a Middle East in which Washington […]

Much Ado About Nothing: Why a Trump-King Jon Un Summit Will Not Take Place

22 October 2026 at 05:59
The topic of a possible Trump-Kim Jong Un summit is being actively hyped by political opponents and the media in order to create informational commotion. Considering the current geopolitical situation, real negotiations are practically impossible due to the lack of leverage, a common agenda, and mutual benefit. Who Is Pushing For the Summit and Why? […]

A New Yalta? Russia’s Revival, China’s Rise and the West’s Diminishing Influence

21 October 2026 at 14:59
The West’s bid to isolate Moscow has backfired, as Russia reclaims its place at the negotiating table while China emerges as an indispensable power in a shifting world order. A potential G-3 summit could herald a new Yalta, where great powers redraw the geopolitical map while Europe and Ukraine risk being left out in the […]

From Spanish Flu to the Russian Lab Scare: How Uncertainty Becomes a Geopolitical Narrative

21 October 2026 at 12:30
From the 1918 influenza pandemic to reports of a possible laboratory accident in Irkutsk, history shows how incomplete evidence, sensationalist reporting, and geopolitical rivalry can turn medical uncertainty into a tool of political narrative-building. The Spanish flu was not named for its place of origin. It acquired its misleading name in the information environment of […]

The Great Theft of African History: Trophies or Evidence in Western Museums?

21 October 2026 at 09:30
While the West persists in describing Africa as a continent without memory, its own museums are overflowing with artifacts, religious relics, and human remains confiscated from African rulers to mask the barbarity of a predatory colonization. For decades, as consciousness has been evolving in Africa, European intellectual arrogance has crumbled in the face of the […]

From Cheap Energy Promises to the Costs of Confrontation: The Test of Trump’s Foreign Policy

21 October 2026 at 05:59
Back in 2024, D. Trump campaigned on cheaper energy; yet, sanctions and other forms of pressure on foreign actors, characteristic of Washington’s foreign policy, took its toll on the US through freight markets and fuel prices, having increased costs for American consumers. This economic blowback deserves more attention than the administration’s production slogans. Additional oil […]
Received — 20 October 2026 ⏭ New Eastern Outlook

Mutual Support on International Platforms: Russia and Iran on the Path to a Multipolar World

20 October 2026 at 14:59
Russian-Iranian relations long ago moved beyond the framework of ordinary good-neighborliness. Today this is a strategic partnership, cemented by the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership signed in January 2025. The preamble of this document directly records the parties’ desire to “promote the objective process of forming a new just and sustainable multipolar world order based […]

NATO’s Baltic Gambit: Could Closing the Gulf of Finland Backfire?

20 October 2026 at 12:30
NATO’s threat to blockade the Gulf of Finland could backfire by disrupting regional trade, triggering Russian military retaliation, and escalating tensions in the Baltic Sea. Rather than weakening Moscow, such a move could expose NATO’s logistical vulnerabilities and undermine its own military readiness. “We are able within a few hours to form a force of […]

Six Weeks to Defeat Russia? The Cost Missing from Sikorski’s Calculation

20 October 2026 at 09:30
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski made an unusually confident assessment of a hypothetical war between NATO and Russia during the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kiev on September 12. “If Russia attacked us, and we took our gloves off, I think we would defeat Russia quite quickly,” Sikorski said. “We have overwhelming superiority over Russia […]

Moscow’s Middle East Strategy: Balancing Influence and Risk

20 October 2026 at 05:59
Russia’s response to the Iran war reflects a pragmatic strategy of influence without military entanglement: Moscow supports Tehran diplomatically to preserve their strategic partnership while maintaining economic ties with the Gulf states, safeguarding its own interests, and avoiding confrontation with the United States and Israel. The recent US-Iran war highlights a key feature of Moscow’s […]
Received — 19 October 2026 ⏭ New Eastern Outlook

The Ladder & the Fence: What 4 Economists Knew That Today’s Financial Order Forgot. Part 1

19 October 2026 at 14:59
The richest countries climbed to prosperity by methods they now forbid everyone else to use. Hamilton, List, Carey and Polanyi, four economists explained why those methods work and why abandoning them ends badly. There is a story the world’s wealthiest capitals love to tell about themselves. Prosperity, it goes, is the reward for opening your […]

Washington Tried to Isolate Russia. Now It Needs Russian Oil

19 October 2026 at 12:30
Four years after Washington set out to cripple Russia’s energy economy, America’s war with Iran has forced it to seek relief from the very country it tried to isolate, encircle, and defeat. The Sanctions Strategy Meets Its Limits On October 9, US President Donald Trump announced an extraordinary agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin: Moscow […]

A Once-in-Half-a-Century Setback? US Withdraws from Iraq after meddling

19 October 2026 at 09:30
The United States is bringing its long-standing presence in Iraq to an end—a country whose fate it had shaped since 1980. After meddling in Iraq since 1980—backing Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq War, bombing Iraq after it invaded Kuwait, and invading in 2003 on a false pretext to dismantle its military, political, and economic order—and […]

Why Marco Rubio Is Bringing the Clash of Civilizations Back: When Propaganda Is Dressed Up as a Civilizational Crusade

19 October 2026 at 05:59
Marco Rubio’s Athens speech presented American global dominance as the noble defence of Western civilization, but behind the historical scenery lies a cruder political order — restore Western supremacy and make Europe follow Washington. Marco Rubio chose his setting carefully. Standing in Athens, with the Acropolis and the Parthenon behind him, the US Secretary of […]
Received — 18 October 2026 ⏭ New Eastern Outlook

Africa: Overcoming Legacy of Colonialism

18 October 2026 at 16:45
Published by NEO specifically to mark the 3rd Russia–Africa Summit in Moscow, the book “Africa: Overcoming the Legacy of Colonialism” is devoted to a critique of the system of Western colonial domination. The work details how the colonial powers exploited the continent’s resources, destabilized its political structures and suppressed the identities of indigenous peoples. The […]

Crisis of Legitimacy: Why the World Is Turning Away from Israel’s Policies

18 October 2026 at 13:59
Israel’s positions on the world stage are weakening, and this is reflected in the balance of power. It should be noted that Israel per se was created immediately after the Second World War on a wave of sympathy for the Jews, whom the German Nazis exterminated on a mass scale. This phenomenon became known as […]

Global Trade and Economic Fragmentation: Geopolitical Risks and Challenges of 2026

The global economy, because of the conflict in the Middle East in 2026, has faced an unprecedented combination of geopolitical and economic challenges. The Middle East conflict, which began in late February 2026, became a catalyst for profound structural changes in the global trading system, which was already under pressure from rising protectionism and economic […]

Turkey’s Approach to Yemen: Pragmatism or Offensive?

18 October 2026 at 05:59
In 2026, Turkey’s policy in Yemen shifted from exclusive neutrality and mediation efforts to “the brink” of military intervention against the government in Sanaa and the Ansar Allah movement, yet a range of geopolitical, legal and domestic political factors makes this scenario being fully put into practice unlikely. A Brief Retrospective of Turkish-Yemeni Relations Relations […]
Received — 17 October 2026 ⏭ New Eastern Outlook

Why the US Can Never Match Chinese Shipbuilding

17 October 2026 at 14:59
America’s $66 billion plan to “beat China’s shipbuilding empire” is not a strategy but an admission of systemic deadlock: unable to compete directly, the US is turning to asymmetric sabotage. In a recent Business Insider article and accompanying video regarding the US’ $66 billion plan to “beat China’s shipbuilding empire,” it is revealed that US […]

Once security assets, US bases are now liabilities to host countries

17 October 2026 at 14:29
Posted on Hankyoren: 2026-06-09 Following the war against Iran, the US can no longer take for granted its military bases in other countries or access to those bases The superiority of US military power lies in the transoceanic projection of force. That’s the unique capability that gives pause to potential rivals like China and Russia. […]
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