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Will the Diesel Crisis Decide the 2026 Elections?

The political class watches the price of crude oil and gasoline because that is what appears in the headlines, but the real warning is diesel. The average retail...

Fauci’s Advisor Pleads Guilty

David Morens, the longtime senior adviser who worked inside Anthony Fauci’s Office of the Director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,...

UAE Trade Ban on Iran

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade, commercial exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran until further notice after accusing Tehran of launching...

PRIVATE BLOG – Japan & Pending Sovereign Debt Crisis

PRIVATE BLOG – Japan & Pending Sovereign Debt Crisis Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn...

South Korea Wants Military Independence — Good, Let Them Pay for It

South Korea has responded to Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises by talking about becoming more militarily independent. President Lee Jae...

Europe Is Sanctioning Its Way Into Economic Irrelevance

Europe apparently believes it can sanction the entire world into submission. Eight countries outside the European Union have now agreed to align themselves with...

Trump Punishes South Korea for Refusing to Join the Iran War

Trump has ordered the Pentagon to reduce America’s joint military exercises with South Korea, but this is not simply about saving money or suddenly deciding...

China No Longer Needs Germany

Germany spent decades building one of the most successful industrial economies in the world and then its politicians began dismantling the very foundations that...

Netanyahu Turns on Britain

The relationship between Israel and Britain is deteriorating in a way that would have been almost unthinkable only a few years ago. Benjamin Netanyahu has now taken...

Chinese v American Views on WAR with Taiwan

The Center for Strategic and International Studies conducted an extraordinary survey of 64 leading experts on China, Taiwan, and cross-Strait relations, including...