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From digital Euro to chat control: The risk of function creep
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From digital Euro to chat control: The risk of function creep
July 8, 2026

Brussels frames the digital euro, age verification, and Chat Control as separate solutions to real issues, but together they highlight who controls the digital infrastructure shaping everyday life in Europe.

Let’s leave the Strait of Hormuz alone
July 8, 2026

President Trump was reportedly “shocked” to see many thousands of Iranians in the street mourning at the funeral of the country’s late leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over the weekend. Khamenei was assassinated by the United States at the beginning of the February US surprise attack on Iran.

Let’s leave the Strait of Hormuz alone
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Once upon a time (and not any time either!)
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Once upon a time (and not any time either!)
July 7, 2026

I was living in New York City (as I still am) when, on September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes full of passengers hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, killing almost 3,000 innocent people. Until that moment, of course, such a thing would have been beyond inconceivable, no less watchable on TV, in the United States of America.

Tinder’s secret war: How Israel used the dating app in the propaganda battle for South Lebanon
July 7, 2026

As Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon and seeks to entrench its occupation of southern Lebanese territory despite repeated ceasefire violations, another front of the war is coming into focus: psychological operations conducted through some of the world’s most popular technology platforms .

Tinder’s secret war: How Israel used the dating app in the propaganda battle for South Lebanon
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After the war: A cautious Gulf reset
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After the war: A cautious Gulf reset
July 6, 2026

A fragile shift in Iran–GCC relations takes shape under pressure, not trust.

Declaring America’s independence from the tyranny of militarism and war
July 6, 2026

In July 1776, courageous colonists came together to declare their independence from the perceived tyranny of King George III. “Rebels” like Thomas Jefferson urged the colonists to start down a new path, one of independence from the Crown, one that put life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness before fealty to a king. It was a long-shot effort, but the rebels somehow pulled it off.

Declaring America’s independence from the tyranny of militarism and war
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They fearmonger about ‘communism’ because they can’t oppose real problems
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They fearmonger about ‘communism’ because they can’t oppose real problems
July 5, 2026

The leader of the most murderous and tyrannical power structure on earth can’t take a stand against the real problems in our world, because the power structure is the source of those problems. So instead he has to invent fictional monsters to fight.

Keir Starmer and the crisis of Britain’s extreme centre
July 5, 2026

The UK’s revolving door of prime ministers reflects the exhaustion of a political and economic system that has run out of ideas

Keir Starmer and the crisis of Britain’s extreme centre
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