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Joaquin Flores

Educated in the field of IR and IPE at California State University Los Angeles; previously served as a business agent and organizer for the SEIU labor union; has published internationally on subjects of geopolitics, war, and diplomacy; serves as the director of the Belgrade-based Center for Syncretic Studies, and is Chief Editor at Fort Russ News.
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The survival of Palestinians in Gaza is not merely a matter of daily sustenance but forms the material foundation for any future Palestinian state.


The liberal ideology is based on hubris, not humility, and therein lays the embryo of its own defeat.


What emerges is rather a Roman friendship; adversaries bound by overlapping interests, mutual restraint, and shared enemies.


Europe is being weakened by this war, even if its elites have enriched themselves through various non-productive schemes.


Whether through ideological soft power or financial manipulation, the core agenda remains intact, albeit masked in new forms.


In an age where technology could liberate us, it has instead been harnessed to enslave us to a perpetual state of dissatisfaction and powerlessness.


President Trump’s performance even early in the debate seemed to be missing the mark, Joaquin Flores writes.


Joaquin Flores writes about the weak case of the USA vs Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva


They failed to assassinate Trump, and he has since picked up critical endorsements from populist Democrats, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who reflect the true diversity of ideas and interests behind the 45th President.


The U.S. appears to be following a long-haul model that seeks to use weak forces like gravity to change the situation over time.