Towards a New Nuclear Arms Race? Can France and Germany Successfully “Nuclearize the EU”?

By Drago Bosnic, February 17, 2026

The world’s two most potent thermonuclear powers, Russia and the United States, are no longer bound by any legal constraints with regard to their arsenals, which could potentially result in a new nuclear arms race.

Similarities of the European Revolutions of 1848 and the Conjuncture of 2026

By Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz, February 17, 2026

The parallelism established between the Revolutions of 1848 and the global conjuncture that has been shaped since the 2020s is not due to superficial similarities, but to the simultaneous crisis of the international system, production relations, and social structure.

BREAKING: 98% of Excess Deaths in Highly Vaccinated Australian Regions Were Not From COVID-19

By Nicolas Hulscher, February 17, 2026

Raphael Lataster published an ecological analysis in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine examining excess mortality in Australia during 2021. Australia provided something rare: a real-world natural experiment.

New Hydro-geopolitical Developments in the 21st Century. Water Resources

By Dursun Yıldız, February 16, 2026

Hydropolitics has long been underexplored, yet it is becoming increasingly important in shaping the international order. While analysts often focus on pipelines, rare earth elements, or trade corridors, water is emerging as the most critical resource that will determine whether regions pursue cooperation or face conflict.

A Venezuelan-Like Oil Blockade Against Iran. Would It Enable the US to “Divide-and-Rule”?

By Andrew Korybko, February 16, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump 2.0 is considering imposing a Venezuelan-like oil blockade against Iran. It hasn’t yet done so due to concerns that Iran might attack the US’ regional military assets and/or seize its Gulf allies’ oil tankers, with either scenario destabilizing the global oil market and spiking the risk of war, so it might never ultimately happen.

Trumpelstiltskin’s Toy Navy. “What About Iran’s Missiles?”

By J. Michael Springmann, February 16, 2026

No! Yes! It is 1,619 miles (2,606 km.) from the Arabian Sea to Tehran. The range from the Mediterranean Sea to Tehran is 1,762 miles (2,835 km). So, if his Bathtub Boats in his remarkably small Great Armada want to attack the capital (or anywhere else in the Islamic Republic), they will have problems.

Why Is Germany Rearming, Again?

By Dr. F. Andrew Wolf, Jr., February 16, 2026

According to the German Chancellor, the EU needs to rapidly arm itself as the world is entering a new era of great-power struggle. Mr. Merz suggested the Trump administration’s actions over the past year meant that the United States’ claim to global leadership “has been challenged, and possibly squandered.”