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Ricardo Martins

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Is the IAEA Complicit in the Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientists? A Crisis of Credibility at the Heart of Non-Proliferation

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Ricardo Martins

NATO Summit 2025: Europe’s Capitulation to American Imperialism

02.07.2025 60

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Ricardo Martins

G7 Summit in Kananaskis: A Club of Irrelevance in a Multipolar World

G7 Summit in Kananaskis: A Club of Irrelevance in a Multipolar World
27.06.2025 70

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Ricardo Martins

The Foolishness of Trump’s Persecution of American Universities: Silencing campuses, driving talent away, and empowering America’s rivals.

22.06.2025 40

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SIPRI Yearbook 2025 – Nuclear Weapons & Global Security: An Intelligence-Analytic Assessment

19.06.2025 50

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Why Doesn’t Europe Take Real Action Against Netanyahu? EU Officials Face Calls to Be Held Accountable for Complicity in War Crimes.

12.06.2025 30

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Ibrahim Traoré and Emmanuel Macron: What Leads Their Tense Relationship? Part 2

04.06.2025 20

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Ibrahim Traoré: A New Revolutionary Leader vs. Emmanuel Macron, the Last French Colonialist? Understanding the Roots of Their Tense Relationship. Part 1

02.06.2025 50

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Sanctions as Self-Harm: The West’s Strategic Blind Spot in Confronting Russia

28.05.2025 20

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Lula’s Victory Day in Moscow Comes at a Price: Domestic Criticism and Kiev Calls Its Ambassador Home

23.05.2025 10

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Amid Russophobia and Political Calculation, EU Boycotts Moscow's 80th WWII Anniversary Parade

09.05.2025 30

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Vietnam at 50: From Reunification to Resilience

07.05.2025 60

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China Has Quietly Won the Trade War—and Now Leads the World

03.05.2025 60

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Which Side is India On? Still on the Fence — and Not Choosing Anytime Soon

29.04.2025 20

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Victory Day Is Coming: Will Europe Celebrate?

24.04.2025 20

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Trump’s Tariff War: Is China Holding the Winning Hand?

19.04.2025 40

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Was Charles de Gaulle Right All Along? Europe’s Strategic Solitude and the End of Illusions

14.04.2025 10

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The End of an Era: Trump’s Tariffs and Global Trade in Shock

06.04.2025 70

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Trump is Boosting China’s Appeal: 10 Reasons the World is Looking East

29.03.2025 30

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Kaja Kallas: The EU’s Struggling Foreign Affairs Chief and the Deepening Divide Over Ukraine

25.03.2025 70

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Syria’s New Nightmare: The Alawite Massacre and the Perils of Sectarian Revenge

20.03.2025 30

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Erdoğan's Bet: Europe’s Savior – EU Membership as the Price

15.03.2025 30

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A Global Defence Spending Surge: Preparing for War or Securing Peace?

10.03.2025 30

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More Than an Ocean: The Growing Divide Between Zelensky and Trump – The West in Crisis

05.03.2025 70

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Europe Is Sidelined in Ukraine Peace Talks – Part 2: Seeking a New Role Beyond U.S. Shadow

25.02.2025 8

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Europe Is Sidelined in Ukraine Peace Talks – Part 1: How Europe Took Itself Out of the Negotiating Room

22.02.2025 40

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Is the U.S. a Democracy, Oligarchy or a Plutocracy?

16.02.2025 60

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Fico vs. Zelensky: A War of Words Escalates into a Diplomatic Crisis Between Slovakia and Ukraine

11.02.2025 30

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Yalta 1945 – Between Cooperation and Rivalry: What Lessons for Today’s World Order? Part 2

08.02.2025 40

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Yalta 1945 – Between Cooperation and Rivalry: What Lessons for Today’s World Order? Part 1

06.02.2025 40

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Leaked Memo Reveals German Ambassador's Alarm Over Trump’s Second-Term Agenda, While Berlin Remains Reluctant to React

03.02.2025 40

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Trump’s Imperialistic Fury: No Ally is Safe

31.01.2025 30

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Trump Goes Geopolitical: Entangling China and Russia is the Base of His Imperialistic Move

26.01.2025 20

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The Gaza Genocide: A New Low in Democracy and Human History. Part 2: Germany’s Undemocratic Assaults

22.01.2025 10

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The Gaza Genocide: A New Low in Democracy and Human History. Part 1: The German Genocides

15.01.2025 30

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Trump New Imperial Fury or the New U.S. Lebensraum?

10.01.2025 20

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Angela Merkel’s Revelation: The Minsk Agreements Were Not Intended To Be Pursued

The EU was born as a peace project. Is it still so? The former German Chancellor reveals in an interview and in her Memoirs that Europe preferred...

04.01.2025 3

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Ricardo Martins

A Trump-Putin Deal Over Ukraine Does Not Look Good for Europe

“ Stop pushing Zelensky into peace talks”, tells EU Foreign Affairs chief to European leaders. For the EU, a negotiated peace deal is a win for...

30.12.2024 30

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Ricardo Martins

Is Donald Trump’s Tariff-and-Threat Diplomacy Towards Latin America Throwing the Region into China’s orbit? Part 2

China’s expanding economic and geopolitical influence in Latin America has become a significant challenge to the U.S.’s traditional dominance in...

21.12.2024 7

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Is Donald Trump’s Tariff-and-Threat Diplomacy Towards Latin America Throwing the Region into China’s orbit? Part 1

Even before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump has been threatening neighbouring countries with tariffs and sanctions, straining...

18.12.2024 5

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Ricardo Martins

The Fall of Assad: Towards a New Pariah Regime in Syria, Supported by the West?

The morale of the Syrian Army, Assad’s friends busy elsewhere, strong Erdogan’s support and poor intelligence appear to be at the heart of Assad’s...

11.12.2024 8

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The Spiralling European Political Crisis: France's Prime Minister Falls And President Under Pressure to Resign

The motion of no confidence, voted through on 4 December 2024, has succeeded—a first in France since 1962. All eyes are now on French President...

07.12.2024 20

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South Korea Declares and Cancels Martial Law: What Are the Geopolitical Impacts?

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law in a move that caught everyone by surprise. The situation is particularly...

05.12.2024 4

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“Amsterdam Pogrom” Exposes Another Low for Mainstream Media: How Much Credibility Is Left?

Some of the media have made a mea culpa over their coverage of the clashes between Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans and Dutch citizens in Amsterdam,...

01.12.2024 5

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Ricardo Martins

U.S. Strategic Interests: Divergent Priorities on Ukraine and China at the Expense of Europe’s Interests

The U.S. strategic interests in Ukraine and China diverge due to differing geopolitical, economic, and military calculations. China, on the other...

26.11.2024 6

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Ricardo Martins

The New Trump Administration: Five Reasons Why It May Not Deliver on Promises

Great and deeply worrisome expectations surrounded Trump’s startling return to power, both during his campaign and in the wake of his victory. Most...

20.11.2024 5

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Ricardo Martins

Germany is Collapsing: The Cost of the Conflict in Ukraine and Domestic Political Breakdown

At the centre of the dispute that led to the collapse of the governing coalition was Christian Lindner, the finance minister dismissed by...

17.11.2024 5

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The Manufactured 'Pogrom': Chaos Unleashed in Amsterdam

The only case in history when football hooligans wreaked havoc, yet local citizens were blame d . Mainstream media and politicians have manufactured...

14.11.2024 60

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American Elections: Trump Has Won and a New Despair Sets in Across Europe

It has become repetitive: with every American election, Europeans from all political backgrounds, whether or not they hold political or economic...

10.11.2024 8

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Ricardo Martins

Elections in Georgia: A Déjà-Vu Reaction From The West and Its Media

In a blunt act of foreign interference, the EU abandoned its traditional soft diplomacy and stated that Georgia’s membership is off the table...

07.11.2024 10

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Ricardo Martins