The idea that Cuba could be next after a regime collapse in Venezuela used to sound like wishful exile rhetoric, something said loudly in Miami cafés and quietly dismissed elsewhere. Lately it feels different, heavier somehow, less like a slogan and more like an uncomfortable analytical possibility. Venezuela has not just been an ally to Cuba; it has been a lifeline, an energy … [Read more...] about Cuba, After Venezuela: Why the Domino Logic Is No Longer Taboo
How a Quack Ended Up Steering National Health — And Why the Hepatitis B Rollback Is a Dangerous Farce
It’s a bit surreal watching a country that once prided itself on biomedical leadership now take cues from a man whose public health credentials amount to YouTube monologues and debunked science. You blink for a second, and suddenly RFK Jr. is chairing a vaccine panel that treats decades of peer-reviewed evidence like optional reading and rewrites national guidelines on the fly. … [Read more...] about How a Quack Ended Up Steering National Health — And Why the Hepatitis B Rollback Is a Dangerous Farce
Europe’s Telecom Awakening — The Huawei Breakup Feels a Lot Like the Russian Gas Divorce
There’s a familiar scent in the air — not fear exactly, but recognition. Europe has been here before. The sudden political clarity around removing Huawei and other Chinese technology suppliers from critical telecom infrastructure echoes the same late-to-realize urgency that unfolded after Russia turned its energy exports into geopolitical leverage. Back then, Europe discovered … [Read more...] about Europe’s Telecom Awakening — The Huawei Breakup Feels a Lot Like the Russian Gas Divorce
Woke Journalism as a Camouflaged Form of Anarchism
There’s something strangely theatrical about headlines like the one that claims France mourns its stolen crown jewels as their uncomfortable colonial past. It doesn’t read like reporting; it reads like someone whispering a moral lesson before the facts have even had a chance to walk onto the stage. The trick is subtle: the theft itself becomes secondary, while the writer frames … [Read more...] about Woke Journalism as a Camouflaged Form of Anarchism
Israel Surrounded by Failed States
When you look at the map around Israel, the geography tells one story while the political and social realities tell another, far more strained one. Lebanon, to the north, has been locked in a long, exhausting collapse for years. Its government barely functions, the currency has been shredded into confetti value, and non-state actors like Hezbollah effectively override the … [Read more...] about Israel Surrounded by Failed States