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Exploring the intersection of history, geopolitics, and economics — how nations rise, fall, and shape the world. Retweets are not endorsements.



New paper on wid.world by @gatonievas & @PaulaDruschke finds that 70% of World Bank and IMF funds are allocated to G7 geopolitically aligned countries. Bottom line: rich countries pretend to be in favour of democracy but in practice they have built an undemocratic international system to benefit from the collective resources of global public goods, institutionalizing the political inequalities between global South and global North. 🔗wid.world/news-article/t…






Sky News foreign correspondent Alex Crawford reported that Lebanese health workers in Nabatieh are being forced to deliberately delay their arrival at emergency scenes to avoid Israeli “double-tap” strikes, which, she said, have become a “pattern”.

"This boy died because he was starved to death by Israel's Prison Service, which held him in conditions that led to his death”. Starvation is one of the forms of torture used in Israeli detention facilities. Soldier testimonies we collected confirm this:





🛢 Western Efforts to Isolate 🇷🇺 Russia FAIL as Southeast Asia Turns to Moscow Amid Supply Crisis Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister, Roman Marshavin, has reportedly said that most Southeast Asian countries are showing strong interest in Russian energy resources amid tightening supplies from the Middle East. The development reflects a broader shift in energy sourcing patterns, as countries diversify supply options in response to evolving market conditions and geopolitical pressures. As oil prices have risen to nearly $100 per barrel, the European Union has reportedly postponed plans for a new ban on certain categories of Russian oil, citing market uncertainties linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Beyond oil and gas, Russia is increasingly being viewed by some countries as a consistent energy supplier and a potential economic partner within a changing global energy landscape. The US’ incompetent neocon foreign policy in Iran has only ended up enriching Russia further, after the previous Biden administration failed to bring Russia to its knees as planned with the Ukraine proxy war.



