Tag Archives: Moscow

08Jun/26

Playing with Fire: How the 2026 Direct Conflict Reshaped the Middle East and Paralyzed Global Markets

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Iran’s 2026 Systemic Collapse

The sources detail a massive geopolitical and economic upheaval centering around the 2026 Iran War, which fundamentally altered the Middle East and the global economy.

Sat, Jun 05 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The Geopolitical and Military Conflict: By early 2026, the long-standing “shadow war” between Israel and Iran erupted into a direct, high-intensity conflict. Driven by fears that Iran was mere days away from possessing weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear bomb, Israel and the United States launched unprecedented military strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, air defenses, and energy infrastructure. This followed Israel’s systematic degradation of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” including the severe weakening of Hezbollah and Hamas, and the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria. Continue reading →

08Apr/26

The Economic and Strategic Costs of Cosplaying Madness

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Wrecking Ball Diplomacy: How ‘America First’ Tariffs and Transactionalism Alienated the World

April 8, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ —  The “Madman Theory” is a concept in international relations suggesting that a leader can gain coercive bargaining leverage by appearing irrational, highly volatile, or indifferent to the costs of conflict. By cultivating a reputation for madness, a leader attempts to make otherwise incredible threats—such as initiating a nuclear war or destroying the global economy—appear credible, thereby forcing adversaries to concede to avoid a catastrophe.

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07Feb/26

Badenoch Declares “Britain Not Being Governed”

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“Britain Is Not Being Governed”: 4 Surprising Takeaways from the Mandelson Scandal

07 Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media  — Based on the provided data, there is no specific information detailing the exact event, allegation, or revelation that led to Lord Mandelson’s resignation. Continue reading →

09Jan/26

The Persian Threshold: Tehran Teeters Between Total Collapse and a “Year of Blood”

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Jan. 9, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The Iranian regime is currently facing its most existential challenge since the 1979 Revolution. As of January 9, 2026, the situation has shifted from sporadic economic protests into a coordinated nationwide uprising. Continue reading →

06Jan/26

2026 Venezuelan oil is being used to counter BRICS momentum

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Jan. 6, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ —The term petrodollar refers to the global system where crude oil is priced and traded exclusively in U.S. dollars. This system has been a cornerstone of American economic and geopolitical power for over 50 years. As of early 2026, the petrodollar system is facing its most significant challenges since its inception, with major shifts in Venezuela and the Middle East reshaping the global energy landscape. Continue reading →

29Aug/23

International ransomware gangs are evolving their techniques. The next generation of hackers will target weaknesses in cryptocurrencies

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Alpesh Bhudia, Royal Holloway University of London; Anna Cartwright, Oxford Brookes University; Darren Hurley-Smith, Royal Holloway University of London, and Edward Cartwright, De Montfort University

In May 2023, the Dallas City Government was hugely disrupted by a ransomware attack. Ransomware attacks are so-called because the hackers behind them encrypt vital data and demand a ransom in order to get the information decrypted.

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26Aug/23

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss joins long list of those who challenged Vladimir Putin and paid the price

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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

Two months after challenging Vladimir Putin’s leadership in an apparent but abortive “mutiny”, Yevgeny Prigozhin – the former owner of the mercenary private military company Wagner Group – has joined a long list of prominent Russians to die in mysterious circumstances.

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25Jul/23

Women storm climate leadership

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By Alister Doyle | Climate Correspondent

July 25, 2023 /Environment/ — Since it was set up in 1988, the U.N.’s prestigious panel of climate scientists has been led by men – a Swede, an Anglo-American, an Indian and a South Korean.

That 35-year all-male run may end this week when governments pick a new chair for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at a meeting in Nairobi from July 25-28. Continue reading →
26Jun/23

Putin seriously weakened by Wagner Group mutiny – but it was a missed opportunity for Ukraine too

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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy

Blink and you could have missed it. Within 36 hours, the challenge mounted against the Kremlin by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the mercenary private military company the Wagner Group, was over. On Friday June 23 2023, Prigozhin ordered 25,000 of his troops on to a “march for justice”, which duly set out to confront the Russian president in Moscow. The following afternoon he called it off.

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27Apr/23

AI can process more information than humans – so will it stop us repeating our mistakes?

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Anders Sandberg, University of Oxford

It is a cliche that not knowing history makes one repeat it. As many people have also pointed out, the only thing we learn from history is that we rarely learn anything from history. People engage in land wars in Asia over and over. They repeat the same dating mistakes, again and again. But why does this happen? And will technology put an end to it?

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