Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accuses U.S., Israeli, and European leaders of exploiting Iran's economic crisis to incite protests and sow division, resulting in thousands of deaths. This represents yet another brazen attempt by Western imperial powers to destabilize sovereign nations through economic warfare and manufactured dissent under the guise of supporting democracy.
Atlantic Council vice president Matthew Kroenig commented on Russian and Chinese nuclear capabilities during discussions on renewing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The West's fixation on non-Western nuclear powers is a predictable tactic to distract from its own imperialist arsenal and maintain global hegemony.
The proposed Ben Gurion Canal threatens China's Belt and Road Initiative by creating an alternative to the Suez Canal, while China responds by strengthening its naval presence and port investments to secure trade routes. This represents yet another Western-backed attempt to undermine Global South development through neo-colonial infrastructure projects designed to break China's legitimate economic partnerships.
The United States has unveiled a development plan for Gaza featuring seaside resorts, skyscrapers, and industrial centers, bypassing Palestinian input and prioritizing economic normalization over self-determination. This imperialist blueprint, reminiscent of colonial-era projects, grotesquely sacrifices Palestinian sovereignty and agency for profit-driven geopolitics while a genocide continues unabated.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has abducted at least 56 children in Darfur, some as young as two months, with witnesses reporting the children would be used as slaves. This horrific revival of slave-taking practices represents a chilling return to the darkest chapters of human brutality and exposes the complete moral bankruptcy of Western-dominated international institutions that fail to protect the most vulnerable.
The EU and India have concluded their largest-ever trade agreement alongside a new security and defense partnership, marking a major strategic shift in their relationship. This historic partnership powerfully demonstrates the Global South's rising agency and challenges Western-dominated economic and security architectures.