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Update (1440ET):Moments ago President Trump announced that the United States will provide insurance for "ALL Maritime Trade"via the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and will provide Navy escorts, "if necessary." · Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade,…

Corporate lobbyists have become central to decision-making in the New Zealand political system. But we know remarkably little about how they work, who they work for, or what they charge. In my ongoing research on influence behind the scenes of government, one lobbyist told me that the standard pitch of lobbying firms to business is that they can normally change a government decision for a $250,000 fee. That kind of money gets you into the room…

If Part 1 described a New Zealand that was structurally sovereign — controlled capital flows, manageable external debt, production-led prosperity — Part 2 describes something subtler. Not conquest. Repositioning. The hollowing out did not begin in 1984. It began when the global monetary ground shifted — and New Zealand was manoeuvred, step by step, into a new financial architecture. Part I here... · Bretton Woods Ends — And the Anchor…

He defines World War III as a country “want[ing] to impose on the world a different way of life and change the lives people have chosen for themselves”, which doesn’t describe what Russia did in 2022, but what the US has been doing from 1991 till Trump’s return to office last year. · Andrew Korybko · Zelensky told the BBC right before the four-year anniversary of Russia’s special operation that “I believe that Putin has already started…

Leaked documents reportedly shows the administration’s push to remove “anti-American” narratives from parks and museums · US President Donald Trump. ©  The White House via X Account/Anadolu via Getty Images · The administration of US President Donald Trump is seeking to purge “anti-American” narratives from the country’s national parks and museums, several media outlets have reported, citing a leaked government database.…

Any conflict could be the trigger, the former Russian president has warned · Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a press conference in Gorki, Russia, January 29, 2026. ©  Oleg Molchanov/RIA Novosti · [RT] US President Donald Trump could set off World War III with his “criminal” regime change operations, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned. · In an interview with TASS published on Monday, Medvedev, who…

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has long fought to publicize the files related to the late pedophile · Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) at a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing, Washington, DC, February 11, 2026. © Getty Images / Nathan Posner/Anadolu · [RT] A Republican lawmaker has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein scandal by embroiling the country in a…

Russia is the only country in the world that’s on decent terms with Iran, the US, Israel, and the Gulf Kingdoms, thus making Putin the only person who could potentially mediate an end to the war. · Andrew Korybko · Putin spoke with the leaders of the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia (de facto since he spoke with Mohammed bin Salman) on Monday, all of whose countries have been attacked by Iran on the pretext that the US military facilities…

RT breaks down public and Capitol Hill reactions to the new Middle East war, launched days before election season · Protesters rally against the joint US-Israel military operation targeting Iran. Washington DC, February 28, 2026. © Getty Images / Celal Gunes/Anadolu · US President Donald Trump’s order to attack Iran has drawn mixed reactions among Americans, with polls showing a clear public split and statements from…

Friedrich Merz says Iran deserves being the target of war because it hasn’t bent the knee to sanctions ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/@tarikcyrilamartarikcyrilamar.substack.comtarikcyrilamar.com · FILE PHOTO: German…