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By Rhod Mackenzie

On the eve of the Munich Security Conference in February of this year, an interesting document was published. It is entitled the Munich Security Report 2025. It is evident that the primary message of the report has largely been overlooked, which has contributed to the current cha...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It has been reported that the CIA is prepared to provide Donald Trump with information regarding Russia and their the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. This statement was made by the head of the agency, John Ratcliffe, against the backdrop of accusations against Russia of alleg...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Since 2014, the European Union has been systematically destroying almost all sectors of its economy. Initially it started back in 2014 with the initial sanctions on Russia the introduction which saw Russian introduce counter measures that have since cost the EU food and agricutur...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russians have taken the Ukrainian lithium deposits and US has a problem
In April, US Treasury Secretary Scott Beesant and..the Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister, Sviridenko, signed the universal 'rare earth agreement'. Western media outlets have characterised the deal as...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The NATO summit in The Hague concluded on Wednesday. However even before it actually started, there were indications that there was a significant crisis brewing within the world's largest military alliance. Analysts are predicting that NATO could eventually break into several b...

By Rhod Mackenzie

As the popular saying goes, a chain always breaks where it is thinnest and weakest . And if at the front in Ukraine in the Special Military Operation , sparing no reserves, somehow continues to resist, but  immediately behind the Ukraine's front lines in its rear are the first si...