Everyone in the corporate press is framing China’s rare earth controls as just another trade war escalation. They’re missing the point entirely, probably on purpose. China is directly dismantling the US war machine’s supply chain. 🧵
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Top #Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on #Beirut - 2 security sources
Top Hezbollah commander #IbrahimAqil was killed on Friday in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburos, 2 #security sources told Reuters.
One of the sources said he was killed alongside members of Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit as they were holding a meeting.
#Israel #Lebanon #Iran #Gaza #MiddleEast #war #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/top-hezbollah-commander-killed-israeli-strike-beirut-two-security-sources-2024-09-20/
#Satellite footage suggests #Russia #ICBM launch test was a disaster
According to satellite photos, a Russian #Sarmat intercontinental #ballistic #missile probably detonated during a test earlier this month, raising questions about Russia’s #military capabilities & putting a dent in the Kremlin’s #nuclear saber rattling.
#geopolitics #war #Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/23/russia-sarmat-icbm-disaster/
#Hezbollah exploding #pager trail runs from #Taiwan to #Hungary
A snr Lebanese #security source identified a photograph of the model of the pager, an AR-924.
The source said the #pagers had been modified by #Israel's spy service, #Mossad, "at the production level."
"The Mossad injected a board inside of the device that has explosive material that receives a code. It's very hard to detect it through any means.”
#lebanon #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-explosives-hezbollahs-taiwan-made-pagers-say-sources-2024-09-18/
The world isn’t becoming multipolar — it’s becoming "multisphere." Overlapping power, blurred norms and rising coercion are redefining global risk in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/22/world/strategic-outlook-geopolitics-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #geopolitics #china #us #defense #sanaetakaichi #security #ukraine #europe
A stunned #Europe finally wakes up to #Trump’s #Greenland threat
An emergency meeting of #EU ambassadors will take place in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trump’s threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenland’s capital Nuuk joined #protests against any potential #annexation.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #trade #economy #tariffs #sovereignty #Denmark #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app
#Trump Hands the World to #China
#Xi Jinping could only have dreamed of such rapid destruction of American #power.
By Michael Schuman
American global leadership is ending. Not because of “American decline,” or the emergence of a multipolar world, or the actions of US adversaries. It’s ending because President Donald Trump wants to end it.
#geopolitics #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/foreign-policy-mistake-china/681732/
Good to spread the word about the disinformation Trump is spreading about NATO-members not supporting the US.
#USA #NATO #Trump #geopolitics @geopolitics
🚨 URGENT REQUEST - PLEASE BOOST 🚨
I'm looking for names and/or connections of any academics, independent researchers, or prominent figures *anywhere*, but *especially* in #Canada who have at least *some* connection to *any* fields related to:
- #Genocide (in general)
- #Trans Genocide
- #Geopolitics as they relate to trans people
I've been asked to lead a significant and urgent project related to the present crisis, and I've dropped all other tasks to support this. I wish I could provide more details publicly, but these details will have to follow.
- Feel free to either post or DM me names/info or to connect
#Romania’s #FarRight candidate, championed by #JDVance & #ElonMusk, detained by police
Romanian prosecutors have opened a #criminal investigation into #CălinGeorgescu, the far-right, Pro-#Russia populist who surged from almost nowhere to win the first round of the country’s cancelled presidential election last year.
#RussianPropaganda #ElectionInterference #geopolitics #law
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/romanian-prosecutors-launch-investigation-into-far-right-politician-calin-georgescu
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨#Trump:🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
#UnitedStates to TAKE OVER the #Gaza Strip
#Isreal #Hamas #Palestinians #geopolitics #MiddleEast #Usexpansionism #WhatsMineIsMineAndWhatsYourIsMine #Imperialism #Authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes
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#Trump delivers #Davos “speech” as tensions with #Europe grow over #Greenland
Trump began by saying it was great to be addressing "so many friends, a few enemies", prompting laughter in the auditorium.
He went on to seriously exaggerate & lie about the “success” of the US #economy.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #tariffs #Denmark #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #InternationalLaw #WEF
https://www.reuters.com/world/davos-live-trump-make-speech-davos-tensions-with-europe-grow-over-greenland-2026-01-21/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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China and Brics will ‘defend’ global order as Trump withdraws, Brazil says
#politics #brazil #UnitedStates #china #BRICS #geopolitics
https://www.ft.com/content/9679a8e9-6137-4b96-8af8-59f2fefe39b2
JFC
#PutinsPuppet is spreading #RussianPropaganda & attacking #Zelensky, #Obama & #Biden in disgusting #racist code & advocating for #Russia’s demands.
“I have nothing to do with Russia, but have much to do with wanting to save, on average, five thousand Russian & Ukrainian soldiers a week, who are dying for no reason whatsoever.
No reason?! Just their #sovereignty, #independence & #democracy
#Trump #geopolitics #Ukraine #disinformation #alliance #NATO #authoritarianism #StandWithUkraine
WTF?
#Venezuela #oil proceeds are going into a private account in #Qatar that #US #Treasury cannot block. This can’t be legal.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.!'"
#geopolitics #law #criminal #Trump #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
#FederalReserve Chair #JeromePowell is speaking
Says #Trump #tariffs were far higher than expected & that larger than expected tariffs mean higher #inflation, slower growth.
"We face a highly uncertain outlook with elevated risks of both higher #unemployment & higher inflation," undermining both of the #Fed's mandates of 2% inflation & maximum employment, Powell said in prepared remarks for a business journalists' conference.
The #UnitedStates & #Ukraine announced the creation of a new reconstruction & investment fund, formalizing an economic agreement between the 2 that is intended to give the US access to proceeds from Ukraine’s reserves of rare earth #minerals.
The agreement concludes months of fraught negotiations over whether the #US will continue to provide Ukraine w/ #economic & #military support to Ukraine as it tries to broker an end to its war w/ #Russia.
#geopolitics #extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B6D34864-523A-4478-90D7-2E06148475AB
That’d be the smart move
Exclusive: #Ukraine considers shift from the #US #dollar to #euro amid #geopolitical realignments
Ukraine is starting to consider a shift away from the US dollar, possibly linking its currency more closely to the euro amid the splintering of global #trade & its growing ties to #Europe, per #CentralBank Gov Andriy Pyshnyi.
#geopolitics #economy
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-considers-shift-dollar-euro-amid-geopolitical-realignments-2025-05-07/
#Putin has declared a 3-day pause in fighting against #Ukraine, but for bloodied Ukrainian soldiers limping into a field hospital, their wounds testified that the ceasefire was not being respected.
One soldier, who gave his name as Stanislav, sat in the field hospital on Friday night cradling his left arm. It was wrapped in gauze bandage, & blood was soaking through.
“There hasn’t been any ceasefire," said Stanislav.
#Russia #war #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/wounded-ukrainian-soldiers-ask-what-ceasefire-2025-05-10/
In #Mideast, #Trump plans to focus on #business deals, not #geopolitics
Trump leaves Monday for a 4-day trip to #SaudiArabia, #Qatar & the #UAE, a mission that is expected to focus heavily on business deals & new investments from the #oil-rich region.
The swing through deep-pocketed #MiddleEast monarchies, Trump’s first major international travel of his 2nd term, is a marker of Trump’s priorities & another sign of his intention to de-emphasize the traditional #US #allies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/11/trump-mideast-trip/
#Putin's #Oil Empire Gets Double Boost
The #US will not back an #EU proposal to impose a price cap on #RussianOil that seeks to curb revenues for Russian President Vladimir Putin's #war machine, acc/to Bloomberg.
#Russia could also benefit from the spike in oil prices following #Israel's attack on #Iran, a major producer of the commodity.
#geopolitics #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-putin-oil-sanctions-price-cap-2085549
Smart
#Greenland handed a 30-year #mining permit to a Danish-French mining group aiming to extract a moon-like rock that could offer a #climate-friendly alternative in aluminium production.
The #Arctic island rich in #minerals, #oil & #NaturalGas, & long seen as a potential resource frontier, has drawn international attention since #Trump expressed an interest in *purchasing* [conquering] it earlier this year.
#geopolitics #Denmark #France #US
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/greenland-gives-danish-french-group-permit-mine-rock-with-green-potential-wake-2025-05-21/
#KingCharles III arrives in Ottawa on Monday to underscore #Canada’s #sovereignty to #Trump.
Trump’s repeated suggestion that the US #annex its northern neighbor prompted Prime Minister #MarkCarney to invite Charles to give the speech from the throne that will outline his government’s agenda for the new Parliament. The king is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.
#geopolitics #USexpansionism
https://apnews.com/article/king-charles-canada-carney-trump-parliament-speech-cfb17691de077f3a3677fe377666ace7
Exclusive: #Putin, for #Ukraine peace, wants a pledge to halt #NATO enlargement
Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards [shorthand for formally ruling out membership to Ukraine, #Georgia & #Moldova & other former #Soviet republics] & lift a chunk of sanctions on #Russia, according to three Russian sources with knowledge of the negotiations.
#geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-ukraine-peace-wants-pledge-halt-nato-enlargement-sources-say-2025-05-28/
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#Trump’s actions & statements suggest he might be envisioning a world in which each of the 3 so-called great powers—the #UnitedStates, #China & #Russia—dominates its part of the globe, #ForeignPolicy analysts say.
It would be a throwback to a 19th-century style of #imperial rule.
Trump has said he wants to take #Greenland from Denmark, annex #Canada & re-establish American control of the #PanamaCanal.…extend[ing] US dominance in the Western Hemisphere….
#geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/politics/trump-russia-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=839DA511-2704-4676-B75F-1EF9BD8AE047