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The Manifest Archive

By Jerry
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Geopolitics

Geopolitics is rarely decided by events. It is decided by the architecture beneath them: NATO's eastward expansion, Russia and China cast as the designated adversaries, and Iran at the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint that prices every crisis. These chapters trace the energy corridors, sanctions regimes and strategic competition that outlast whoever holds office.

December 30, 2006 — The Day Saddam Hussein Was Executed
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December 30, 2006 — The Day Saddam Hussein Was Executed

Why the war was already over

Dec 30, 2025 7 min read
25 December 1999: The Day Putin Took Office
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25 December 1999: The Day Putin Took Office

It looks like a story about one man. It isn’t.

Dec 25, 2025 5 min read
Christmas Eve 1991: The Night the Soviet Union Vanished
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Christmas Eve 1991: The Night the Soviet Union Vanished

How the world’s most powerful superstate disappeared quietly while everyone was distracted by the holidays

Dec 24, 2025 5 min read
Putin, Money, and the Moment the West Stopped Moving
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Putin, Money, and the Moment the West Stopped Moving

How a single sentence about seized Russian assets exposed the limits of Europe, NATO, and the United States and why this conflict began long before the first tanks crossed the border The

Dec 21, 2025 6 min read
When Power Moves Up, Accountability Disappears
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When Power Moves Up, Accountability Disappears

Mark Rutte, Brussels, and the legal vacuum of modern governanceBrussels, early morning.

Dec 19, 2025 4 min read
When “Allies” Prefer You Divided
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When “Allies” Prefer You Divided

America, Europe, and the modern logic of divide and rule

Dec 18, 2025 3 min read
The People Who Were Never Asked
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The People Who Were Never Asked

Europe stands on the edge of war while its people are denied a voice

Dec 15, 2025 9 min read
America, Trump, and Venezuela: The Sanctions Nobody Sees
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America, Trump, and Venezuela: The Sanctions Nobody Sees

How resource wealth, economic warfare, and optional law turned a country into a warning

Dec 14, 2025 10 min read
Mark Rutte and the War Europe Was Never Allowed to Avoid
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Mark Rutte and the War Europe Was Never Allowed to Avoid

How NATO's logic, European dependency, and managed leadership closed every road to peace, step by reasonable step.

Dec 12, 2025 23 min read
Trump’s NATO Warning: The Sentence That Shook Europe’s Security
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Trump’s NATO Warning: The Sentence That Shook Europe’s Security

The night the West discovered that its anchor was not a promise, but a price.

Dec 9, 2025 5 min read
From Churchill to Trump: The Century That Forced Europe to Turn East
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From Churchill to Trump: The Century That Forced Europe to Turn East

How 80 years of American strategy ended in silence — and why Europe’s future now lies in the Eurasian map.

Dec 8, 2025 11 min read
Russia’s Real Economy: The Empire That Learned to Endure
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Russia’s Real Economy: The Empire That Learned to Endure

How a nation built for collapse became the architecture of survival in a world that misunderstood its design

Dec 7, 2025 6 min read