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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.

Europe and the Strait of Hormuz: Drifting Into a War It Cannot Control
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Europe and the Strait of Hormuz: Drifting Into a War It Cannot Control

As the Hormuz crisis deepens, Europe is not restoring control but moving closer to a wider war through selective diplomacy, weak strategy…

Mar 19, 2026 7 min read
Trump Asked. His Allies Said No.
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Trump Asked. His Allies Said No.

Trump’s outburst on March 17, 2026 revealed a deeper truth: Washington can still ask for allied backing, but it can no longer assume it will arrive. There are moments when an

Mar 18, 2026 8 min read
Trump, Cuba, and the Panic of a Fading Empire
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Trump, Cuba, and the Panic of a Fading Empire

While war with Iran shakes oil routes, shipping, inflation, and alliances, Trump is still speaking about taking Cuba. That is not noise. It…

Mar 17, 2026 7 min read
Strait of Hormuz: The Chokepoint That Could Break the World Economy
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Strait of Hormuz: The Chokepoint That Could Break the World Economy

What one month, three months, and six months of disruption would mean for oil, food, jobs, financial markets, and ordinary life.

Mar 15, 2026 21 min read
The Iran Escalation Is Bigger Than the Headlines
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The Iran Escalation Is Bigger Than the Headlines

Iran War Escalation: Oil, Diplomacy and the Risk of Wider War

Mar 15, 2026 3 min read
Current Wars in the World, 2026: The Expanding Conflict Map
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Current Wars in the World, 2026: The Expanding Conflict Map

An updated map of the wars shaping 2026, from major battlefields to the widening global belt of conflict.

Mar 12, 2026 21 min read
Hormuz and Suez: The Chokepoints of Global Power
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Hormuz and Suez: The Chokepoints of Global Power

How two narrow passages hold the world economy hostage.

Mar 11, 2026 13 min read
Europe’s Last Strategic Choice: Peace with Russia or Permanent Dependency
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Europe’s Last Strategic Choice: Peace with Russia or Permanent Dependency

The choice Europe kept avoiding.

Mar 10, 2026 8 min read
The History of the Unthinkable Began with the U.S.-Israeli Attack on Iran
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The History of the Unthinkable Began with the U.S.-Israeli Attack on Iran

What was presented as a regional strike became the first visible fracture in a world that had already been living beyond its margin.

Mar 9, 2026 10 min read
March 2026: The Early Stage of WW3
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March 2026: The Early Stage of WW3

Separate wars. One system.

Mar 8, 2026 22 min read
The Growing Condemnation of the US-Israeli Attack on Iran
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The Growing Condemnation of the US-Israeli Attack on Iran

This is no longer only a war, but a global rupture.

Mar 7, 2026 7 min read
Russia Warns of World War: Iran and the Logic of Escalation
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Russia Warns of World War: Iran and the Logic of Escalation

Russia’s warning is not just rhetoric. The war with Iran is already pressuring diplomacy, energy, law, NATO and the nuclear order at once.

Mar 6, 2026 9 min read