India and Pakistan: After the Firestorm
Ryan Hite For four days in May 2025, the world came dangerously close to witnessing the first nuclear war of the 21st century. After a brutal terror attack in Kashmir, missiles were…
Who Controls the Minerals, Controls the Future
Your smartphone, the battery powering your electric vehicle, even the wind turbines spinning in the distance—each of them is built on the back of a global scramble. Lithium from Chile.…
Why Germany Hates Nuclear Energy – And What It Means for the Planet
In April 2023, the massive cooling towers at Germany’s last nuclear power stations fell silent. After decades of heated debate, bitter protests, and political twists, EAR 2 and two other…
What If China and the United States Went to War?
They stand oceans apart, but closer than ever to direct confrontation. One is a titan forged in the fires of World War II and sharpened by a Cold War that…
The Most Important Canadian City You’ve Never Heard Of
Kingston, Ontario.A city that once sat at the crossroads of history, power, and geography—now largely forgotten. Tucked along the northeastern shore of Lake Ontario, this unassuming city was once the…
The World’s Most Pirate-Infested Waters: Inside the Treacherous Straits of Malacca and Singapore
If you live on Earth—and we’re fairly sure you do—then your lifestyle, your comforts, and even your next meal likely depend on what happens in a narrow, twisting stretch of…
The $24 Trillion Warzone: Why Eastern Congo’s Crisis Threatens Us All
“We are going to Goma, but I heard there are bombs in Goma too. So now we don’t know where to go.”— Adele Shimey, fleeing a camp as artillery echoed…
The World’s Most Dangerous Flashpoint: Why the India-Pakistan Conflict Just Exploded
There is perhaps no place on Earth where two nuclear-armed rivals sit so closely, so bitterly opposed, and so historically entangled as India and Pakistan. And right now, that powder…
The Weapon India May Use That’s More Devastating Than a Nuclear Warhead
India and Pakistan are teetering on the edge — again. After a brutal terrorist attack targeting tourists in Kashmir, India has accused its long-standing rival, Pakistan, of being behind the…
How Norse Paganism Was Replaced by Christianity in Scandinavia
A thousand years ago, the lands we now call Norway, Sweden, and Denmark looked very different — not just in infrastructure or politics, but in the eyes of their gods.…