After four and a half years of proxy war, the Western war narrative is showing irreparable cracks. What began as a moral crusade to defend the 'rules-based order' has turned into a war of attrition that undermines the very economic, political, and moral foundations of the West itself. Just as during the Vietnam War, the gap between the triumphant rhetoric of the political elite and the grim reality on the battlefield is becoming unbridgeable. Ammunition stocks are dwindling, economic sacrifices are being felt in citizens' wallets, and the West's moral superiority is evaporating in a swamp of hypocrisy and state terrorism. We are approaching what American historian and political analyst David Gibbs calls the "Vietnam moment": the inevitable tipping point at which an empire can no longer conceal its own exhaustion.**
An in-depth analysis based on the insights of military analyst Andrei Martyanov and Colonel Larry Wilkerson regarding the intellectual, strategic, and material shortcomings of the American military-industrial complex. In today's geopolitical arena, a dangerous illusion prevails: the belief that the United States and its NATO allies still possess undisputed hegemony over the global battlefield. However, when one pierces through the rhetoric of Western politicians and the propaganda machines of mainstream media, a much more disturbing picture emerges.
While Brussels debates percentage points and technological sovereignty, the foundation of the transatlantic alliance is crumbling at breakneck speed. In a devastating interview with Nima Alkhorshid, Colonel Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, paints a picture of an America that no longer has the means to realise its imperial ambitions. The question is not whether hegemony is over, but how quickly Europe's vassal states will face up to it.
De Jakobijn promised you that your voice would be heard. Today we are keeping that promise. Linda, a Flemish lady who lives with her husband in the Valencia region, sent us an urgent question that hits a very sore spot. A spot that the traditional media ignores, but which for thousands of Belgian emigrants and pensioners in the south is a daily, financial frustration. Linda writes: "The problem of the unjust charging of the care premium for the Flemish Social Protection by the CM, for people who no longer live in Belgium, pay their taxes in Spain and also receive medical care there. We find this really very unfair."
In Western geopolitical discourse, North Korea is consistently portrayed as an isolated 'hermit kingdom', a failed state that survives solely through the grace of foreign charity or pure repression. This caricature, carefully maintained by mainstream media more interested in perpetuating fear than reporting facts, does not do justice to the complex reality of the Korean peninsula. Behind the veil of Western sanctions and diplomatic isolation, a quiet but powerful transformation is taking place. Central to this transformation is the strategic, historical, and increasingly intensive cooperation between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the People's Republic of China. This relationship is not that of a master and vassal, as Western analysts often simplistically claim, but a symbiotic alliance of sovereign states jointly resisting the unipolar coercion of the American empire.
In a media climate saturated with Western propaganda and strategic myopia, rare moments of clarity provide a necessary counterbalance. A recent, in-depth twenty-one-minute conversation between veteran journalist George Galloway and incisive analyst and educator KJ Noh offers such a moment. The interview dissects the precarious, near-war situation on the Korean peninsula and paints an unvarnished picture of the systematic 'Ukrainianization' of the Pacific. For those who know the history of the region, and for those who recognize the patterns of Western imperialist expansion, the message is unmistakable: we narrowly avoided a catastrophic war, and preparations for the next one are proceeding full steam ahead.
The divided lands of Islam never cease to amaze – and deceive – when it comes to their serial stark betrayal of the principles of Islam. The House of Saud has launched a “coalition” against Yemen – under the pretext of protecting shipping in the Red Sea. Only shipping from Saudi Arabia is blockaded in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Ansarallah. That’s “a siege against a siege”: Sana’a after all is under an illegal Saudi blockade for over 11 years. The Bab al-Mandab is not blockaded: only for Saudis. And if you are a Saudi tanker shipping oil to China, you’re free to go.
In the dynamic geopolitical landscape of the 21st century, the concept of global security is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Where the previous century was dominated by a race in size, numbers, and the brute force of military equipment, a growing consensus of strategists and diplomats points to a new reality. The question is no longer which country possesses the largest or most expensive weapons systems, but which country can innovate the smartest, the fastest, and most resiliently. Recently, an interesting analysis has emerged – highlighted in a widely discussed video essay – which argues that China is employing a strategy not to match, but to bypass the traditional military advantages of the United States.
When the United States government decided to impose sanctions against the UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, honest defenders of human rights were astonished. The measure, announced in July 2025 by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was presented as a response to what the U.S. government called the expert’s “illegitimate and shameful efforts” to promote actions by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli and American officials.
In a recent conversation on Dialogue Works, former Swiss Army Colonel and intelligence analyst Jacques Baud joined host Nima Alkhorshid for a probing discussion on the transformation of global power structures. Their exchange offers a crystalline articulation of a thesis increasingly echoed by strategic thinkers worldwide: the era of unipolar Western dominance is over, not by declaration, but by the irreversible rise of sovereign, technically capable states that refuse to be coerced.
An obituary in 12 propositions, or the downfall of a phased-out model. Speech at the annual conference "Courage for Ethics" from 29 to 31 August 2025 in Sirnach, Switzerland by Patrik Baab.
The United Kingdom's attitude towards the war with Iran has been a national disgrace and has shown that Britain has a powerless military and non-existent diplomacy. This is symptomatic of the growing ignorance of our British elite, with ministers coming and going so often that they can do nothing useful, while our universities go bankrupt and we struggle to train new talent capable of understanding a complex world.
She watched the Bolsheviks seize power in 1917. By 1918, they were already making the mistakes that would define the next century. One of the most respected Marxists alive, writing from a prison cell in Germany, told them exactly how it would end. They called her a heretic. Then Stalin proved her right. She got every detail right. Her name was Rosa Luxemburg.
The late 18th century in France was a tumultuous time, marked by the rise of revolutionary ideologies. To end the grip of the absolute monarchy, people had to take the matter into their own hands. The result was the French Revolution. One of the most influential groups of the revolution was the Jacobin Club, whose members called for a more equal society. However, the Jacobins became increasingly radical, prosecuting their opponents and introducing the infamous “Reign of Terror.” This article will explain the rise, fall, and ideology of the Jacobins.
While China conquers the world with open-source AI models like Kimi K3 and more than 10 billion downloads, Europe is building a wall of regulation. An in-depth analysis of the AI Act, geopolitical tensions and the future of global AI governance.
Prompt engineering is the art of formulating inputs that guide AI systems toward the desired output. The input to an AI system is called a 'prompt'. Prompt engineering therefore means: creating the best prompt to obtain the desired output. A prompt can range from a simple question to a complex instruction, depending on the task and the AI system.
It is a fascinating and important story – digital sovereignty is increasingly becoming a geopolitical issue, and the German approach offers a blueprint that other governments will study seriously. In the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, nestled between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, something has happened that the global tech industry did not see coming. Without spectacle or international press conferences, the state government has decided to systematically replace Microsoft Windows and associated software with Linux and open-source alternatives. What at first glance appears to be a technical migration is, in reality, a geopolitical statement of historic proportions.
The wars and aggressions of Israel and the United States in the Middle East have destabilized not only the region but the entire world. The West is trapped in a web of its own geopolitical miscalculations. After Trump's lost war, he falls between two stools: choosing between ego or economy, as he has maneuvered himself into an impossible position by starting the war against Iran. He has trapped himself. On one hand, there is internal pressure from neoconservatives like Lindsey Graham, who demand total destruction of Iran, and on the other hand, there is the harsh reality of the world economy. His ego drives him toward victory, but reality delivers him defeat. Oil and gas prices and faltering international trade pose a constant threat because the infrastructure of GCC countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait) is a potential target as long as the war with Iran continues. An escalation would not only disrupt oil markets but could also choke off the supply of strategic materials such as fertilizers, sulfur, helium, and aluminum.
Kyiv, May 2026 – In the four-year war against Russia, Ukraine has evolved into a global testing ground for military technology. One of the most influential, yet controversial, players in this field is the American technology company Palantir Technologies. Although unfounded accusations regarding the company's role have been made in the past, factual reports indicate that Palantir is primarily used for data-driven decision-making, air defense, and planning deep strikes on legitimate military targets. Nevertheless, the use of AI in warfare raises pressing legal questions: who is responsible if an algorithm makes a mistake?
In an AI landscape dominated by billion-dollar data centers and unlimited compute, a relatively small team from DeepSeek just dropped a bombshell: DeepSeek V4 Pro, a 1.6 trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model that competes head-to-head with the industry’s closed-source giants. What makes this story remarkable isn't just the performance—it is the constraints. DeepSeek reportedly operates with a team roughly 40 times smaller than Open AI's and lacks access to the most advanced NVIDIA chips. Yet, they have built a model with a 1 million token context window that rivals Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.4.
Last week, I bought a dream PC. An AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, an RTX 5070, 64GB of RAM, and a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro NVMe solid state drive. It cost a small fortune € 4,110. And then I made the mistake of letting Windows 11 touch it. Within minutes, I was staring at something that felt less like an operating system and more like a surveillance tool with a start menu. Microsoft wanted my email. Microsoft wanted my phone number. Microsoft wanted me to use Edge, to buy Office 365, to "trust" them with my data.
Built on Linux Mint and driven by the ethos of the Free Software Foundation: this article explains why LibreOffice is not merely a free alternative, but a superior creative tool, designed by you, for you.
The publication of scientific research is a particularly lucrative industry. The most recent estimates suggest it generates an annual turnover of approximately 19 billion US dollars (or 16.67 billion euros), with margins of around 40 percent. These staggering figures largely reflect the fact that the "Big Five" commercial publishers, such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE, profit from work that is largely funded with public money.
I am not a journalist. I am not a commentator. I am a retired deep‑sea diver/welder who worked on pipe‑laying vessels worldwide, and later a team leader at the natural gas terminals in Zeebrugge and Dunkirk. Those terminals were not involved in the sabotage of Nord Stream. I have been retired for 14 years and have no secret information. What I know about underwater explosions does not come from YouTube – it comes from working at depths of 10 to 165 metres, with a welding or cutting torch in my hand.
In certain geopolitical channels and on Persian-language platforms, a concerning message is currently circulating. Iran would have drawn up a specific list of European energy infrastructure as potential targets. The reasoning put forward is that Ukraine, under President Zelensky, is acting as a European proxy army. According to this narrative, Kiev's actions would justify retaliation against European energy interests. For the attentive reader of De Jakobijn, it is essential to look beyond the superficial sensation. We must separate the factual core of these claims from geopolitical distortion.
The Nord Stream saga has taken a turn for the absurd, with a new book claiming that the star saboteur who blew up the gas pipelines was a Ukrainian erotic model-turned-deep sea diver. This detail is the latest addition to an ever-shifting story – while one key coincidence has completely flown under the radar. Published on June 19, ‘The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Greatest Sabotage in History’ promises an inside look at the operation that destroyed the Nord Stream lines. Author Bojan Pancevski doesn’t quibble with the ‘official’ story circulated by the German media – that a Ukrainian commando unit carried out the attack, but adds some pulp-fiction flourish to the tale.
Ukraine should compensate Germany for the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the co-leader of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel, has said. German investigators have attributed the explosions, which crippled the pipelines built to transport Russian gas to Germany, to a small group of Ukrainian operatives. The alleged ringleader was extradited to Germany from Italy last autumn. Moscow has repeatedly questioned Berlin’s account of the attack, arguing that such a sophisticated operation could not have been carried out by a handful of divers in NATO-monitored waters without state backing.
On September 26, 2022, the silent depths of the Baltic Sea erupted. Four explosions near the Danish island of Bornholm tore through the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines—the engineering marvels that for decades had served as the vascular system of the European economy, pumping cheap Russian gas directly into Germany . It was the largest act of industrial sabotage in modern European history, an event so violent that it registered on seismic networks. Yet, two years later, the silence surrounding the perpetrators is deafening. There have been no arrests, no public interrogations, and a palpable lack of urgency from Western investigators . While the geopolitical blame game continues—with theories ranging from a pro-Ukrainian rogue cell to U.S. strategic dominance—the economic body count is no longer a theory. It is a brutal, measurable reality.
POTSDAM /Germany/, May 7. /TASS/. Russia’s ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechayev, has emphasized that the ongoing immunity granted to those responsible for the sabotage against the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines is fueling a dangerous chain reaction. "Who is behind this terrorist attack? The fact that it was a terrorist act is now beyond question, not only for us but even for the German government," he stated. "Yet, we remain in the dark about the perpetrators. All the claims about a pleasure yacht with amateur divers are simply fabrications. We must identify who orchestrated and executed this act of terror."
Professor Ola Tunander, senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), has analysed the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines for many years. In an extensive interview with journalist Patrik Baab, Tunander presents evidence that does not point to a small group of Ukrainian divers on a sailboat, but to a long-planned operation led by the United States — possibly an act of state terrorism.
