Category Briefings

Israel – The Finding: Genocide

What happens when the charge of genocide is no longer raised by activists or political rhetoric, but by mandated UN bodies, legal methodology and a converging evidentiary record? This article reconstructs the findings on Gaza, the industrial and technological machinery behind them, the role of Western states, and the decisive gap between documentation and consequence. From the UN Commission’s legal assessment to Francesca Albanese’s reports, from domicide and humanitarian obstruction to arms flows, corporate complicity and diplomatic shielding, the picture that emerges is not merely an accusation. It is a documented finding - and its lack of enforcement may be the most damning fact of all.

B – Who Profits from the Gulf War?

The IEA Oil Market Report of May 2026 reads like a sober data document - yet between the numbers, a new global oil order becomes visible. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has not only driven prices to historic highs, but also shifted trade flows, created winners, and exposed strategic dependencies. While Asia comes under supply pressure, the United States, Brazil, Venezuela, and the UAE emerge as beneficiaries of a new Atlantic Basin rotation. What appears to be a crisis in the Gulf may in fact mark a strategic redistribution of the global energy system.

Friedrich Merz After One Year

13 percent approval in the Forsa poll of 12 May 2026 – a value Forsa director Peter Matuschek calls historically unprecedented. Chancellor Friedrich Merz himself complains publicly that no German chancellor before him "has had to endure such a thing". A factual probationary-year assessment after twelve months in office: what did Merz promise before taking the chancellorship – and what has he delivered? Debt brake, migration, welfare state, economic turnaround, foreign policy. With a separate chapter on the cui-bono question linking Merz's BlackRock past to his Ukraine policy. Documented with primary sources. Readers draw their own conclusions.