Russian President Vladimir Putin warned last week that Western troop placement inside Ukraine before there’s a peace deal would immediately become targets for his military as the war drags on with no end in sight.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Sep 9 2025
LONDON ARRESTS 890 DURING RALLY TO SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION
London continued its crackdown on support for the anti-genocide group called Palestine Action and arrested 890 at a rally in Parliament Square on Saturday that included at least 1,500 demonstrators.
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI: WE’RE #1
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted leaders from 26 countries last week—including Russian President Vladimir Putin, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un—and his focus was to galvanize support in standing up to the collective West and use their economic power to their advantage.
CHINA SHOWS U.S. MILITARY WHO’S BOSS DURING MILITARY PARADE
The Chinese government showcased some of its most advanced weapons last week during a military parade that was attended by President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, and Washington should take note: the Pentagon would get smashed in a conventional war against Beijing over Taiwan, as we have long said.
NATO’S ‘COALITION OF THE WILLING’ TO PROVIDE UKRAINE WITH MORE LONG-RANGE MISSILES
Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, announced last week that the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” will provide Ukraine with additional long-range missiles in response to new Russian strikes across the country, all while peace talks between Moscow and Washington have stalled.
EUROPEAN ECONOMIES HOPE FOR BOOST FROM HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS EARMARKED FOR WEAPONS PRODUCTION
Governments across Europe are holding out hope that their effort to spend billions of dollars on new weapons production over the perceived threat of war with Russia will result in an economic boom.
INDIA’S MODI BRUSHES OFF TRUMP’S TARIFFS FOR BUYING RUSSIAN OIL AT A DISCOUNT
Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, made no indication that he would be bullied into submission by the Trump administration for buying discounted Russian oil, despite U.S. tariffs, and last week even went so far as to praise his relationship with Moscow.
TURKISH COURT HELPS ERDOGAN TIGHTEN GRIP IN COUNTRY AFTER ANNULLING OUTCOME OF RIVAL
A Turkish court determined last week that the outcome of the 2023 Istanbul provincial congress election should be annulled over shady cash payments, which was seen as a win for Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan because the ousted leader was the head of the main opposition party.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS 2.0: DEADLY PROTESTS BREAK OUT IN INDONESIA AS COUNTRY REJECTS INEQUALITY
Deadly protests have broken out across Indonesia as the country’s population—suffering under the strain of economic hardships, despite the country’s financial gains—expresses anger over what they see as a widening level of inequality.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS 2.0: DALIO WARNS THAT U.S. IS HEADING TOWARDS AN AUTOCRACY
Ray Dalio, the hedge fund billionaire, said in an interview with the Financial Times last week that the U.S. under President Donald Trump, and considering the wealth gap in the country, is “analogous to what happened around the world in the 1930-40 period.”









