Written by: Florin Cosma
The signing of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement on August 7, 2026, represents a watershed moment in the evolving security architecture of West Asia and the broader Eurasian continent.
Written by: Florin Cosma
Romania is still dealing with the fallout from a major cyberattack on the National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI), which disrupted the country’s e-Terra system and froze key property-registration services.
Written by: Florin Cosma
This article argues that human progress accelerated only when society moved beyond the rigid frameworks of Abrahamic religion. For two millennia, divine governance stifled advancement and normalized control. By embracing secularism and rejecting religion as a central organizing principle, humanity can finally take full responsibility for its own future and continued evolution.
Written by: Florin Cosma
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a common genetic defect: each grounds its authority in a closed circuit of revelation, prophecy, and divine command that places obedience to scripture above independent reasoning.
Written by: Florin Cosma
The question of whether most human thought is a form of hallucination, akin to the confabulations of large language models, is not merely a provocative analogy but a valid and deeply illuminating subject of inquiry.
Written by: Florin Cosma
In the summer of 326 BCE, the Hyphasis River (modern-day Beas) in northwestern India became the fatal boundary of the ancient world.
Written by: Florin Cosma
The emergence of a distinct Eurasian culture following a hypothetical World War III is a plausible outcome, though it would likely bear little resemblance to the romanticized historical narratives of the “Silk Road” or a seamless integration of Eastern and Western traditions.
Written by: Florin Cosma
A fragile US-Iran memorandum, an unresolved war in Lebanon, and shifting American and European attitudes toward Israel are reshaping West Asia’s diplomatic map in mid-2026.
Written by: Florin Cosma
The 2026 World Cup will be Trump’s 1936 Summer Olympics. History rarely repeats itself with precision, but it frequently rhymes in the key of spectacle, mirroring itself. Just as the Berlin Games were designed to showcase a “reborn” and unified Germany to a skeptical global audience, the 2026 FIFA World Cup offers Trump a platform to project the “America First” ideology as a triumphant global reality rather than a mere campaign slogan.
Written by: Florin Cosma
For decades, the United States has predicated its global primacy on the control of the “Global Commons”—specifically the maritime chokepoints and the energy corridors that sustain industrial civilization. By maintaining a blue-water navy capable of throttling the Strait of Hormuz, the Malacca Strait, and the Suez Canal, Washington has effectively held a “kill switch” over the global economy, ensuring that any nation wishing to participate in international trade must do so under the umbrella of the Pax Americana.
