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by Robert Muggah
On 27 March 2026, the IRGC announced the Strait of Hormuz closed to any vessel going to and from the ports of the United States, Israel and their allies. Around 20,000 mariners and 2,000 ships were stranded in the Persian...
How the weaponisation of Western finance is building the alternative financial system that will outlast it
By Rafal Rohozinski
A separatist petition in Alberta has become a test of American intentions, Canadian cohesion, and the unfinished business of Indigenous treaties
Alberta’s separatist surge is more than a regional protest. It is fast becoming a test of Amer...
Digital currencies have become the de facto banking system for the unbanked, the sanctioned, and the stateless; Google's research published today suggests the cryptography holding that system together
By Rafal Rohozinski
The world's chokepoints were always fragile. It took a war in Iran to remind everyone.
by Robert Muggah
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