new world order

With our new president comes a New World Order. A guided tour through dramatic shifts in political thought and power struggles that inform our future.

What the Xi-Trump White House Meeting Put on the Table
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2026 — Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the White House on Thursday, with discussions ranging from trade and artificial intelligence to Taiwan and major international conflicts.
By Jin9 days ago in The Swamp
Iran’s 7-Day Plan to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz Lasted 24 Hours
On September 25, 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented a plan at the United Nations in New York. If the United States took certain steps, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen within seven days. The next day, Trump told cameras, “I rejected their proposal” and “The United States completely controls the Strait of Hormuz.” The plan lasted less than a day.
By Jin9 days ago in The Swamp
The Red Carpet Is Rolled Up. Taiwan Should Read the Room.
When the red carpet was rolled out at Andrews Air Force Base, cameras swept the honor guard. The U.S. and Chinese national anthems played at the White House. At the state dinner, glasses were raised. Those images will sit in news archives. For Taiwan, one line from the meeting matters more: China and the U.S. agreed to build a “constructive strategic stability relationship based on respect, fairness, and reciprocity” and reached an eight-point consensus.
By Jin9 days ago in The Swamp
Both Sides Released Eight Points. The $30 Billion Is the Least Important Part.
In September 2026, China and the United States released eight points from their leaders’ meeting. Most coverage focused on a $30 billion tariff cut. The more important shift is in how the two countries manage the relationship. They are moving from emergency responses to standing procedures.
By Jin9 days ago in The Swamp
The U.S. and China Have Changed the Language of Their Rivalry. Here’s What “Strategic Stability” Means
The U.S. and China Have Changed the Language of Their Rivalry. Here’s What “Strategic Stability” Means The new formula does not end competition. It is an attempt to make competition more predictable, and to put limits on how far disputes can escalate.
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp
The Worker of Pathways and the Bubble of Greed
The Worker of Pathways and the Bubble of Greed Copilot The Worker of Pathways walked into a world where the sky looked normal, but the air felt wrong, stretched thin, like something enormous was sucking the breath out of the streets.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 10 days ago in The Swamp
Signed While Tariffs Stayed: The 20-Year China-U.S. LNG Deal, Explained Without the Hype
On September 14, 2026, Venture Global issued an announcement. The announcement confirmed that China Gas Holdings had signed a new liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement with Venture Global. Under the agreement, China Gas Holdings will purchase 500,000 tonnes of U.S. LNG per year beginning in 2030, for a term of 20 years. The same announcement stated that the new agreement brings the total long-term purchase arrangement between Venture Global and China Gas Holdings to 2.5 million tonnes per year, supplied from Venture Global’s project portfolio.
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp
The U.S.-China Trade Truce Is Extended to Jan. 10. The Hard Questions Remain
On Sept. 23 in Washington, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. After the meeting, Bessent told Fox News that the two sides had agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, moving the previous Nov. 10 expiry date to Jan. 10, 2027. Reuters reported the extension the same day. Beijing did not issue a parallel announcement.
By Jin11 days ago in The Swamp
Crunching numbers to turn us all into police informants
In the first part of this investigation into the “Miami lice sucking away our civil liberties” I suggested the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) was probably fairly satisfied with its relationship with Palantir, the National Health Service (NHS) less so – although still committed to a seven-year deal signed in 2023 – while British police authorities seemed to have some serious misgivings about the tech giant, however I harbour sneaky suspicions it’s just rhetoric to placate a fragile public perception of the surveillance monster.
By Steve Harrison12 days ago in The Swamp
The Last Blast Furnace: How Ukraine’s Steel Industry Went Dark in One Month
In the early hours of September 12, 2026, in Kryvyi Rih, the blast-furnace operator on duty at the ArcelorMittal plant saw the hot-blast stove pressure drop to zero in the control room. There was no explosion. The power system went down first. The pipe network lost pressure afterward. The molten iron in the hearth stopped flowing. Its temperature fell, degree by degree. Workers called over the radio. No answer. A few hours later, the plant announced a shutdown. This time, the blast furnaces could not be lit again.
By Jin12 days ago in The Swamp
Russia Is Erasing Ukraine’s Warehouses. The Shelves Are Already Empty.
Russia is erasing Ukraine’s warehouses, and the shelves are going empty In September 2026, the Financial Times reported a number that should be read as a military fact, not an economic footnote. Ukraine has lost 2.1 million square meters of modern warehouse space. That is 42 percent of the country’s total. In recent months alone, 900,000 square meters were destroyed.
By Jin13 days ago in The Swamp
Friends, Rivals, or Something In Between? How Xi Jinping Manages China’s Most Important Relationships
Friends or Enemies? Bishkek, August 31, 2026. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit was still under way when Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin sat down together in Bishkek. The two men shook hands, spoke briefly and posed for the cameras. It was a familiar scene. Since Xi came to power, the two leaders have met dozens of times. Putin had visited Beijing only a few months earlier, in May, when the two governments agreed to extend their 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation and signed a series of other agreements. Four months into the year, the relationship had already produced another summit in Central Asia.
By Jin14 days ago in The Swamp