When the charter-signing ceremony for the new maritime coalition opened in Riyadh on July 30, the numbers spoke louder than any speech. Of the 51 nations invited, 43 sent representatives—but only 14 actually signed the final document.

For decades, American power rested not only on military strength, economic dominance, technological supremacy, or control of financial flows. It also rested on something less visible, yet just as decisive: the capacity to shape reality through narratives, institutions, and shared symbolic frameworks. Donald Trump did not create the crisis of these frameworks. He revealed it.

Framing new rules of an emerging multipolar global system guided by multilateralism, end to regime change practices, and ascendancy of geoeconomic convergence over geopolitical rivalries, China may have emerged as the biggest winner of the war in Iran, which is showing visible signs of ending, despite real challenges that still need to be addressed.

Why have all European media and politicians alike suddenly ganged up to cry an anticipated Ukrainian victory? Why is it so difficult to accept a Russian victory? This article tries to answer these questions in depth.

Trump’s chokehold on oil, tariffs, and tech backfired – forging a new era of self-sufficient economies and generational confrontation.

Professor Michael Hudson, in a recent discussion, takes issue with those who speak today of the ‘decline of the U.S. hegemon’. A decline implies something goes up and down, Hudson says, but it always recovers. “But there’s never been any such thing statistically as a cycle … There’s no decline, it’s a crash” —

Abstract The goal of this article is to describe environmental risks and hazards in the scope of national security, to denote applied functions of the environmental science in the sphere of security management, and to identify key areas of international and global environmental cooperation. The scientific article is based on scientific publications, Internet resources, and personal research experience in the field.

Keywords: Environmental science, environmental security, anthropogenic impact, climate change, climate threats, environmental monitoring, international cooperation, international environmental law.