Ever since the U.S.–Israeli strike found Iran’s leaders all in one place, being "caught in the act" isn't fun anymore. :-)

Iran today is backed by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Shiite militias in Iraq, Russia and Serbian far-right groups. The rest of the world stands with the Iranian people and their right to be free from mullahs and killers. #FreeIran #IranianPeople

Russia “reacted sharply” to the US strike on Iran. With a statement. Just like in Syria. Just like in Venezuela. Now Iran. Anyone who still believes Russia is an ally should look carefully at what its friends actually get. Concern. And a statement.

Do we still verify information, or have we outsourced judgment? What happens to truth when perception quietly replaces verification? The Power of Perception: When Reality Loses the Battle Published by @chiselbury.bsky.social

Control the perception, control the person. ​This is the ultimate weapon of the modern age, scaled to a global level. ​Most people are living a scripted life, unaware they are being steered. They will never wake up. ​Will you? The Book The Power of Perception @chiselbury.bsky.social

"What makes this alleged package particularly dangerous is the...logic in which the war does not end with justice but with a “deal.” A logic in which aggression is not punished but monetized." www.kyivpost.com/opinion/69653

"This is cynicism that no longer hides; it is presented as “realism.” But realism that ignores aggression is not realism – it is complicity in a crime." www.kyivpost.com/opinion/69653

Forget paper guarantees. Europe’s security today doesn’t rest on signatures in Geneva, but on the strength of the Ukrainian front! If America walks away, Europe must arm Ukraine to the teeth - or prepare to become the next target. Op-Ed for @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/69653

" The book The Power of Perception is an outstanding guide for those who refuse to accept a world where truth becomes optional. It confronts manipulation — and teaches resistance.” — Lord Geidt, long-serving Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II

Perception builds empires. Truth ends them. The book "Power of Perception – When Reality Loses the Battle" explains how perception replaces verification, why institutions submit to narratives, and how truth is pushed aside long enough to shape political and social behaviour.

If the United States turns against a NATO ally, the Alliance does not erode — it collapses. Greenland is not about strategy. It marks the point where power replaces trust, and the idea of the West breaks. Op-Ed for @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/68358

The state of the world today is best captured by a rather crude but accurate image: a monkey has climbed into a battle tank. No explanations are needed. Everyone knows who’s inside.

I don’t usually post personal messages, but today I must. I’m proud of my daughter Andjela, who today completed her Master’s degree in International Relations and War at King's College London @warstudieskcl.bsky.social I hope her generation will think freely and see war as failure, not a tool.

The Italian edition has arrived. "The Power of Perception – When Reality Loses the Battle". In a connected world, perception is global. Truth remains conditional.

"Russian submarines are deployed.” The submarine Kursk was deployed too. “There will be consequences.” Yes, but for the Russian crew!

The height of cynicism is Russia lecturing on the U.S. action in Venezuela, claiming that attacking a sovereign state violates international law. It comes from a rogue state waging an open war of aggression against Ukraine for four years.

“What is becoming dangerous is that part of the European public and political elite begins to treat these threats as a real military projection, rather than as what they are: a substitute for a power that does not exist.” www.kyivpost.com/opinion/67259

“Putin is like the Wizard of Oz: scary and thunderous but eventually revealed as the little man behind the curtain, obsessed with levers, smoke, and his own voice. The moment the curtain moves, the magic disappears.” www.kyivpost.com/opinion/67259

These are not patriots but political wreckers of Europe! Their politics does not bring peace, it weakens EU unity and directly serves Moscow. They are directly corrupted by the Kremlin.

Proud to announce that my book The Power of Perception – When Reality Loses the Battle has now been published in Italian by the renowned Cacucci Editore. New language. Same question. “When perception dominates, truth becomes optional.” www.cacuccieditore.it/il-potere-de...

I know that Trump feels no shame about this humiliation from Russia (it isn’t his first), but I’m interested in how intellectuals in the United States feel, thinking Americans and all those who are not part of the MAGA cult.

Where is this world going?!! The President of the United States calls one woman journalist “stupid,” another a “pig,” and says a U.S. congresswoman (of Somali origin) is “garbage,” that she contributes nothing and should go back where she came from. And? Nothing happens!

Trump calls a Ukraine “peace” deal close while ignoring Russia’s strikes. He treats Ukraine’s resistance as the problem, twisting the war into Kyiv’s “stubbornness” instead of Russian aggression. Are Ukrainians guilty for resisting Russian crimes?

“Through the company NIS, Russia is financing covert intelligence operations in Serbia and across the Balkans, using it as a channel to pay its network of agents" said Orhan Dragas for @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Op-Ed for oboz.ua www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/politics...

"The most dangerous lie is the one that feels true.” The book "The Power of Perception – When Reality Loses the Battle" now available through leading booksellers: @chiselbury.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @gardnersbooks.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @feltrinelli.bsky.social

Delighted to see "The Power of Perception – When Reality Loses the Battle" available at @waterstones.bsky.social, the leading name in British bookselling. A true honour to stand among remarkable authors whose ideas have found their readers here. www.waterstones.com/book/the-pow...

"Truth is no longer about what is right but what feels right". The Power of Perception - When Reality Loses the Battle by @odragas.bsky.social As we see with the populist radical right, feelings of "better pasts", incl. authoritarian nostalgias, increasingly stimulate radical right electorates.

Truth no longer wins because it’s right—it wins if it feels right. The Power of Perception by @odragas.bsky.social out now and available from @chiselbury.bsky.social Amazon, @waterstonesorm.bsky.social wherever else you get your books www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...

As the Hungarian prime minister echoes Kremlin propaganda and calls not for an end to the war but for capitulation, Europe must stand up for conscience, resistance, and hope. Op-Ed for @kyivpost.com Opinion: Viktor Orbán and the Art of Surrender share.google/YeKWIl5hmOdH...

NATO today exists only on paper — like Schrödinger’s cat, both alive and dead at the same time. It exists in theory, but not in practice. Alive in statements, dead in action. www.kyivpost.com/opinion/62463

"What makes this book stand out is its composure: Dragaš doesn’t dramatize the collapse of truth — he measures it, dissects it, and shows that behind every algorithm and viral lie stands a person who has given up thinking". By @kyivpost.com @chiselbury.bsky.social share.google/ZMFRbOgxPxWB...

Now printed.

Why does the American government “have such a monopoly over the investigation of what was a transnational criminal network…Why has the U.S. President been allowed to exercise so much control over a transnational criminal investigation in which he is implicated” tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-transnat...

My new book THE POWER OF PERCEPTION – WHEN REALITY LOSES THE BATTLE, published by the British publishing house Chiselbury, is now available for pre-order. Release date: 31 October. The book is now live on the Chiselbury site www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...

Since the Nobel Committee appears deaf to Trump’s great peace achievements - such as brokering peace between Aberbaijan and Albania - perhaps he should instead be awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this epoch-making discovery!

Read about Putin. Think about Trump. Do we want this? (My latest) tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...

From his speeches and posts you can almost feel Trump’s sorrow — not for America, but for missing China’s WWII parade. The pain of not sitting next to Xi, Putin, Kim, Lukashenko… excluded from the autocrats’ most exclusive club.

What, no Nobel Prize?

Ukraine’s stolen children will not remember their cities. They will remember the silence of a world that surrendered to Russian criminals. Op-Ed for @kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com/opinion/57888

A trade deal with the US under Trump lasts exactly as long as the press conference announcing it. After that comes executive chaos. A 15% tariff on EU goods, with no sectoral exemptions, takes effect on August 7 — despite the political agreement! @ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

Perhaps the “Free Palestine” activists from Harvard, London, Toronto and Berlin can explain why Saudi authorities arrest pilgrims for waving the Palestinian flag. Or are the Saudis now Zionists too?

-One Big Beautiful Bill - We will build a beautiful Mediterranean Riviera in Gaza - These are beautiful tariffs on imported goods into the U.S. - Congratulations on a beautiful peace between Iran and Israel These are not quotes from the famous psychiatric thriller "Sybil". (But they could be.)

Russian revenge for Serbian independence eualive.net/russian-reve... Op-ed by @odragas.bsky.social

Yugoslav Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić once said: "If people knew how little intelligence governs the world – they would die of fear." I would add: and how much of it is sick.

The Russian state outlet "RIA Novosti" has issued an open threat to President Vučić. The phrase “Serbia will never be anti-Russian” is not a suggestion, nor a position — it is an ultimatum. A command! Russia’s message is clear: loyalty is expected, sovereignty is denied. 👇 ria.ru/20250617/serbi…

If I were in Putin’s place, I’d mock Trump and all the fools who fear him. He has every right to be cynical, every right to ridicule them. The orange clown both fears him and admires him.

Everyone who doubted Ukraine’s capacity to resist the largest army in Europe is now silent. Because truth is louder than propaganda. That truth now resonates in the ruined engines of Russian aircraft, which are no longer capable of flight. www.kyivpost.com/opinion/53856