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Total cartel war: The crackdown on Mexico’s drug lords is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, with no end in sight

Total cartel war: The crackdown on Mexico’s drug lords is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, with no end in sight

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

America’s “special military operation”: How the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is unfolding

Veaceslav Epureanu

The price of a few cents: Women in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine are being jailed for tiny payments to Ukraine

The price of a few cents: Women in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine are being jailed for tiny payments to Ukraine

Declaration of digital independence: The EU is trying to protect itself from America’s monopoly on internet platforms

Declaration of digital independence: The EU is trying to protect itself from America’s monopoly on internet platforms

Andrey Smolyakov

Department of inefficiency: The legacy of Elon Musk’s DOGE threatens millions of lives worldwide

Department of inefficiency: The legacy of Elon Musk’s DOGE threatens millions of lives worldwide

Trump’s man in Havana? Cuba looks like Washington’s next regime change target

Trump’s man in Havana? Cuba looks like Washington’s next regime change target

Victor Márquez

Betting on the Kurds: The U.S. is trying to use Kurdish forces in Iran against the ayatollahs

Betting on the Kurds: The U.S. is trying to use Kurdish forces in Iran against the ayatollahs

“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military service

“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military service

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Confuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines

Confuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines

International nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EU

International nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EU

Anton Shekhovtsov

Back in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in Syria

Back in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in Syria

Oil for power: How Maduro’s cronies traded Venezuela’s natural resource wealth for Trump’s protection

Oil for power: How Maduro’s cronies traded Venezuela’s natural resource wealth for Trump’s protection

Victor Márquez

A phantom refinery: How Georgia helps Putin bypass oil sanctions

A phantom refinery: How Georgia helps Putin bypass oil sanctions

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governors

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governors

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

Marianna Belenkaya

Board of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflict

Board of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflict

Marianna Belenkaya

Stronger than bin Laden: Al-Qaeda is thriving on global chaos

Stronger than bin Laden: Al-Qaeda is thriving on global chaos

No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine

No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine

Veaceslav Epureanu

Record losses and minimal gains: Assessing the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine

Record losses and minimal gains: Assessing the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine

Veaceslav Epureanu

Missing the mark: Why Putin’s “wonder weapons” only make Russia less secure

Missing the mark: Why Putin’s “wonder weapons” only make Russia less secure

Veaceslav Epureanu

Not so nICE: How US immigration enforcement became a weapon of social control

Not so nICE: How US immigration enforcement became a weapon of social control

When rules no longer rule: Global institutions are failing, and it is far from clear what might replace them

When rules no longer rule: Global institutions are failing, and it is far from clear what might replace them

Gulf buddies: Arab monarchies are squabbling over regional standing, fossil fuels, and Trump’s attention

Gulf buddies: Arab monarchies are squabbling over regional standing, fossil fuels, and Trump’s attention

Marianna Belenkaya

The roadmap to Damascus: Syria’s new government is struggling to bring the Kurds under its authority

The roadmap to Damascus: Syria’s new government is struggling to bring the Kurds under its authority

Marianna Belenkaya

“Quiet, piggy!”: How Trump is bringing the American press to heel

“Quiet, piggy!”: How Trump is bringing the American press to heel

Abraham Lincoln vs. the Ayatollahs: Can the United States topple Iran’s regime, too?

Abraham Lincoln vs. the Ayatollahs: Can the United States topple Iran’s regime, too?

Veaceslav Epureanu

Mission accomplished, dictatorship intact: Russia’s CEC and Myanmar’s enduring junta

Mission accomplished, dictatorship intact: Russia’s CEC and Myanmar’s enduring junta

Wild West of the Middle East: How Palestinians and Bedouins survive on the West Bank

Wild West of the Middle East: How Palestinians and Bedouins survive on the West Bank

Not so black and white: Trump is battling an imaginary genocide in South Africa

Not so black and white: Trump is battling an imaginary genocide in South Africa

“A fateful day for the Kingdom”: Denmark is going into full panic mode

“A fateful day for the Kingdom”: Denmark is going into full panic mode

Morgane Fert Malka

Beyond cocaine: Maduro’s arrest hits Hezbollah where it hurts

Beyond cocaine: Maduro’s arrest hits Hezbollah where it hurts

Through the meat grinder: 20 dead per square kilometer and the other Russian military takeaways of 2025

Through the meat grinder: 20 dead per square kilometer and the other Russian military takeaways of 2025

Veaceslav Epureanu

Global irresponsibility: The Trump-backed Western Sahara annexation sets a nasty precedent

Global irresponsibility: The Trump-backed Western Sahara annexation sets a nasty precedent

A strange thaw: Iran loosens hijab and alcohol rules but plunges deeper into spy mania

A strange thaw: Iran loosens hijab and alcohol rules but plunges deeper into spy mania

The son of a Wehrmacht lieutenant: How Chile’s most right-wing president since Pinochet came to power

The son of a Wehrmacht lieutenant: How Chile’s most right-wing president since Pinochet came to power

Banking on repression: How Russia weaponized its “terrorist” list against political dissidents

Banking on repression: How Russia weaponized its “terrorist” list against political dissidents

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