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The Silence of the Lambs
A chilling trial in Berlin revives memories of Germany’s most notorious medical murders and raises troubling questions about end-of-life...
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Jul 15, 20253 min read


The Druze Divide
The collapse of Assad’s regime has thrown Syria’s delicate ethnic balance into turmoil, with the Druze once again caught in the...
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Jul 14, 20253 min read


A New Realism
Taiwan’s Han Kuang drills confront China’s coercion with grit and gunpowder. In a show of force unlike any Taiwan has mounted in public...
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Jul 13, 20253 min read


From Cheetahs to Chips
Modi’s charm offensive in Namibia is part of a broader strategy to reclaim India’s role in Africa. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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Jul 10, 20253 min read


Lasers and Leviathans
A flashpoint in the Red Sea reveals China’s expanding ambitions and Europe’s maritime vulnerability. A Chinese warship has sparked...
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Jul 9, 20253 min read


Fired. Dead. Forgotten.
The mysterious demise of Roman Starovoit follows a grim pattern of sudden deaths, selective memory, and political deniability in Putin’s...
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Jul 8, 20253 min read


Negotiating with Shadows
Twenty-one months into the Gaza conflict, a new round of ceasefire talks comes laden with conditions while being light on certainty....
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Jul 6, 20253 min read


Putin’s Favourite President
As a fresh CIA review shows, Donald Trump still remains Vladimir Putin’s most useful ally in the West. Vladimir Putin, hardly a man to...
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Jul 4, 20253 min read


The Mines of Peace
A Trump-brokered accord between Rwanda and Congo seeks to end a bloody conflict and secure America’s stake in Africa’s critical minerals....
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Jun 30, 20253 min read


Waziristan’s Warning
A deadly bombing and a court ruling have thrown Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into political chaos, exposing Pakistan’s deeper crisis of governance....
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Jun 29, 20253 min read


Putin the Peacemaker?
Russia’s pitch to mediate in the Middle East is more about image-building than genuine diplomacy. As tensions mount between Israel and...
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Jun 19, 20253 min read


Truth and Tribulation
Labour’s belated U-turn on grooming gangs is not courage but cowardice dressed as contrition. Few issues have stained Britain’s civic...
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Jun 18, 20253 min read


New Silk Roads
Beijing’s push into Central Asia signals a redrawing of the region’s future along Chinese lines. In a spectacle rich with ceremony and...
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Jun 17, 20253 min read


Regime Reckoning
Netanyahu’s airstrikes on Iran aim not just to degrade its nuclear capacity, but to unseat its rulers. For decades, Israel has warned of...
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Jun 16, 20253 min read


The Bundeswehr Reawakens
As Trump’s America shuns European entanglements, Germany rearms to stand up to the Russian bear. Europe’s long holiday from history is...
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Jun 6, 20253 min read


The Collapse That Had to Happen
Geert Wilders was right to walk away from a coalition that refused to confront the reality of mass migration. The Dutch coalition...
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Jun 5, 20253 min read


Red Card in Warsaw
Poland’s presidential election hands a narrow win to the nationalist opposition, threatening gridlock and testing Europe’s democratic...
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Jun 4, 20253 min read


A Crown, Recast
As America turns inward, Canada reasserts its sovereignty with a royal nod from the throne. In a speech laden with symbolism and...
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May 29, 20253 min read


Rock, Reef or Red Line?
China tests Japan’s maritime resolve near Okinotori, a speck of Pacific rock with outsized historical and geopolitical weight. The tiny,...
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May 28, 20253 min read


Dhaka’s Dangerous Drift
Muhammad Yunus’s theatrics distract from Bangladesh’s perilous geopolitical and democratic drift. If Professor Muhammad Yunus hoped to...
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May 25, 20253 min read
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