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$The blame game: The Trump coalition is fracturing as America’s Iran operation stalls$

The blame game: The Trump coalition is fracturing as America’s Iran operation stalls

The art of no deal: Why no middleman in the world has managed to reconcile the U.S. and Iran

The art of no deal: Why no middleman in the world has managed to reconcile the U.S. and Iran

Meat grinders with VPNs: How Russia’s Telegram blockade has hampered its own military effort

Meat grinders with VPNs: How Russia’s Telegram blockade has hampered its own military effort

Veaceslav Epureanu

Ukraine’s “middle strike”: How Kyiv’s forces learned to hit targets up to 300 kilometers behind the front — and why Russia can’t stop them

Ukraine’s “middle strike”: How Kyiv’s forces learned to hit targets up to 300 kilometers behind the front — and why Russia can’t stop them

"We tricked Putin": Jailed Khabarovsk governor Sergei Furgal's ex-aide on mafia infighting, an FSB partnership, and the Kremlin’s revenge

"We tricked Putin": Jailed Khabarovsk governor Sergei Furgal's ex-aide on mafia infighting, an FSB partnership, and the Kremlin’s revenge

Anastasia Mikhaylova

From airstrikes to boots on the ground: U.S. eyes land operation in Iran with no easy options in sight

From airstrikes to boots on the ground: U.S. eyes land operation in Iran with no easy options in sight

Veaceslav Epureanu

Gas, nuclear power, and organized crime: How Viktor Orbán went from a critic of Russia to a champion of the Kremlin’s interests

Gas, nuclear power, and organized crime: How Viktor Orbán went from a critic of Russia to a champion of the Kremlin’s interests

Drifting out of Russia’s orbit: The Armenian PM’s visit to Moscow exposes a growing conflict that will determine the country’s future

Drifting out of Russia’s orbit: The Armenian PM’s visit to Moscow exposes a growing conflict that will determine the country’s future

Artur Khachatryan

Hybrid rear: How Iraq became another front in Iran’s war

Hybrid rear: How Iraq became another front in Iran’s war

A bad case of terrorism: Authorities in both Israel and Lebanon are trying to get rid of Hezbollah

A bad case of terrorism: Authorities in both Israel and Lebanon are trying to get rid of Hezbollah

Marianna Belenkaya

Hungary for change: The opposition to Orbán leads in pre-election polls, but the government may resort to fraud

Hungary for change: The opposition to Orbán leads in pre-election polls, but the government may resort to fraud

Daniel Hegedüs

“This will be the last war with Hezbollah!”: How Lebanese people are surviving the latest outbreak of war

“This will be the last war with Hezbollah!”: How Lebanese people are surviving the latest outbreak of war

Alexander Leonidovich

Amid a hundred fires: Syria’s new leaders finding their way in the regional chaos

Amid a hundred fires: Syria’s new leaders finding their way in the regional chaos

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

Victor Márquez

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

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