Laura Thomas

Laura Thomas is the Chief of Staff and Strategic Initiatives at quantum technology and manufacturing company, Infleqtion. Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer and Chief of Base. Visit her website at www.lauraethomas.com

October 25, 2026

Editor's Choice/News

France’s Student Protests Expose a Deepening Crisis of Inequality and Belonging

Moktar is 21, a university student from a modest Tunisian family, and one of thousands of young people who feel that France has closed the door on their future. He lives with

United States/World

Trump’s Midterm Election Threats Put US Electoral System on Alert

With 10 days remaining before the United States midterm elections, election officials, voting rights advocates and legal experts are warning that President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine confidence in the electoral system could intensify if the results favour the Democrats.

October 25, 2026

Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Says Iranian Society No Longer Accepts Islamic Republic

Iran/World

Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian human rights activist awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, says decades of repression have failed to extinguish demands for democracy,

AI Detection Controversy Forces Literary Publishers to Rethink Prize Submissions

Artificial Intelligence

The cancellation of a book launch in Madrid has exposed a growing challenge for literary publishers: how to verify the human origins of unpublished

The Country Mothers Walk Toward

May 11, 2026

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

An image I’ll never forget: a woman passing her baby over the wall at the Kabul airport compound. It was August 2021 and the Taliban was sweeping back into Afghanistan. All I

Espionage is a Man’s World: Sex, Lies, and the CIA

August 26, 2023

Defence/Diplomacy

Action: A) If you are applying to CIA because you hope you’ll be a sex object, please withdraw your application. B) If you’ve thought about applying to CIA but hesitate because you