Berlin’s Wall disappeared more than three decades ago. Its political geography did not. Across the city, voting patterns have repeatedly traced invisible boundaries, revealing how history, age, education, housing, migration and everyday
Pakistan has sought to project calm after Afghanistan’s Taliban government signed a new military technical cooperation agreement with Russia, arguing that the deal is limited in scope and will not fundamentally change
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European political leadership and the future of the continent have come under intense scrutiny following the publication of Las invasiones bárbaras, a new essay by journalist Claudi Pérez. In a wide-ranging discussion
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Deep inside a residential tower in Beijing, where surveillance cameras and plainclothes officers are part of the everyday architecture, You Weijie lives under constant watch. She is the spokesperson of the Mothers
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The war in Ukraine is entering what analysts describe as a more volatile and ideologically charged phase, with Russia combining intensified military operations against Ukrainian territory with increasingly aggressive rhetoric directed at
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“The era of deportations has begun.” What once sounded like political provocation from far-right voices in Europe is now being treated in Brussels as an emerging policy reality. Following the agreement between
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The intensifying conflict in Lebanon is rapidly evolving into a central fault line in Middle Eastern geopolitics, with far-reaching consequences for regional stability and global energy security. According to an editorial published
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Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), has warned that the island must avoid becoming “the next Ukraine” as she defends a controversial strategy of renewed engagement with Beijing.
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The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has long built his literary reputation on blending the absurd with the intimate, but in his latest reflections he describes a country where reality itself seems to
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The joint statement issued after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s May 23-26 visit to China was not merely another ceremonial reaffirmation of friendship between Islamabad and Beijing. It reflected something deeper: the steady evolution of
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The Abraham Accords have been celebrated as a diplomatic triumph, a necessary step toward a peaceful and integrated Middle East. The proclaimed goals are seductive in their simplicity, including formal ties between
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France is attempting a strategic reinvention of its relationship with Africa as its long-standing influence in the Sahel unravels and new global powers move in to fill the vacuum. At the center
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After 88 days of near-total internet blackout, the people of Iran have begun reconnecting to the global digital network, marking an uneasy return to online life after a period defined by war,
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Recent assessments from multiple security analysts, including the Institute for the Study of War, suggest that the Russia-Ukraine war may be approaching a meaningful battlefield inflection point after years of attritional fighting.
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Washington’s relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying on May 22 that formal diplomatic talks over the Ukraine war are effectively frozen.
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In February 1963, the Iranian essayist Jalal Al-e Ahmad visited Israel and returned with a set of impressions that would shock his contemporaries and continue to unsettle readers decades later. As recounted
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