Paraguay is undergoing one of the most significant political and financial crises in its recent history. The Central Bank of Paraguay’s intervention in Ueno Bank—following the detection of serious irregularities in its
by Satchi Sithanandan When María Corina Machado named onto the stage in Oslo to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the applause sounded less like recognition of peace than of politics. Venezuela’s
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On October 8, 2025, over one lakh tea garden workers and allied members of Assam’s tea-tribe community protested in Tinsukia District, demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, higher wages, and land rights. The
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Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have fast-tracked reforms that began after the country’s 2022 economic crisis, when mass protests forced limits on presidential powers. In 2025, the new government has been pushing further toward a parliamentary system, which was in
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Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression of social protests, and a series of legal reforms aimed at
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Editor’s note: The following article is based on an interview with Geopolitical Futures Chairman and Founder George Friedman conducted by Christian Smith. Two years ago this week, Hamas’ October 7 attacks stunned
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‘Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan’ ~ Attributed to Count Ciano How very true. Thunderous self-congratulations echo over the temporary ceasefire in Gaza that many hope will end two years
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The Sri Lankan government has announced a minor cabinet reshuffle, appointing new ministers and several deputy ministers to strengthen administrative operations. The move comes as part of the government’s ongoing efforts to
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In February 2025, Senegal’s Court of Auditors released a report that found ‘anomalies’ in the management of public finances between 2019 and 2024, during the presidency of Macky Sall (2012–2024). For instance, the court found that
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The first Nordic presence in Greenland dates back to Erik the Red, a Norse Viking banished from Iceland for manslaughter, who sought a new future in Greenland around the end of the
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Since September 2025, a surge of unidentified drone incursions has swept across 10 European nations, including Denmark, Norway, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania, France, Belgium, Estonia, and the Netherlands, targeting airports, military bases,
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Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its
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On October 7, 2025, the seventh Moscow Format meeting convened in Moscow, marking a significant step in regional diplomacy on Afghanistan. Attended by representatives from Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Central
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In the Jean-Jacques Annaud film based on William Craig’s 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, Nikita Khrushchev, immediately after arriving in Stalingrad front as the new principal commissar, deputed by
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana History is not a distant tale embalmed in the sepia of old photographs; it is a living, breathing
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France is in crisis – again. On Monday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after just 27 days in office, making him the shortest-serving premier in the history of the Fifth Republic and
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