The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
At the end of 2023, Houthi rebels in Yemen began targeting merchant vessels transiting one of the world’s major East–West shipping routes linking the United States and Europe with Asia. Ships using
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As tensions between Washington and Tehran threatened to escalate into a wider regional confrontation, the United States once again found itself relying on a familiar intermediary: Pakistan. The episode exposed a contradiction
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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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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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The recent, surprising strikes on Iran’s key missile sites and strategic installations, amid intense negotiations over a deal, perhaps caught Iran off guard, as the US had been engaging in rhetoric and
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The hemisphere’s longest-running standoff may finally be reaching its breaking point — but not necessarily in the way anyone expects. Cuba, in the spring of 2026, feels exactly like that. After sixty-seven
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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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The United States is witnessing a new escalation in political and legal tensions as the Department of Justice under Donald Trump reportedly opens a criminal investigation into journalist E. Jean Carroll, who
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For years, climate change was publicly framed as an environmental and scientific crisis. Behind closed doors, however, some of the United States’ most powerful security agencies were increasingly treating it as a
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Iranian Ambassador in Colombo Dr. Alireza Delkhosh says the Islamic Republic of Iran remains fully prepared to face US-Israeli aggression. In an interview with Shamindra Ferdinando of The Island at the Iranian Embassy, in
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In response to recent developments in Venezuela under imperialist siege, international solidarity activists should adopt a stance that does not inadvertently reinforce Washington’s drive for domination. Our central responsibility is not to
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Editor’s note: The following excerpts are based on remarks by Lei, a commentator who says she was born in communist China, studied in the United States during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests,
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On the surface, life in Taiwan moves with striking normality. Families stroll along beaches, students gather after classes, and couples take wedding photos against scenic coastal backdrops. Yet beneath this calm, the
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by Nil The Impossible Factory constructs a powerful and at times troubling mythology of technological genius centred on Kelly Johnson and the Skunk Works enterprise. Rather than a conventional biography, the book
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For years, Tim Foley and his militia stalked the deserts of southern Arizona hunting migrants, drug couriers and cartel scouts crossing illegally from Mexico into the United States. Armed with AR-15 rifles,
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