IRGC
Gaza War
Iran and Ukraine’s Wars Are Converging
Caspian strike on Iranian ship and warnings to Europe suggest two wars merge into one conflagration.
WORLD
The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf
The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming the region's new measure of power.
EUROPE
EU Muscat Mission Signals a More Permanent Gulf Strategy
The European Union's decision to establish a permanent delegation in Muscat is more than a bureaucratic upgrade.
EUROPE
Italy’s Security March Shows the Rightward Mood at Home
The Rome protest by military and police personnel was about pay and pensions on the surface, but it also revealed a deeper political mood: uniformed anger is becoming part of Italy's broader rightward drift.
BUSINESS
Gulf Airlines Sell Reassurance as Their Core Summer Product
Emirates and Etihad are not simply selling seats this summer; they are selling the idea that the Gulf is safe enough to book, and those are very different products.
Popular
Germany’s Alcohol Ban Tests Europe’s New Sin Rules
Germany's nationwide station alcohol ban treats drinking less as a private choice than as a public cost imposed on workers, passengers and shared space.
Ceuta Crisis Exposes the Limits of Sánchez’s Migration Model
The Ceuta crisis does not prove that Spain's regularisation policy caused mass migration, but it exposes how quickly legal ambiguity and expectations of eventual residence can weaken border deterrence.
How Turkish Drones Turned The Tide in Sudan
A drone strike on Egypt's Mediterranean coast confirms how Sudan's aerial war now radiates across borders, arms routes and South Sudan's fragile December vote.
Bubble Swells: Europe Insists On Labelling AI Content
Public patience for AI looks thinner by the week, and Europe's new labelling law may only be the most visible sign of the change.
Brick by Brick: The Court Europe Built Withers Aways
Europe drafted the rulebook of international justice after 1945, and as tribunals empty and allies clash publicly at the United Nations, its enforcers vanish.
