Justice

Invisible Bridges: UAE Shapes Israel-Syria Mediation

The United Arab Emirates is emerging as a discreet but influential facilitator between Israel and Syria, avoiding the conventional trappings of formal mediation.

Assad in Exile: A Test for International Justice

National healing must start with justice before any talk of sanctions relief, reconstruction, and pluralism.

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Estonia’s Budget Woes Might Outweigh Its Ukraine Zeal

A botched €70 million shell deal took Estonia's defence minister down, as debt, scandal and a hardening European mood question Tallinn's Ukraine loyalty.

LVMH Pandemic Luxury Boom Loses Its Aspirational Shoppers

LVMH's slide from its pandemic-era peak shows what happens when a brand's own success prices out the customers who made it aspirational.

Chagos, Vanuatu and Falklands Turn Into Diplomatic Millstones

As Vanuatu sues France over two Pacific islands, Washington's wavering support for British and French claims exposes Europe's fading grip on remote seas.

AfD Landslide Deepens Germany’s East-West Political Divide

Germany's firewall against the far right looks harder to defend when nearly half of one state's voters no longer accept the argument behind it.

Steppe in Line: The Eurasian Century in Central Asia

As Bishkek toasts an expanding Eurasian bloc, Brussels turns to Central Asian capitals for the minerals its industries cannot live without.