Libya
WORLD
Mali Crisis: Patchwork Insurgency Challenges Sahel Confederation
A former musician's alliance with rebels dismantles a fragile security pact, fulfilling the final, chaotic legacy of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Mali.
BUSINESS
Gaddafi Assassination Opens a Road for Haftar in Libya
Gunmen in Zintan ended a name that haunted the country for fifteen years and opened a road for the current strongmen to settle the scores they hold today.
BUSINESS
Libya’s Aviation Struggle: How Rival Factions Block a Unified National Airline
Libya seeks a singular sky within a world of separate authorities as a new airline takes flight while military leaders perish during overseas missions today.
EUROPE
Britain Closes Its Doors, Portugal Follows: The New Face of European Refugee Policy
Britain's freeze in September on family reunions for refugees is now echoed in Portugal through tighter residency rules that double the wait for citizenship.
PODCASTS
El Fasher in Crisis: Genocide Under the RSF
Sudan’s RSF advances on El Fasher reveal a brutal social engineering project: ethnic cleansing, genocide, and demographic change in Darfur.
Popular
Ageing Societies Slow Science’s Edge
Ageing societies do not only strain pensions and healthcare. They may also make science less bold, less disruptive, and more incremental over time.
Strategic Autonomy: How the UAE Chose to Self-Arm
Under real Iranian missile fire, the UAE learned that state security cannot be outsourced, and it has kicked off the Gulf's most ambitious arms build-up.
Idlib to Bamako: The Real Differences in Jihadist Power
Africa’s jihadist groups are gaining territory and pressure, but they still lack the cohesion, legitimacy, and state collapse that made HTS’s seizure of Damascus possible.
British Safety Laws: Chat Control to Crowd Control
Britain's child safety legislation is quietly turning into a tool against digitally-triggered communal violence, with big implications for privacy and power.
France’s Trust Crisis Moves Upward
Three stories in a single week, a murdered child, a pop icon charged with rape, and a former mayor appealing his blackmail conviction, are not the same scandal but they are feeding the same mood in France.
