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EUROPE
Brussels Drops the Lectures to Stay in the Mediterranean
Brussels is switching up how it deals with the Mediterranean, focusing on practical cooperation over pushing political changes.
WORLD
Poker Face: Russia’s Transactional Game
Putin promised partnership to Iran, friendship to Israel, and mediation to Trump; Moscow's Middle East strategy is beautifully duplicitous.
Popular
Bosnia Off Air: Will Brussels Let the Last Broadcaster Die?
Bosnia’s public broadcaster BHRT nears collapse as funding is withheld, journalists work in tents, and regional media freedom fades
STC Take Hadhramaut: Fragmentation Leaves No WinnersÂ
Clashes in Hadramout expose Yemen’s deep fractures as tribes, the STC, and oil interests battle over autonomy, power, and survival.
Thailand-Cambodia Fighting Raises Questions for Winter Travellers
Airstrikes on the Thai-Cambodian border look alarming from afar, yet tourism ads still show turquoise bays. How should travellers read this contradiction?
National Security Strategy: The Era of Investment Power
Washington has stopped acting like a global policeman and started operating like a hedge fund, trading lectures for massive sovereign wealth deposits.
Moscow’s Calculus: Guns Fall Silent, Commerce Speaks
As Moscow sheds the weight of defunct military pacts, it ruthlessly prioritizes the economic engines that bind it to Europe.


