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“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military service

“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military service

Viktoriia Ponomareva

Confuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines

Confuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines

International nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EU

International nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EU

Anton Shekhovtsov

Back in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in Syria

Back in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in Syria

Oil for power: How Maduro’s cronies traded Venezuela’s natural resource wealth for Trump’s protection

Oil for power: How Maduro’s cronies traded Venezuela’s natural resource wealth for Trump’s protection

Victor Márquez

A phantom refinery: How Georgia helps Putin bypass oil sanctions

A phantom refinery: How Georgia helps Putin bypass oil sanctions

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governors

No country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governors

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

Infuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itself

Marianna Belenkaya

Board of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflict

Board of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflict

Marianna Belenkaya

Stronger than bin Laden: Al-Qaeda is thriving on global chaos

Stronger than bin Laden: Al-Qaeda is thriving on global chaos

No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine

No connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in Ukraine

Veaceslav Epureanu

Record losses and minimal gains: Assessing the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine

Record losses and minimal gains: Assessing the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine

Veaceslav Epureanu

Missing the mark: Why Putin’s “wonder weapons” only make Russia less secure

Missing the mark: Why Putin’s “wonder weapons” only make Russia less secure

Veaceslav Epureanu

Not so nICE: How US immigration enforcement became a weapon of social control

Not so nICE: How US immigration enforcement became a weapon of social control

When rules no longer rule: Global institutions are failing, and it is far from clear what might replace them

When rules no longer rule: Global institutions are failing, and it is far from clear what might replace them

Gulf buddies: Arab monarchies are squabbling over regional standing, fossil fuels, and Trump’s attention

Gulf buddies: Arab monarchies are squabbling over regional standing, fossil fuels, and Trump’s attention

Marianna Belenkaya

The roadmap to Damascus: Syria’s new government is struggling to bring the Kurds under its authority

The roadmap to Damascus: Syria’s new government is struggling to bring the Kurds under its authority

Marianna Belenkaya

“Quiet, piggy!”: How Trump is bringing the American press to heel

“Quiet, piggy!”: How Trump is bringing the American press to heel

Abraham Lincoln vs. the Ayatollahs: Can the United States topple Iran’s regime, too?

Abraham Lincoln vs. the Ayatollahs: Can the United States topple Iran’s regime, too?

Veaceslav Epureanu

Mission accomplished, dictatorship intact: Russia’s CEC and Myanmar’s enduring junta

Mission accomplished, dictatorship intact: Russia’s CEC and Myanmar’s enduring junta

Wild West of the Middle East: How Palestinians and Bedouins survive on the West Bank

Wild West of the Middle East: How Palestinians and Bedouins survive on the West Bank

Not so black and white: Trump is battling an imaginary genocide in South Africa

Not so black and white: Trump is battling an imaginary genocide in South Africa

“A fateful day for the Kingdom”: Denmark is going into full panic mode

“A fateful day for the Kingdom”: Denmark is going into full panic mode

Morgane Fert Malka

Beyond cocaine: Maduro’s arrest hits Hezbollah where it hurts

Beyond cocaine: Maduro’s arrest hits Hezbollah where it hurts

Through the meat grinder: 20 dead per square kilometer and the other Russian military takeaways of 2025

Through the meat grinder: 20 dead per square kilometer and the other Russian military takeaways of 2025

Veaceslav Epureanu

Global irresponsibility: The Trump-backed Western Sahara annexation sets a nasty precedent

Global irresponsibility: The Trump-backed Western Sahara annexation sets a nasty precedent

A strange thaw: Iran loosens hijab and alcohol rules but plunges deeper into spy mania

A strange thaw: Iran loosens hijab and alcohol rules but plunges deeper into spy mania

The son of a Wehrmacht lieutenant: How Chile’s most right-wing president since Pinochet came to power

The son of a Wehrmacht lieutenant: How Chile’s most right-wing president since Pinochet came to power

Banking on repression: How Russia weaponized its “terrorist” list against political dissidents

Banking on repression: How Russia weaponized its “terrorist” list against political dissidents

Peace talk show: Why key elements of the Ukraine “peace plans” remain unworkable

Peace talk show: Why key elements of the Ukraine “peace plans” remain unworkable

Veaceslav Epureanu

Backing the junta against jihadists: Trump’s Nigerian war plans

Backing the junta against jihadists: Trump’s Nigerian war plans

According to plan: Despite denials, Trump’s team looks to be implementing Project 2025

According to plan: Despite denials, Trump’s team looks to be implementing Project 2025

Not-so-useful idiots: How the International Russophile Movement consolidated the Kremlin’s European influence networks

Not-so-useful idiots: How the International Russophile Movement consolidated the Kremlin’s European influence networks

Natalia Korotonozhkina

The price of belonging: How Europe’s war on illegal migration traps legal immigrants

The price of belonging: How Europe’s war on illegal migration traps legal immigrants

Appeal from the grave: Proposed amendments to Israel’s death penalty law have sparked a wave of criticism

Appeal from the grave: Proposed amendments to Israel’s death penalty law have sparked a wave of criticism

The ХХХ-Files: Why the Epstein scandal just might stick to Teflon Trump

The ХХХ-Files: Why the Epstein scandal just might stick to Teflon Trump

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