POLITICSDepartment of inefficiency: The legacy of Elon Musk’s DOGE threatens millions of lives worldwideAMAnna Markova22 March 2026
POLITICSTrump’s man in Havana? Cuba looks like Washington’s next regime change targetVMVictor Márquez20 March 2026
POLITICSBetting on the Kurds: The U.S. is trying to use Kurdish forces in Iran against the ayatollahsKOKaryna Olykova18 March 2026
POLITICS“Join the elite drone forces, and you’ll come home famous!”: Russian universities are luring students into paid military serviceViktoriia Ponomareva12 March 2026
POLITICSConfuse and conquer: Trump’s messaging around Iran has split politicians and voters along familiar lines Yan Veselov12 March 2026
POLITICSInternational nationalism: The MAGA movement is uniting Europe’s right-wing and pro-Russian forces against the EUAnton Shekhovtsov12 March 2026
POLITICSBack in the game: The war in Iran gives the Kurds a chance to regain their footing after being sidelined in SyriaKOKaryna Olykova11 March 2026
POLITICSOil for power: How Maduro’s cronies traded Venezuela’s natural resource wealth for Trump’s protectionVMVictor Márquez11 March 2026
POLITICSA phantom refinery: How Georgia helps Putin bypass oil sanctionsODOlga Dmitrieva10 March 2026
POLITICSNo country for blue states: Trump is using federal power to pressure democratic governorsYan Veselov9 March 2026
POLITICSInfuriated, not intimidated: How Iran united the Gulf monarchies against itselfMarianna Belenkaya6 March 2026
POLITICSBoard of War: Trump’s “peace” body risks reigniting Gaza conflictMarianna Belenkaya5 March 2026
POLITICSNo connection: Blocking Starlink for the Russian military has changed the situation at the front in UkraineVEVeaceslav Epureanu27 February 2026
POLITICSRecord losses and minimal gains: Assessing the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale war in UkraineVEVeaceslav Epureanu26 February 2026
POLITICSMissing the mark: Why Putin’s “wonder weapons” only make Russia less secureVEVeaceslav Epureanu13 February 2026
POLITICS Not so nICE: How US immigration enforcement became a weapon of social controlMMitya Muravyov11 February 2026
POLITICSWhen rules no longer rule: Global institutions are failing, and it is far from clear what might replace themSBSergey Bekov6 February 2026
POLITICSGulf buddies: Arab monarchies are squabbling over regional standing, fossil fuels, and Trump’s attentionMarianna Belenkaya5 February 2026
POLITICSThe roadmap to Damascus: Syria’s new government is struggling to bring the Kurds under its authorityMarianna Belenkaya3 February 2026
POLITICS“Quiet, piggy!”: How Trump is bringing the American press to heelMMitya Muravyov1 February 2026
POLITICSAbraham Lincoln vs. the Ayatollahs: Can the United States topple Iran’s regime, too?VEVeaceslav Epureanu30 January 2026
POLITICSMission accomplished, dictatorship intact: Russia’s CEC and Myanmar’s enduring juntaKOKaryna Olykova28 January 2026
POLITICSWild West of the Middle East: How Palestinians and Bedouins survive on the West BankAGAlla Gavrilova26 January 2026
POLITICSNot so black and white: Trump is battling an imaginary genocide in South AfricaDBDanya Bearman23 January 2026
POLITICS“A fateful day for the Kingdom”: Denmark is going into full panic modeMorgane Fert Malka20 January 2026
POLITICSThrough the meat grinder: 20 dead per square kilometer and the other Russian military takeaways of 2025VEVeaceslav Epureanu15 January 2026
POLITICSGlobal irresponsibility: The Trump-backed Western Sahara annexation sets a nasty precedentKOKaryna Olykova14 January 2026
POLITICSA strange thaw: Iran loosens hijab and alcohol rules but plunges deeper into spy maniaNikita Smagin3 January 2026
POLITICSThe son of a Wehrmacht lieutenant: How Chile’s most right-wing president since Pinochet came to power VMViktor Markes2 January 2026
POLITICSBanking on repression: How Russia weaponized its “terrorist” list against political dissidentsIvan Astashin28 December 2025
POLITICSPeace talk show: Why key elements of the Ukraine “peace plans” remain unworkableVEVeaceslav Epureanu24 December 2025
POLITICSBacking the junta against jihadists: Trump’s Nigerian war plansKOKaryna Olykova22 December 2025
POLITICSAccording to plan: Despite denials, Trump’s team looks to be implementing Project 2025MMitya Muravyov22 December 2025
POLITICSNot-so-useful idiots: How the International Russophile Movement consolidated the Kremlin’s European influence networksNKNatalia Korotonozhkina20 December 2025