Articles

The silent erosion of Italy's economy

Three decades of selling off the state have left Italy poorer, more indebted, and dangerously exposed.

Alessandro Donati

Kirkuk’s smogged horizon

The city that fuels Iraq’s oil industry now faces the environmental costs alone.

Reebaz Hasan Qader

Tony Blair, Viscount of Gaza

The new blueprint for Gaza claims to be apolitical, yet it places Western hands firmly in control of Palestinian land.

Reuben Arya

The price of participation

Giving citizens a say over their taxes seems appealing...until it collides with the logic of democracy.

Eliot Forterre

Chinese elements of power

Once overlooked metals now shape global power, and China holds the advantage.

Aditeya Nulu

A tale of two cedars

Efforts to assert state authority over Hezbollah may cost the government the very peace it is trying to preserve.

Tamer El-Imad

Beyond the ceasefire

Across one of the world's oldest divides, two voices discuss what coexistence would require.

Netanel Berman & Elias El-Zabri

The race Europe is losing

Europe excels at planning and funding; turning those plans into real economic reform is another matter entirely.

Andrea Sirtori

The rubber-stamp Rada

As president Zelenskyy's party dominates the legislature, the line between reform and autocracy grows thin.

Alisa Reviakina

Burundi, mastering the world's assistant

With AI at the forefront of global innovation, Burundi’s start-ups are joining the race

Arsène Ngabirano