Tony Blair, Viscount of Gaza
The new blueprint for Gaza claims to be apolitical, yet it places Western hands firmly …
Reuben Arya
November 2025
The Road to Peace
Governance
The rubber-stamp Rada
As president Zelenskyy's party dominates the legislature, the line between reform and autocracy grows thin.
Alisa Reviakina
What's next for us?
As repression deepens in the Philippines, a new generation weighs fear against the necessity of …
Vhon Michael Tobes
Beyond the ceasefire
Across one of the world's oldest divides, two voices discuss what coexistence would require.
Netanel Berman & Elias El-Zabri
A tale of two cedars
Efforts to assert state authority over Hezbollah may cost the government the very peace it …
Tamer El-Imad
Inheriting Corruption
Each and every one of Sierra Leone’s regimes vowed a new beginning; instead, corruption was …
Ibrahim Mustapha Fofanah
Economics & Innovation
The silent erosion of Italy's economy
Three decades of selling off the state have left Italy poorer, more indebted, and dangerously …
Alessandro Donati
The price of participation
Giving citizens a say over their taxes seems appealing...until it collides with the logic of …
Eliot Forterre
The race Europe is losing
Europe excels at planning and funding; turning those plans into real economic reform is another …
Andrea Sirtori
Arts, Culture & Identity
Fragmentos del olvido
When governments use politics to erase the past, literature becomes a battleground for remembrance.
Sofia Suárez
Who Moscow forgets
In Russia’s Far East, identity drifts toward Asia while Moscow looks the other way.
Hèlene Bunine
“Kyrgyzstan, I see you”
As old customs waver, love learns to speak in its own tongue.
Salomé Aldeguer-Roure
Science, Tech & Environment
Kirkuk’s smogged horizon
The city that fuels Iraq’s oil industry now faces the environmental costs alone.
Reebaz Hasan Qader
Chinese elements of power
Once overlooked metals now shape global power, and China holds the advantage.
Aditeya Nulu
Burundi, mastering the world's assistant
With AI at the forefront of global innovation, Burundi’s start-ups are joining the race
Arsène Ngabirano
