Regions

Why are many in the region shocked by Trump's demand that Syria take on Hezbollah?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 28, 2026.

As the White House has soured on Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing...

Disarmament of Hezbollah – will the most difficult part of the Israel–Lebanon deal be implemented?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 27, 2026.

Hezbollah’s leader on Saturday criticized a framework agreement that Israel and Lebanon signed a day earlier to end months of conflict between the militant group...

Can Europe bear the economic cost of heatwaves?

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 26, 2026.

Year after year, they arrive earlier and strike with greater intensity. Extreme heatwaves, such as the one currently underway, should no longer surprise anyone in...

Why Beijing’s promise to boost domestic consumption has lost credibility

China Stephen S. Roach - June 26, 2026.

China’s efforts to rebalance its economy have been an abject failure. Nearly two decades after former Premier Wen Jiabao bemoaned the Chinese economy’s excessive dependence...

Albania’s ‘renaissance man’ Rama under protest pressure

Eastern Europe Sharmila Devi - June 26, 2026.

Edi Rama is not worrying, in public at least, about being ousted by the protests that erupted more than three weeks ago against alleged corruption...

Is navigating the new route through the Strait of Hormuz safe due to Iranian threats?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 25, 2026.

Several tankers made their way out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday using a new route promoted by a U.N. maritime agency.  Iran has threatened...

In the autocrat’s trap, Putin fails to realize that time no longer appears to be on his side

Russia Sergei Guriev - June 25, 2026.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a tough few months. While the Ukraine war never unfolded according to plan, Putin believed, until recently, that time...

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