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Will Hezbollah disarmament drive Lebanon to the brink (again)?

Middle East Ferry Biedermann - August 21, 2025.

Much-plagued Lebanon is in for another rough ride amid rising tensions surrounding Hezbollah that could also draw in neighbouring Israel and Syria.  The country is still...

The USSR’s squalid legacy

Russia Carl Bildt - August 20, 2025.

Many gasped when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov landed in Anchorage, Alaska, for the Trump-Putin summit wearing a sweater with the letters CCCP – the...

UK’s ‘flawed’ online child safety law slammed as censor’s charter

UK Harvey Morris - August 20, 2025.

New UK rules to protect children from harmful content online have provoked a domestic and transatlantic backlash from those who say they undermine free speech. Opponents...

Why did Donbas become indispensable to Putin?

Eastern Europe Iuliia Mendel, TA Kyiv - August 19, 2025.

A small territory in eastern Ukraine — Donbas — long remained outside the glare of media attention, even within Ukraine itself. Now, it has become...

Thaw between India and China as the price for US trade pressure

China Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 18, 2025.

While Washington will negotiate with its European allies, after the summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on the not-so-easy adjustment of positions on Ukraine, Donald...

Arab mediators try to revive Gaza ceasefire talks

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 18, 2025.

Egyptian and Qatari mediators were holding talks with Hamas in their latest effort to broker a ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip, where health...

Should the EU expand to the north?

EU Roderick Kefferpütz - Villy Søvndal - August 16, 2025.

“There are 12 countries on the waiting list to become members of the European Union,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in April. Commission...

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