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Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for Afghanistan

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 2, 2026.

When landlocked Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan started fighting late last year and their border crossings closed, Afghans turned to their western neighbor, Iran, for an...

How much of a threat to Ukraine and Europe does Belarus pose?

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - June 2, 2026.

In the fifth year of aggression against Ukraine, Moscow is seeking to expand the geography of the conflict by involving Belarus in the war. The Kremlin...

Europe seeks to end its reliance on American digital services

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 1, 2026.

Thirteen European cloud providers, including OVHcloud, Nextcloud and Proton, along with a group of Members of the European Parliament and several civil society organisations, endorsed...

America will pay a high price for ending the Iran crisis

Middle East Simon Johnson - Amir Kermani - May 31, 2026.

A partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may be on the horizon. But is a lasting regional settlement any closer?  The prevailing narrative is that...

Europe is centralising financial power

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - May 30, 2026.

On 28 May in Berlin, the finance ministers of the six largest economies of the European Union – Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and...

Western technology is an increasingly common target for Russia's intelligence agencies

Russia TA | AP Insight - May 30, 2026.

Russia's intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defense secrets as sanctions squeeze the country's wartime economy, three...

Elections in India deepened the Hindu-Muslim political divide

India Shashi Tharoor - May 30, 2026.

Indian politics has long been defined by a stubborn regionalism. In states like Assam, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, distinct linguistic identities, social-reform...

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