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Iran’s economic debacle is the result of an authoritarian system

Middle East Daniel Lacalle - August 17, 2026.

Tehran can no longer plausibly claim that war alone explains the country’s economic collapse. The latest inflation figures show not a temporary shock but the...

Kushner has begun a new Washington effort to salvage the Gaza road map

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 16, 2026.

U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort...

The new German model of intelligence operations

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 16, 2026.

The German federal government has approved a reform of intelligence legislation that will grant the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Federal Office for the...

Being an old-style conservative president of Chile comes with costs

Politics Andrés Velasco - August 16, 2026.

When the conservative José Antonio Kast became president of Chile six months ago, the big question was whether he would be a pugnacious populist like...

Advanced climate technology is building a more intelligent layer around the planet

Technology Elise Quevedo - August 16, 2026.

I stated last week that the wildfires in Europe should make us reconsider how technology can help save the environment. The key takeaway was that...

Middle powers should not turn their backs on multilateral institutions

Politics Anne-Marie Slaughter - August 15, 2026.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb recently laid out a roadmap for middle-power action in The Economist, having recognized the importance...

Can European diplomacy help Washington put pressure on Iran?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 15, 2026.

Faced with an increasingly bellicose Iran as talks to end the war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader...

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