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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...

What lies behind Asia's undervalued currencies?

Finances Jeffrey Frankel - August 15, 2026.

Major Asian currencies’ exchange rates are again at the center of debates in international monetary economics. With China, Japan, and South Korea all running trade and...

Gold loves the possibility of war, not war itself

Economy Emre Alkin - August 15, 2026.

There is a widely held belief in the gold market: when the risk of war increases, gold prices rise. This belief is not entirely wrong....

Israel's Christians fear growing harassment

Middle East TA | AP Insight - August 14, 2026.

Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem’s Old City...

The ICC’s days were always numbered

Politics Shlomo Ben-Ami - August 14, 2026.

International criminal tribunals once focused on bringing defeated leaders, such as Serbia’s Slobodan Milošević and Liberia’s Charles Taylor, to justice. But the International Criminal Court has...

Made in Vietnam? Washington demands proof

Economy Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - August 14, 2026.

On 13 August, the White House released the report The Great Transshipment Scam and accused more than 40 countries of allowing Chinese goods to reach...

Widening unrest in Pakistan threatens Munir’s regional ambitions

Politics Sharmila Devi - August 14, 2026.

Pakistan is no stranger to military dictators steering the state and de facto ruler Field Marshal Asim Munir has stuck to tradition by cracking down...

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