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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...

AI threatens to widen the gap between technological winners and losers

Economy Kenneth Rogoff - June 2, 2026.

The San Francisco Bay Area is in the midst of an AI frenzy that makes the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century look like...

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...

Venezuela’s ruling party unity cracks as Delcy Rodríguez shifts Chávez-era policies

Politics TA | AP Insight - June 1, 2026.

It’s a slogan that’s long encapsulated the unique ability of Hugo Chávez's fiercely nationalistic revolution to stay in power in Venezuela for 27 years: “United,...

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...

Europe’s nuclear dilemma - How to prevent the quest for deterrence from giving way to proliferation

Politics Ana Palacio - June 1, 2026.

The nuclear question has returned to the center of global politics. While the specter of nuclear proliferation never disappeared, it was obscured for decades by...

Canada slips into recession as interventionism and net zero drag on growth

Economy Daniel Lacalle - June 1, 2026.

Canada has slipped into a technical recession even as it enjoys record revenues from high commodity prices. The key reason is that Ottawa has combined...

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