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There are moments in history when languages do not merely survive; they hesitate, bend, fracture, and yet refuse to disappear. They do not triumph in the imperial sense, nor do they retreat into museums. They persist – unevenly, imperfectly,…

The recent reports of Nicolás Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces and the international fallout that followed have sparked a debate that goes far beyond Venezuela. While the episode has immediate domestic implications, it also highlights…

Last night, the United States carried out an extraordinary act of foreign intervention: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by U.S. forces and removed from their own country. The world watched in…

From De Facto to Recognized: Israel, Somaliland, and the Future of International Diplomacy in the Horn of Africa

Date: December 31, 2025

Abstract

On December 26, 2025, Israel became the first United Nations member state to formally recognize…

In a world that so often demands proof of Jewish suffering before it grants us the right to grieve, the return of the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Ariel and Kfir, forces a reckoning. There are no more illusions, no more cruelly…

In reality, after the Assyrian captivity from 720 BC and after the Babylonian captivity from 586 BC, there had not been an independent sovereign Israel nation till such an independent sovereign Israel nation was established in 1948….

Let us take a moment to appreciate the astonishing miracle of our ten thousand or so years of clawing our way from caves to cathedrals, from banging rocks together to sequencing genomes, all to create a society where, finally, doe-eyed…

The appointment of Ali Javanmardi as head of VOA Persian and other departments is not simply a misstep—it is a scandal that threatens the very soul of the outlet. This decision is a betrayal of the Iranian people who depend on VOA Persian…

We Are Not Entering Chaos—We Are Entering an Order of Force

Recently, a common opinion has become “popular” in discussions around the world: the world order is breaking down. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the October 7 massacre…

On the night of Saturday, January 3, U.S. armed forces carried out an operation on Venezuelan territory resulting in the arrest of Nicolas Maduro, who had been subject to a $50 million bounty hunt.

Multiple attacks targeted Cerro El Volcan,…