From drawing lines in the sand to drawing prophets in the press, the last two weeks have run the gamut. Discussions of the failed coup in Benin and civilian arms at sea run alongside analyses of various regional and international developments:…
By ANN AND ERIK BROKELMAN
I will say 2025 has been an exciting year for me, and one that has reminded me…
President Masoud Pezeshkian presented the draft budget bill for the Iranian year 1405 (starting on March 21, 2026) to parliament on Wednesday.
Lawmakers have until March 20, 2026, to review and approve the proposal, which has already sparked…
I follow Sam’s end of year audit with one of my own. For those interested here are my previous ones from 2022, 2023, and 2024. One purpose is to see what I have got right and wrong but I also find it useful to look at how themes developed…
If George Orwell was right and journalism is printing something that somebody doesn’t want printed (“Everything else is public relations”), then journalism as an idea is facing very real threats. We work in an oppressive legal environment….
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Luke Harding
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are to meet on Sunday to discuss a plan to end…
President Masoud Pezeshkian presented the draft budget bill for the Iranian year 1405 (starting on March 21, 2026) to parliament on Wednesday.
Lawmakers have until March 20, 2026, to review and approve the proposal, which has already sparked…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a media conference at the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18,…
At the start of 2024, Iran appeared to be riding high — expanding regional reach, edging closer to nuclear threshold status and projecting confidence at home and abroad. That trajectory began to reverse in late 2024 and accelerated into 2025.