Trump’s Midterm Test: Control of Congress on the Line
American voters will decide on the first two years of President Donald Trump's second term in the upcoming midterm elections. Polls suggest that Democrats...
From Exam Halls to Electoral Rolls: What the UN’s Rebuke of India’s Protest Crackdown Really Reveals
New Delhi conceded on exam leaks and dug in on voter lists. The distance between those two responses says more about India's governing logic...
The Guarantor Is the Ceasefire: What a Frozen Front Line Actually Buys Ukraine
“Right Now, We Have to Freeze”
On 22 October, Volodymyr Zelensky said the sentence Kyiv had avoided for four years. “Yes, right now, we have...
Legitimacy Without Leverage: What the Moscow Format’s Collapse Reveals About Engaging the Taliban
On 5 October, the eighth round of the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan ended without a joint statement for the first time since the...
The 67 Votes Ukraine Can Get, and the Guarantee They Won’t Buy
A Number That Did Not Change
Whichever party controls the next Senate, one number was never on the ballot. No party will hold 67 seats,...
US Midterm Elections Explained: How News Networks Decide When to Call a Race
On Tuesday night, newsrooms in the US will start announcing winners in a highly competitive midterm election, even before all votes are counted. Most...
How Iran’s Shadow Military Network Is Evading the US Blockade to Move Weapons and Equipment
Iran has developed a covert network of military agencies capable of global operations to import over $2 billion in military supplies, including hardware, explosives,...
The Rural Shrug: How Tariffs and the Iran War Are Breaching the GOP’s Heartland Firewall
Diesel Relief, Delivered in Kansas
On 19 October, Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Kansas to announce that the Department of Agriculture would be...
The Reality Check Behind Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal
President Donald Trump described a major oil deal involving 17 Venezuelan oilfields with about 64 billion barrels of reserves, awarded to North American Blue...
Binance’s $6.3 billion hack: Crypto Insurance Explained
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, marking the largest theft in the cryptocurrency world. This incident highlights the varying ways cryptocurrency exchanges insure their...