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Research and analysis on international affairs, armed conflict, diplomacy, security, migration, and the geopolitical forces shaping events across regions.
King Leopold II’s Congo Free State used forced labor, hostage-taking, mutilation and lethal violence on an enormous scale. But whether the system legally or historically
The red-and-black flag seen beside Ukraine’s blue-and-yellow flag has a complicated history. Its specific modern form traces to Stepan Bandera’s OUN-B in 1941 and later
Taylor Swift once said she needed to be on the “right side of history” and rejected warnings that political speech could cost her fans. Nearly
Sudan is broadly divided between SAF-controlled northern, eastern and central regions and RSF-dominated western territory, but the actual control map is more fragmented. This living
Iran has sent Washington conditions for ending the war and reopening a path to negotiations. A senior Iranian adviser also said the Strait of Hormuz
A viral theory connects Russia, NATO, Taiwan, North Korea and Greenland to an approaching world war. Some underlying developments are real. The better test is
Iran’s Jan-Fada mobilization is real, and it has now moved into military and emergency training. But the viral claim that 31 million Iranians just signed
Eight people in and around Frankfurt Airport have developed falciparum malaria despite having no relevant travel history, and three have died. The evidence strongly supports
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi has been convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The verdict does not mean the KLA
Dubai chocolate really did help tighten the pistachio market. California’s dominant pistachio traces back to Iran. Wonderful really did expand processing into the UAE, and
