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Friend, Rival, Trap

How Armed Groups in Colombia Use Social Media To Recruit Children
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Colombia

TikTok’s Child Soldiers

How Israel-Backed Sweida Became Syria’s Narcotics Capital
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Syria

Sweida, the Narco-Province

Since Druze militias took control of Syria's Sweida province in 2025, the region has become a Captagon hub run by former Assad officers and internationally sanctioned crime figures, and shielded by Israel.

Drake, DJ Khaled and Palestine’s Authenticity Test
The Origin Stories of Bosnian Tattoos Are Only Skin-Deep
UFOs Are Going Mainstream
How To Lose a Prime Minister in Two Years
Eurovision’s Missing Arab Entries
Drones Are Reshaping Sudan’s Civil War
Inside the Double Life of a Syrian Hairdresser Accused of Torture in Assad’s Prisons
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Syria

The Sadist in the Salon

Hasan Piker’s Take on China May Matter More Than His Views on Israel
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Hasan Piker's China Delusion

Two Gulf Elders Sketch a Postwar Order
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Gulf Elders Sketch a Postwar Order

‘South Africa First’ Hits the Streets
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South Africa

‘South Africa First’ Hits the Streets

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When Is a Revolution Actually Over?

When Is a Revolution Actually Over?

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How Elon Musk Fuses Rockets and Tech To Shape Modern Society

How Elon Musk Fuses Rockets and Tech To Shape Modern Society

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How a Life in Exile Reshapes the Generations That Follow

How a Life in Exile Reshapes the Generations That Follow

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Profit, War and Russia’s Growing Prosthetics Sector
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Russia, Ukraine

Prosthetics and Profits

How the Strait of Hormuz Became the World’s Most Contested Waterway
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The Gulf

Strait Talk

Sisi’s UAE Visit Sparks Egyptian Fears of War Creep
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Egypt's Gulf Dependence

Dead Soldiers Can Make Babies, But Should They?
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Middle East, Ukraine

Should Dead Soldiers Make Babies?

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The Origin Stories of Bosnian Tattoos Are Only Skin-Deep

The Origin Stories of Bosnian Tattoos Are Only Skin-Deep

Ana Sekulić
Inside the Double Life of a Syrian Hairdresser Accused of Torture in Assad’s Prisons

Inside the Double Life of a Syrian Hairdresser Accused of Torture in Assad’s Prisons

Paloma de Dinechin, Hosam Katan
How the Strait of Hormuz Became the World’s Most Contested Waterway

How the Strait of Hormuz Became the World’s Most Contested Waterway

Amelia Hankins

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Is Bamako About To Fall?

Is Bamako About To Fall?

 The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

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Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

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Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

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Lydia Wilson
Lydia Wilson

"Words have been shown as inadequate against the military might of Israel, buttressed by the most powerful countries in the world. We are all impotent witnesses, unable to prevent the atrocities we have been watching for almost 22 long and cruel months. What use are more words? And is it really my place to be the amanuensis of Palestinians?"

Paul Apostolidis
Paul Apostolidis

"People can start to think and feel differently about who bears which costs of our common life when they take the chance of telling and listening to stories of different immigrant groups — together. This makes it possible to sense the profound resonances between, for instance, Greek and Mexican immigrant experiences as well as the jarring ways that such experiences are 'really different.'"

Olivia Snaije
Olivia Snaije

"In literature, there is an unquestioned acceptance of a cultural dominance that is situated in the east, whether formerly in Baghdad or Damascus, or more currently in Cairo, Beirut and increasingly in the Gulf. While Arabic-language literature from the Maghreb does travel east, writers from sub-Saharan Africa feel they are overlooked in the Middle East."

Waleed Nasir
Waleed Nasir

"Pakistan must make a case for “constructive multi-alignment,” finding ways to be a strategic asset to both the U.S. and China, argued Yusuf and Akhtar. But it cannot do that while it continues to be mired in political instability, economic degradation, surging violence from nonstate actors and a hostile neighborhood."