Brazil's partners must recognize that cooperation confers no right to dictate Brazil's political direction. The choice belongs to Brazilians, including their right to disappoint Washington, Tel Aviv, or any other capital.Marcus Vinicius De Freitas
Diplomacy has become more critical for Israel than the military battlefield, especially after the genocide in Gaza and Israel's isolation on the world stage. Winning over the growing ranks of far-right voters can help improve Israel's imageFarid Hafez
By meeting this week, the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland had 2 main aims: 1) reassure their supporters that they remain committed to the cause of independence and 2) put pressure on a new British prime minister
Sovereignty will no longer be measured solely by control over territory, energy or physical infrastructure. The ability to control data, computing power and AI infrastructure will increasingly shape the economic and strategic power of nationsAbdulvehab Ejupi
Implications of the Houthis' move are already visible: Riyadh shut its East-West Pipeline after drone attacks. Jazan, Abha and Najran are under alert. 73 civilians have been wounded in strikes on civilian and economic sitesAli Bakir14 September 2026
The deterioration of Algeria-UAE relations should not be seen simply as another episode of intra-Arab diplomatic rivalry. It is part of a larger restructuring of power in North Africa and the African SahelAbdennour Toumi11 September 2026
Rather than labeling his domestic rivals as outright traitors, Netanyahu frames them as the vehicles that will deliver the enemy's desired outcome. This deliberately blurs the line between legitimate political dissent and national betrayalTugce Ersoy Ceylan10 September 2026
Israel has spent half a century telling us stories: none of them about Palestinians, all of them about why Israel ‘needs’ to continue killing them
Mohsen al Attar10 September 2026
China’s efforts to overcome the Malacca dilemma are creating a broader geography of strategic connectivity in which the central question is no longer simply who controls territory, but who can keep the world’s critical passages openVusal Guliyev08 September 2026
Chancellor Merz’s promises to curb the AfD failed to resonate in Saxony-Anhalt; on the contrary, the party captured a greater vote share to the point where it neared the threshold for an absolute majorityErkut Ayvaz07 September 2026
Foundations, once repriced, are rarely restored to par. Trust denominated in dollars can always be devalued again. That is the lesson of this strange August on the Korean Peninsula—and it will outlast any summitGiwoong Jung04 September 2026
Israel continues to create regional instability by illegally invading free neighbouring nations and the Achilles Shield deal with Greece is part and parcel of that trendKlaus Jürgens03 September 2026
In August 2026, Beijing ordered state agencies to strip out Windows build and move to domestic Linux systems. The clearer reading, then, is that Beijing's replacement drive, more than Washington's controls, forms the lasting constraintAryamehr Fattahi02 September 2026
Any significant change in the regional balance inevitably generates reactions. But it would be premature to assume that Mecca will automatically produce an opposing formal allianceKhaled Mohammed Batarfi01 September 2026
Can the UN be reformed into a working institution promoting peace, justice and no more genocides? Figuratively speaking, for this to happen, it needs many more Türkiyes; copycats very welcomeKlaus Jurgens
