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Spain's border failed in front of the cameras last week. Australia's border never fails, which is exactly why our numbers deserve a harder question.
by Jafar Jalili - 13/08/2026 - 5 comments
Russian transportation fuel shortages are caused by Ukraine drone attacks, while California shortages are directly related to political over regulations.
by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza - 13/08/2026 - 3 comments
At 75, the Refugee Convention remains a noble promise, increasingly observed in the breach rather than the observance.
by Binoy Kampmark - 12/08/2026 - 2 comments
The men who could replace Netanyahu know the truth and refuse to say it. A Palestinian state is not an existential threat to Israel; the endless denial of one is.
by Alon Ben-Meir - 11/08/2026 - 2 comments
WWI lasted 4 years and WWII 6, while the Ukraine-Russia war has already run more than 4. How long will it last?
by Yuri Koszarycz - 4/08/2026 - 4 comments
the question Warsh appears to be posing is this: to tighten monetary policy, should the Fed raise the Fed Funds rate, or should it instead pursue quantitative tightening, letting the asset base run down?
by Michael Knox - 3/08/2026
How a once serious party surrendered judgment, subordinating institutions to a single strongman—and what must be done before the republic dangerously erodes from within.
by Alon Ben-Meir - 31/07/2026
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, which is potentially catastrophic for the USA's defence
by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza - 30/07/2026
Marine pressure points compromise the security of the world, but there are alternatives.
by Lily Ong - 30/07/2026
More than a decade after ISIS’s genocide against the Yazidi people, Iraq has begun compensating Yazidi survivors. But justice requires far more than financial support.
by Suzan Khedher - 29/07/2026
The Israelis had their jaws dropping and dragging on the grounds. The Saudis were cock-a-hoop. The Trump administration remains, as it always does, streaky and fickle.
by Binoy Kampmark - 28/07/2026 - 7 comments
For nearly a century, foreign correspondents have come to the United States precisely because this country prided itself on welcoming scrutiny. Now, the Trump administration proposes to turn that legacy on its head.
by Alon Ben-Meir - 27/07/2026 - 1 comment

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