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Tehran, Caracas... Why Not Pyongyang?
By John Delury | 03 March, 2026
The United Nations is being defunded in the middle of a crisis it was built to prevent.
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The UN's Moment of Truth
By Jordan Ryan | 03 March, 2026
The United Nations is being defunded in the middle of a crisis it was built to prevent.
Imagery, Algorithms, and the Ballot: What Takaichi’s Victory Says About Youth Politics in the Digital Age
By Ria Shibata | 02 March, 2026
Sanae Takaichi’s electoral victory in February marks a historic turning point in Japanese politics. As Japan’s first female prime minister and the leader of a commanding parliamentary majority, she represents change in both symbolic and strategic terms.
When Destruction Becomes Policy: What the Munich Security Report Reveals About the Future of Global Governance
By Jordan Ryan | 18 February, 2026
The Munich Security Report 2026, released ahead of this year’s conference, offers a diagnosis that should concern anyone invested in rules-based international order.
Failure of US–Iran Talks Was All Too Predictable — But Turning to Military Strikes Creates Dangerous Unknowns
By Nina Srinivasan Rathbun | 17 February, 2026
Three rounds of nuclear talks between the US and Iran failed to persuade President Donald Trump that a solution to the two countries’ nuclear impasse lay in diplomacy, rather than military action.
Today’s Diverging Paths of Human Virtue, Hegemony and Tyranny
By Chung-in Moon | 13 February, 2026
We’re living in chaotic times. The old order is dying, but the new order has yet to take shape.
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