Geopolitics & international affairs
The quiet erasure of honest reporting on China is not the work of a single censorship decree. It is a thousand small retreats, each one reasonable in isolation, that together have redrawn the boundaries of what global journalism dares to say. A new analysis by political scientist Reza Hasmath, published in The Diplomat, documents how […]
A $300 drone built with 3D printers and off-the-shelf electronics is doing what years of diplomacy could not: forcing Israel to confront the cost of its occupation in southern Lebanon. The question is whether even this is enough. For two years, Israeli military analysts knew that Hezbollah would eventually field fiber-optic FPV drones that are […]
A week after the US and Iran signed a peace deal, the Strait of Hormuz is stirring back to life. Ships are transiting again. Tankers laden with Iranian crude are moving. But the numbers tell a story of caution, not celebration. Fewer than 172 vessels have crossed since the deal was signed on June 18, […]
Tehran and Washington gave directly conflicting accounts of Monday’s nuclear talks, even as the United States unilaterally delivered its side of the bargain by lifting oil sanctions for 60 days. Iran’s foreign ministry spent Tuesday swatting back the narrative coming out of Washington. Vice President JD Vance told reporters Monday after mediation talks in Switzerland […]
Colombia’s outgoing president accuses Israel of hacking the election Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused Israel of interfering in the country’s presidential election, alleging that Israeli operatives compromised the vote-counting software and demanding a full audit and nationwide recount. The accusation, delivered in a series of posts on X on Sunday, plunges Colombia into a […]
UN commission finds Israel committing genocide by deliberately targeting Gaza children A United Nations commission of inquiry has concluded that Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, and that this pattern of killing amounts to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The finding, released Tuesday by the UN Independent International […]
Russian troops have infiltrated the Donbas gateway. Ukraine says it still controls the city. KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine. Russian forces have infiltrated the strategic city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine and are trying to surround it, according to Ukrainian soldiers and military observers who describe a battlefield situation that is more fluid and dangerous than official statements […]
Israel fears Trump has handed Iran the keys to Lebanon Israel’s government is alarmed that the Trump administration’s interim deal with Iran has effectively legitimized Tehran’s influence in Lebanon and eroded Israel’s freedom of military action there, according to two Israeli sources who spoke with Axios. The fear is not abstract. Under the terms of […]
The White House is talking differently about Ukraine. The question is whether it means anything. After a year of cold shoulders and cutting remarks, top U.S. officials have started sounding almost supportive of Ukraine. As Foreign Policy’s Sam Skove reports, Ukrainian gains on the battlefield may be propelling a mood change among Trump administration officials, […]
Money flows, inspectors wait: Iran deal advances on one track, stalls on another The Iran deal moved forward on money and slid backward on trust Tuesday, as the United States formally waived oil sanctions while Iran’s foreign ministry insisted it made “no new commitments” on nuclear inspections. The contradictory signals are baked into the architecture […]
