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From Reflection to Action: A Mandate for Protection, Peace and Displaced-Led Solutions

World Refugee Day came and went this year, but that does not mean we should forget its importance and keep fighting for its message. Across the globe, millions of people... Read full article

Ashraf Haidari - July 22, 2026

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Asia-Pacific
The Picture Behind the Numbers: Refugees, Power and the Human Cost of Geopolitics
by Luiz Cesar Pimentel
Central & South Asia
Central Asia’s Post-Soviet Choice: Stability or Democracy?
by Ali Ekinciel
Outside the Box
Locked Into the Loop: “Predictive History” and the End of Statesmanship — Part 2
by Peter Isackson
Politics
Is the US Heading Toward a Hard Landing?
by John Feffer

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FIFA World Cup: The Greatest Show on Earth

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique, Samantha Mendiguren

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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

by Ellis Cashmore

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Mediaphobia — A Timeline of Panic

by Ellis Cashmore

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu–Muslim Divide

by Pocket Dynamo, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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Requiem for a War Racketeer

Lindsey Graham is gone, and the tributes pour in for a "masterful operator." But operator of what? A war machine...

Time to Update Bacon’s Critique of Our “Corrupt Love of the Lie”

Francis Bacon’s essay “Of Truth” masks his own service to Elizabethan surveillance and political deception. Security...

250 Years of American Scripture

On America’s 250th anniversary, it may be time to think about how the Founders were mythologized...

Palantir and the Techno-Oligarchs: Honeyed Reason, or Crushing Hegemony?

Western democracies have entered a period dominated by techno-oligarchs, e.g.,...

by Alan Waring

Weaponized Uncertainty: Geopolitical Fragmentation and Development in the Global South

by Masaaki Yoshimori

Andy Burnham and “Manchesterism”: The New Face of Populism?

by Kent Jenkins Jr.

Book Banning, Alberta Style: Censorship in the Classroom

by Margaret Smale

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FO Podcasts: What the West Ignores About China’s Digital Nationalism

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Florian Schneider and Haruko Satoh argue that digital nationalism is a defining force shaping modern China. They examine how visa policy, social media algorithms, youth unemployment and patriotic education reinforce one another while revealing tensions within China. Digital politics...

by Florian Schneider & Haruko Satoh

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