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Contested Body Counts, Visibility and the (Necro)Politics of America’s War in Iran

Recent focus on a missing US aircrew member and underreported military casualties in Iran reveals a deeper system controlling war visibility. The US has long managed which war deaths are... Read full article

Kandida Purnell - April 15, 2026

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FO Podcasts: The Muslim Brotherhood Explained — Origins, Ideology and Global Influence

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Atul Singh and Cynthia Farahat examine the Muslim Brotherhood’s origins, debating whether it evolved or remained ideologically consistent since 1928. Farahat challenges the distinction between gradualism and militancy, portraying the movement as structurally and ideologically unified across time and...

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