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Trump’s Syria Meeting Matters More than NATO Spending Debates

During the recent NATO summit, US President Donald Trump met with Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa. This meeting not only signals a new era in US–Syria diplomacy, but also demonstrates... Read full article

Lora Karch - July 16, 2026

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Central & South Asia
How Pakistan Mediated an End to the US-Iran War
by Bushra Mehmood
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The End of the Negotiation: The Public Bears the Cost of Corruption
by Usama Mahmud
Central & South Asia
Pakistan’s Search for Leverage in the West Asia Crisis
by Lauren Dagan Amoss
Outside the Box
Who Actually Rules Between Elections? The Crisis of Democracy
by Peter Isackson

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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 Atul Singh & 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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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 expert Gavin de Becker,...

250 Years of American Scripture

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

A Trillion Reasons Democracy Is Doomed

Two new “trillionaires” — the US military and Elon Musk — now occupy the headlines. Both...

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: Why Narcoterrorism Still Matters

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Atul Singh and Jeffrey James Higgins examine how narcoterrorism combines organized crime, insurgency and geopolitical conflict. They discuss the rise of synthetic opioids and how cartels in Latin America increasingly resemble paramilitary organizations capable of challenging state authority. Should...

by Jeffrey James Higgins & Atul Singh

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