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Ceuta Exposes Europe’s Moral Blind Spot on Migration

Europe’s response to the tragic deaths of 72 migrants attempting to reach Ceuta has fixated on border security and political rhetoric, ignoring the inequalities fueling migration. Stark disparities in safety,... Read full article

Rainer Ebert - August 16, 2026

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Middle East & North Africa
Is Sudan’s Bloody War Reaching a Tipping Point?
by Martin Plaut
Economics and Finance
A New Game of Monopoly: Middle Eastern Pipelines Cannot Replace the Strait of Hormuz
by James M. Dorsey
Culture
Space Lasers After Sex: Elon Musk’s Midlife Meltdown
by Vikram Zutshi
Europe
Ukraine and Poland Need to Reconcile Their Looming Histories
by Patrick Bodovitz

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The Fall of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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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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Redrawing Africa: AI Blunders and Colonial Blind Spots

Two African stories — one comic, one tragic — collide this week: a State Department slide misdrawing Africa’s HIV-aid map...

AI, Cheating and Teacher Trickery: Is This Modern Education?

Post-industrial education prizes outcomes over understanding, breeding cheating as a rational response to a system built...

Can Socrates Replace Lindsey Graham?

With “military Keynesianism,” US foreign policy shifted from weighing war’s costs to calculating expected profits. The...

The Duty to Mock: How India’s CJP is Reviving Accountability Through Satire

As press freedom declines in India and questioning the government...

by Ira Tanwani

Beyond the Funeral: What Khamenei’s Final Farewell Reveals About Iran’s Next Chapter

by Hossein Amjadi

The Conservative Divide and Logistical Barriers in Alberta’s Separation Movement

by Aliyah A. Omar

Football’s Filthy Appeal

by Ellis Cashmore

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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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