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Is Trump Just Pretending to Be Mad?

Is Donald Trump mad… or is it an elaborate act designed to keep political rivals — and allies — wrongfooted? There’s a long tradition of political leaders who have behaved... Read full article

Ellis Cashmore - April 20, 2026

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Outside the Box
Is Anthropic the AI Messiah or a “Supply Chain Risk?” — Part 1
by Peter Isackson
Middle East News
Bullets Against Dissent: Deadly Crackdowns and the Failure to Silence Southern Yemen
by Abdul Galil Shaif
Africa
What Ancient Egyptian and Emoji Chain Texts Have in Common
by Dylan Black
Europe
Why Viktor Orbán’s Defeat Matters
by Elliot Neaman

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Easter and Passover Explained: Two Stories, One Crossing

by Liam Roman, Casey Herrmann & Roberta Artemisia Campani

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu-Muslim Divide

by Pocket Dynamo, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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Understanding the 1975 Autocratic “Emergency” in India

by Vikram K. Malkani, Atul Singh & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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The Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein

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The Pope, the President and His Three Apostles

Donald Trump’s attempt at self-canonization on social media fails. He attacks the pope for critiquing the latest US holy war....

The Agenbite of Diplomacy: Are Negotiations Still a Thing?

Language sometimes betrays us. Politicians routinely betray language. Trump has perfected a trend he didn’t initiate:...

The Fog of Foreknowledge Versus the Clarity of War

Two early-century warnings — Wesley Clark’s revelation of a Pentagon regime-change plan and William Burns’s memo...

Beware Hubris: Trump’s Iran War Has an Ozymandias Flavor

Never short of hyperinflated self-praise and self-adulation, US President Donald...

by Alan Waring

Iran’s Collective Trauma: The Psychological Aftermath of Repression and Violence

by Dr. Bahareh Sahebi

All Eyes Are on Cuba, and No One Knows How Its Future Could Play Out

by Laura Pavon

Capitalism at 250: Freedom, Legitimacy and the Renewal of the Market Order

by John F. Halbleib & Masaaki Yoshimori

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FO Podcasts: The Big Paradox — Why Immigration Divides America Like Nothing Else

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Atul Singh and Kent Jenkins Jr. examine why Americans support strict border control but oppose mass deportations. While Trump’s policies sharply reduced illegal crossings, public opinion turned as enforcement targeted individuals in local communities. The discussion highlights a deeper...

by Kent Jenkins Jr. & Atul Singh

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