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Latin America’s World Cup Moment

As the 2026 World Cup comes to North America, the region’s strongest teams will carry more than football hopes — they will carry national stories about power, identity, migration, fragility... Read full article

Steven E. Hendrix - June 6, 2026

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Middle East & North Africa
Blowback 2026: The Price of Empire and the Costs of War on Iran
by Eric Ross
Europe
Will Iran be Europe’s Zeitenwende?
by Farris Hamzeh & Natalia Hidalgo
Latin America & the Caribbean
Mexico’s Healthy Republic: Can Sheinbaum Deliver Universal Health Care?
by Carole H. Browner, Gustavo Leal Fernández & Héctor Javier Sánchez Pérez
Culture
My God! America’s White Christian Right Is So Wrong
by Larry Beck

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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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Easter and Passover Explained: Two Stories, One Crossing

by Liam Roman, Casey Herrmann & Roberta Artemisia Campani

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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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Whose Safety? The Hidden Hand Behind AI Content Filters

Gemini refused to answer my innocent question in French about a Russian journalist’s remarks on post-match unrest in Paris. It...

Has Leo XIV Already Lost to a Silicon Valley Godhead?

Pope Leo XIV’s concerns about AI’s societal impact remind us of St. Vincent de Paul’s 17th-century...

What Are Your Plans for Doomsday?

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove once seemed like savage satire, but today its nightmare logic feels uncomfortably...

Xi-Trump Summit in Beijing Was Great Theater, Little Substance

The recent US–China summit in Beijing, though symbolically significant as...

by David Mahon

The Mayflower Legacy: A New Telling of the Old Story of America

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

Donroe Doctrine Makes Guyana Key for US Latin America Policy

by Atul Singh

South America Has Tilted Right. Will Colombia Follow?

by German Peinado Delgado & Glenn Ojeda Vega

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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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