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Somalia Must Confront Israeli Neocolonial Exploitation of “Somaliland”

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is a neocolonial exploitation project that serves Israel’s security interests and threatens to unravel a delicate peace, order and balance of power in Somalia. There are... Read full article

Yusuf M. Hassan - January 5, 2026

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Asia-Pacific
Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Struggles With Reform Politics in Unstable Coalition
by Geo Dzakwan Arshali & Wan Raihana Madihah Wan Ahmad Zakry
Europe
Foreign Off-the-Shelf Products Miss the Mark for European Defense
by Sophia Wright
Europe
Europe’s Split With Washington Is Growing — But Its Vulnerabilities in Brussels Are Deeper
by Emma Isabella Sage
Asia-Pacific
Security, Identity and the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement Discourse in Pakistan
by Rubab Baig

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Christmas Explained

by Peter Isackson, Abul-Hasanat Siddique, Atul Singh

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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

by Ellis Cashmore

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

by Ellis Cashmore

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Kashmir’s Forgotten Houseboats

by Mohsin Mushtaq

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Are Most European Leaders Deepfakes?

Hyperreality reaches its apex as deepfakes flood YouTube. Meanwhile, leaders who favor monologue over dialogue have spawned unsolvable crises. Could...

In the Marketplace for Saints, the Pickings are Slim

Today’s culture has replaced traditional virtue with success-worship. Where saints and civic heroes once embodied shared...

Europe Endorses Assisted Dying: Its Own Suicide

European leaders are now invoking "existential threats" from Russia to justify military spending, a trend Shakespeare...

The Battle Over Euroclear and Russia’s Frozen Billions

The EU has begun to use frozen Russian assets in...

by Alex Gloy

Could Netflix Win the Deal but Lose the Media War?

by Ellis Cashmore

The Silent Waters: Rebuilding a Nation Amid Loss, Failure and Rising Climate Threats

by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

The Trump Corollary: US Imperialism in Latin America From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro

by Eric Ross

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FO° Podcasts: The Forbidden C-word, Class in America

In this episode of FO° Podcasts, Atul Singh and Kent Jenkins Jr. discuss how class shapes US identity and political behavior. Jenkins went from North Carolina to elite Washington institutions while Singh grew up in India in a “dispossessed aristocracy.” Unspoken class signals drive American...

by Kent Jenkins Jr. & Atul Singh

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