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TESTIMONY: Seven Malian bases fall as JNIM advances, Bamako stays silent
In the hours before dawn on July 4, 2026, columns of fighters converged on five localities across Mali, from the north to the south…
DECODING: The UN Security Council Confronts Haiti's Collapse
According to the Security Council Report, the July 2026 monthly forecast of the UN Security Council devotes its review to the situation in Haiti,…
OPEN LETTER: Dear Colombian Left, Find Your Voice Before De la Espriella
Dear Colombian left, I am writing to you because your hesitation says something important about this political moment. According to an article published on…
ESSAY: Andy Burnham, the man Downing Street never saw coming twice
On June 22, 2026, Keir Starmer announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
TESTIMONY: Lebanon on the brink of fracture after the Hezbollah deal
On July 9, 2026, the Washington Post published a detailed report describing how the campaign to disarm Hezbollah is deepening already old divisions within…
TESTIMONY: What I Saw in the Numbers From Exercise Valiant Shield 2026
I was not in Guam. I did not see the aircraft take off, nor the missiles hit their target in the warm waters of…
PROFILE: Iran's Negotiator Locks Down Hormuz on His Own Terms
Iran's chief negotiator declared on July 9, 2026 that the Strait of Hormuz would only reopen under "Iranian arrangements," explicitly rejecting the conditions set…
PROFILE: The Gulf Under IRGC Retaliation After the American Strikes
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed, in direct response to the American bombardment of July 9, 2026, attacks on "key infrastructure" at four…
PROFILE: NIIFI, the Penza institute that builds the eyes of Russian missiles
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck a strategic facility of the Russian military-industrial complex in Penza, roughly…