The Bigger Picture
The simultaneous closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the fragility of the Lebanon ceasefire, and the intense four-nation diplomatic push all point to a region on a knife’s edge. The April 22 ceasefire…
The simultaneous closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the fragility of the Lebanon ceasefire, and the intense four-nation diplomatic push all point to a region on a knife’s edge. The April 22 ceasefire…
Against this volatile backdrop, France and Greece are moving to strengthen their own military partnership. French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to visit Athens on April 24–25, immediately…
While military tensions spiralled, diplomats were working feverishly on the margins of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey. The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt met to…
Greek newspaper Ta Nea published a striking analysis arguing that the fundamental problem driving the conflict is not a lack of messages between Washington and Tehran but a profound failure of mutual…
Just hours after a brief reopening had raised fragile hopes of progress in U.S.–Iran negotiations, Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz once more on Saturday, April 18. Tehran cited the continued U.S….
Today’s intelligence briefing from international investigative media.
Germany’s antisemitism commissioner Felix Klein warned that artists are increasingly using their platforms to spread hate against Israel, citing cases involving Bob Vylan and Kanye West as prominent…
On the eastern front, the Ukrainian military reported that Russia is concentrating forces in the Donetsk region, suggesting a potential escalation in one of the war’s most heavily contested zones….
Jordan Acker, a University of Michigan regent who helped lead the university’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protesters, is facing fallout after Slack messages attributed to him surfaced…
The family of Charles Adair, a man who died after a Kansas sheriff’s deputy allegedly shoved a knee into his back for 86 seconds while he was handcuffed, has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit….