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Torah dictatorship: How Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties gained their influence – and why they risk losing it

Torah dictatorship: How Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties gained their influence – and why they risk losing it

Marianna Belenkaya

Axis of convenience: Why China and Russia are both upping their aid to Iran

Axis of convenience: Why China and Russia are both upping their aid to Iran

Antonio Giustozzi

The coalition of the wavering: Is Bulgaria the Kremlin’s new Trojan Horse in Europe?

The coalition of the wavering: Is Bulgaria the Kremlin’s new Trojan Horse in Europe?

No other alternative: Germany’s AfD is moving from the extremist fringe into the political establishment

No other alternative: Germany’s AfD is moving from the extremist fringe into the political establishment

Dmitri Stratievski

Open but off-limits: Who actually controls the Strait of Hormuz?

Open but off-limits: Who actually controls the Strait of Hormuz?

From launchpad to strategic rear: How Belarus evolved into a critical enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine

From launchpad to strategic rear: How Belarus evolved into a critical enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Dealbreaker-in-chief: Without a strategy, Trump’s aggressive negotiating style will inevitably lead to new failures

Dealbreaker-in-chief: Without a strategy, Trump’s aggressive negotiating style will inevitably lead to new failures

In defense of Fedorov: What was behind Zelensky’s widely derided decision to dismiss his defense minister?

In defense of Fedorov: What was behind Zelensky’s widely derided decision to dismiss his defense minister?

After chaos: The world is running out of time to escape the “might makes right” trap

After chaos: The world is running out of time to escape the “might makes right” trap

Andrei Yakovlev

A premier's premiere: Just about no one knows what Andy Burnham plans to do as Britain’s next leader

A premier's premiere: Just about no one knows what Andy Burnham plans to do as Britain’s next leader

Andrei Ostalsky

The outsider’s dilemma: Israel can neither accept Trump’s Iran policy nor refuse to go along

The outsider’s dilemma: Israel can neither accept Trump’s Iran policy nor refuse to go along

Marianna Belenkaya

Son of Satan, grandson of Scarp: Russia’s successful Sarmat tests are not a strategic breakthrough but a return to the Cold War arms race

Son of Satan, grandson of Scarp: Russia’s successful Sarmat tests are not a strategic breakthrough but a return to the Cold War arms race

Same players, different deal: Zelensky now has the upper hand as Kyiv and Moscow resume the negotiation game

Same players, different deal: Zelensky now has the upper hand as Kyiv and Moscow resume the negotiation game

The tail wags the dictator: How the Kremlin uses Lukashenko in talks with the West

The tail wags the dictator: How the Kremlin uses Lukashenko in talks with the West

Kamil Kłysiński

Hormuz windfall: High oil prices mean Iran has more to gain from prolonging the war than from accepting an unfavorable settlement

Hormuz windfall: High oil prices mean Iran has more to gain from prolonging the war than from accepting an unfavorable settlement

Antonio Giustozzi

Yankee, stay home: Brussels is taking over America’s leading role in negotiations with the Kremlin

Yankee, stay home: Brussels is taking over America’s leading role in negotiations with the Kremlin

Dmitri Stratievski

The “ironclad friendship”: How Russia lost out to China in the competition to be Serbia’s key eastern partner

The “ironclad friendship”: How Russia lost out to China in the competition to be Serbia’s key eastern partner

Yulia Petrovskaya

The battle for Beijing: Who came out on top following visits by Trump and Putin to Xi Jinping?

The battle for Beijing: Who came out on top following visits by Trump and Putin to Xi Jinping?

Andrey Smolyakov

The anti-Trump: How conservative Friedrich Merz came to lead Europe’s confrontation with the U.S.

The anti-Trump: How conservative Friedrich Merz came to lead Europe’s confrontation with the U.S.

Dmitri Stratievski

Giving up “Whig-Torianism”: How Britain will be affected by the end of the two-party system

Giving up “Whig-Torianism”: How Britain will be affected by the end of the two-party system

Andrei Ostalsky

Where there is political will, there is a way: Ukraine can help Europe build a unified missile defense system

Where there is political will, there is a way: Ukraine can help Europe build a unified missile defense system

Neither Pandora’s box nor a panacea: The main danger of military AI is human incompetence

Neither Pandora’s box nor a panacea: The main danger of military AI is human incompetence

Jacquelyn Schneider

The oil swan: How the UAE’s exit from OPEC will hurt Russia

The oil swan: How the UAE’s exit from OPEC will hurt Russia

George Voloshin

Roman stepfather: Trump's quarrel with the Vatican echoes the West's longstanding disagreements with the Church

Roman stepfather: Trump's quarrel with the Vatican echoes the West's longstanding disagreements with the Church

Konstantin Eggert

Not a knockout: Orbán’s defeat leaves the EU’s deeper populist challenges unresolved

Not a knockout: Orbán’s defeat leaves the EU’s deeper populist challenges unresolved

Dmitri Stratievski

General pragmatism: Why Bulgaria’s new prime minister is unlikely to take up Viktor Orbán’s pro-Russian efforts

General pragmatism: Why Bulgaria’s new prime minister is unlikely to take up Viktor Orbán’s pro-Russian efforts

Bargaining stage: Despite the failure of the U.S. military campaign, Iran’s divided leadership signals readiness for compromise

Bargaining stage: Despite the failure of the U.S. military campaign, Iran’s divided leadership signals readiness for compromise

Antonio Giustozzi

Self-destruct mode: Why government incompetence means even immediate peace with the U.S. would not save Iran

Self-destruct mode: Why government incompetence means even immediate peace with the U.S. would not save Iran

Patrick Clawson

Wrong side of the law: The Russian state is institutionalizing abductions, torture, and other repressive practices

Wrong side of the law: The Russian state is institutionalizing abductions, torture, and other repressive practices

Revenge of the beauty blogger: Victoria Bonya as harbinger of the Putin regime’s terminal decline

Revenge of the beauty blogger: Victoria Bonya as harbinger of the Putin regime’s terminal decline

Alexander Morozov

Not our war: Why modern societies are less inclined to “rally around the flag”

Not our war: Why modern societies are less inclined to “rally around the flag”

Boris Grozovsky

A crude windfall: How long can Russia profit from the Iran crisis?

A crude windfall: How long can Russia profit from the Iran crisis?

George Voloshin

A backward future: Russia’s economy is reverting to the era of serfdom

A backward future: Russia’s economy is reverting to the era of serfdom

Going ballistic: Iran’s strike on Diego Garcia shows why medium-range missile controls matter

Going ballistic: Iran’s strike on Diego Garcia shows why medium-range missile controls matter

Hereditary incompetence: The UK’s reform of the House of Lords has turned it from an aristocratic relic into a symbol of corruption

Hereditary incompetence: The UK’s reform of the House of Lords has turned it from an aristocratic relic into a symbol of corruption

Andrei Ostalsky

The axis of self-interest: Russia may be an unreliable partner, but the Putin regime has outlived many of its authoritarian allies

The axis of self-interest: Russia may be an unreliable partner, but the Putin regime has outlived many of its authoritarian allies

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