June 2026

When AI Regulation Meets the First Amendment

Trump’s AI export controls have reopened a familiar constitutional fight: whether the government can limit access to software-like systems without colliding with the First Amendment. The emerging argument is that using, querying,

June 30, 2026

Technology

Two Hands of Pakistan: Force and Silence

Pakistan is in the business of rebranding. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has declared, with evident pride, that Pakistan is now recognized as a “peacemaker” — a country whose geography, military ties,

June 29, 2026

Asia·Opinion

How Phone Bans Became a Campaign Against All Screens

The fight over phones in schools is no longer just about keeping TikTok out of math class. It has become a broader political and cultural backlash against the idea that more screens

June 28, 2026

Technology

The Wrapper on Your Sandwich Is Ending Up on a Beach Somewhere

Look at what you had for lunch today. The plastic film on your sandwich. The cap on your water bottle. The container your leftovers came in. Chances are, you threw them away

June 27, 2026

Planet

Latin America’s Right Can Win Elections. But Can It Rule?

Latin America’s new right has mastered the politics of anger. It has learned to campaign against crime, inflation, corruption, cultural change, and “the caste,” promising voters a clean break from exhausted parties

June 26, 2026

Americas·Opinion

Open Strait, Empty Shelves: A Food Lesson for Europe

Europe’s food system is settling into an uncomfortable new normal: stress without a clear end date. Climate change is no longer a distant variable in the agri-food equation; it is reshaping the

June 25, 2026

Europe·Opinion

The UK Says No to Starmer, Not Yet to Burnham

Voters in the U.K have made one thing brutally clear: they are finished with Keir Starmer’s leadership style, his faltering government, and the promise of managerial competence that curdled into drift. Polling

June 24, 2026

Europe·Opinion

China Treats Diplomacy Like a Ledger. It Won’t Add Up

There is a seductive logic to treating foreign policy like a business. Cut the deal, extract the value, move on to the next counterparty. No sentimentality, no lectures, no expensive entanglements—just leverage,

June 23, 2026

Asia·Opinion

As El Niño Returns, an Ocean Heat Crisis Looms

The return of El Niño is no longer a distant possibility. Climate forecasts now indicate a strong likelihood that one of the planet’s most powerful climate patterns will emerge by late 2026,

June 22, 2026

Planet

When a Refugee Becomes an ‘Illegal Foreigner’

In the long shadow of Afghanistan’s wars, Pakistan has long stood as both refuge and pressure valve. Generations of Afghans have crossed the border seeking safety from conflict, persecution, and instability, and

June 21, 2026

Asia·Opinion

When AI Regulation Meets the First Amendment

Two Hands of Pakistan: Force and Silence

How Phone Bans Became a Campaign Against All Screens

The Wrapper on Your Sandwich Is Ending Up on a Beach Somewhere

Latin America’s Right Can Win Elections. But Can It Rule?

Open Strait, Empty Shelves: A Food Lesson for Europe

The UK Says No to Starmer, Not Yet to Burnham

China Treats Diplomacy Like a Ledger. It Won’t Add Up

As El Niño Returns, an Ocean Heat Crisis Looms

When a Refugee Becomes an ‘Illegal Foreigner’

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