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The most revealing fact about the Cornell case is not that a university fraternity allegedly became the setting for a horrifying sexual assault. It is that, after the alleged assault, nearly every
Europe Can Fund Ukraine’s Winter, Not a Future
Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv by train on Sunday as Russian drones were hitting the bridges over the Dnipro. That sequence is the argument. Germany’s chancellor came to prove that Europe’s lead
Pakistan’s Paperwork of Impunity
In a Faisalabad courtroom in the spring of 2026, judges looked at a Christian girl whose birth record said she was thirteen and decided she did not look it. Maria Shahbaz had
India Is Quietly Splitting Into Multiple Silicon Valleys
For two decades, the story of India’s Global Capability Centres was really a story about two or three cities. Bengaluru ran the engineering. Hyderabad and the National Capital Region picked up much
When the Forests Burn, So Does the State’s Credibility
France is watching, again, as flames expose the seams in its national fabric. Wildfires near Bordeaux and across the southwest have driven tens of thousands from their homes, pushed emergency services to
Asia’s Race to Escape Energy Dependence
The recent conflict involving Iran has done far more than disrupt tanker traffic and lift fuel prices for a few weeks. It has triggered a deeper strategic reassessment across developing Asia, where
Is the Pentagon Building an AI Empire on Land it Can’t Power?
There is a particular kind of American confidence that shows up whenever a new technology promises military advantage: build first, ask questions later. That confidence is now colliding with something far less
The Bailout That’s Bankrolling Repression
For decades, Pakistan has asked the world to view its troubles through a single lens: an existential rivalry with India that supposedly explains everything from its bloated defense budget to its periodic
A Tariff that Taxes Trust
On Monday, President Trump signed three proclamations imposing 50 percent tariffs on a wide swath of Canadian goods — wine, hockey sticks, cement, electrical equipment, machinery, and more — under Section 338
The New Architects of the Indo-Pacific
For most of the postwar era, the map of Asian power ran through a familiar set of capitals: Washington, Beijing, Tokyo. India sat, geographically and strategically, off to the side—a subcontinental power
Marine Le Pen’s Conviction Was Meant to Punish Her. It May End Up Empowering Her
When the Paris Court of Appeal handed down its ruling against Marine Le Pen on July 7, 2026, it was easy to read the sentence as the end of a political story:
The World Cup Won’t Save the Democrats; But It Might Help Them Rebuild
There is a moment in every big sporting event when a stadium, a bar, or a living room full of strangers becomes, briefly, a single organism. Everyone is watching the same ball,
Sudan’s Sanctions Gap: Punishing Perpetrators While Protecting Patrons
In July 2026, United Nations investigators reached a conclusion that should have stopped world leaders in their tracks: the campaign waged by the Rapid Support Forces in and around al-Fashir bears the
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