The end of the Tehran-Damascus axis An alliance forged through the mutual dislike of Saddam Hussein was for decades the only fixed point in a turbulent region perspective Jim Muir
‘I cannot hide’: Viral photos from Kashmir conflict haunt subjects for years For civilians in South Asia’s long-standing conflict, online images have grave consequences feature Zenaira Bakhsh
Decades in the Making: The Intelligence Operation Behind Israel’s Assassination of Nasrallah The Middle East has us all dangling on what feels like the precipice of World War III explainer Natalia Antelava
A Day In The Life Of A Russian War Crimes Prosecutor In Ukraine The Reckoning Project works to record, collect, and conserve witness testimonies of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine. Investigating these atrocities while the war is ongoing forces the Ukrainian prosecutors to work under shelling; at times becoming victims of Russian aggression themselves dispatch Svitlana Oslavska
Fear and hope in wartime Gaza The story of one doctor’s attempt to treat trauma in the middle of a war feature Kira Brunner Don
The LGBTQ rights debate is testing Ukraine's commitment to Europe The visibility of LGBTQ soldiers may herald a turning point in the fight for equal rights dispatch Amanda Coakley
Grief and conspiracy collide in Russia's 'Council of Mothers and Wives' Russia’s partial draft has sparked outrage. And it’s pushing people into the hands of conspiracy theorists feature Amanda Coakley
The year in Russian disinformation campaigns Since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has been cooking up disinformation to justify its war. Several narratives have resonated around the world roundup Amanda Coakley
Violence between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan reveals authoritarianism’s communication paralysis Fighting on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan marks a steep jump not only in the intensity of violence but devastating distance between the countries’ digital communication skills feature Colleen Wood and Sher Khashimov
Russian trolls and mercenaries win allies and good will in Africa As French troops leave Mali to jeers, the West fears that it is leaving a vacuum that the Kremlin is eager and ready to fill explainer Shola Lawal
How autocrats manipulate history to hold on to power The cynical framing of narratives about war to score patriotic points is a tactic we should guard against, even in democracies q&a Liam Scott
Brazil’s Congress fast-tracks plans to mine Indigenous land for potassium, blaming Russia sanctions ‘These conditions are going to kill us’: Indigenous Amazon communities brace for mining campaign feature Jill Langlois
