An execution stayed: Why the Islamic Republic might cling to power in Iran Thousands of protesters have been killed but, as the world urges caution, the Trump administration holds back from intervening perspective Jim Muir
The Identitarians are back: How a discredited worldview dominates the global agenda In 2019, Germany formally classified a nativist movement as extremist. In 2026, the movement’s ideals are standard mainstream politics feature Josephine Lulamae
The Trump corollary: Latin America swings right Will the United States' increasingly interventionist attitude to ‘its hemisphere’ pay dividends? explainer Phineas Rueckert
The crackdown on pro-Palestinian gatherings in Germany A ban on protests is raising deep questions about who is considered part of the nation and what, exactly, Germany has learned from its history. feature Sanders Isaac Bernstein
Do Nigeria’s Christians need a savior? The U.S. government has threatened military intervention to prevent a ‘genocide’ in Africa’s largest democracy. But data shows that the escalating violence affects all Nigerians. explainer Olatunji Olaigbe
The Fire This Time: Can America douse the flames? The Civil War never ended. It just shape-shifted. In the midst of a bitterly divisive sociopolitical and cultural war, Americans must rebuild their burning house perspective Garry Pierre-Pierre
Meet Las Marifachas, Spain’s queer conservatives Three gay Spanish influencers are building bridges between LGBTQ+ voters and anti-immigration parties, part of a growing "homonationalist" movement fracturing Europe's progressive coalitions feature Natalie Donback
The danger of hope How to persist when disillusion sets in and effecting change can seem like a pipe dream perspective Emma Lacey-Bordeaux
What we miss when we talk about the “Middle East” Why journalism that refuses to simplify, refuses to look away from messy, contradictory realities remains essential to telling the story of conflict perspective Natalia Antelava
Bucharest Calling: MAGA goes on tour The rise of George Simion in Romania shows how an anti-globalist movement has gone global, turning "Make America Great Again" into "Make Europe Great Again" explainer Natalie Donback
The Truth Social truce Donald Trump is taking credit for preventing a catastrophic war between nuclear powers India and Pakistan. Delhi is not amused perspective Shougat Dasgupta
I’m trans, and in 2016 I voted for Donald Trump. Now I want to leave the country first person Danielle Marie and Isobel Cockerell
Pope Francis's final warning Tech evangelists talk of AI as God, an all-powerful deity. But the Vatican has mounted a sophisticated counter argument, a defense of of our shared humanity dispatch Isobel Cockerell
When autocrats buy zebras It’s not just a whim, it’s not just eccentricity. It’s a show of power and control perspective Natalia Antelava
From Russia with hate Vladimir Putin’s anti-LGBT blueprint has made its way across the world to the Oval Office, where Donald Trump is using it to draw up American policy explainer Natalia Antelava
