A startling split in the Iranian American community
While brave young women are being shot by police in Iran, their compatriots in America are being attacked for even suggesting negotiations with the regime.
The economic dominance of the US and Europe gets more challengers
So far the alliance known as BRICS hasn’t been greater than the sum of its parts. But it’s taking steps to increase its power.
When pipeline politics go boom
We may never know who sabotaged Nordstream 2. But it wasn’t the first, nor likely the last casualty of such fierce geopolitical conflict.
The most important lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Let’s hope Putin and Biden both understand how not to give way to passions.
Protests in Iran could be a turning point
The government crushed previous uprisings and will probably crush this one too. But that could lead young people to radicalize in response.
