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Which Iran Will We Get Now?

VIRGINIA: The 12-day war that pitted Iran against two nuclear powers, Israel and the United States, is one of those conflicts that permits all sides to declare victory. For the Islamic Republic, that declaration came quickly, and centered on the fact that the regime is still standing. Despite heavy losses

The Middle-East Model for Land Restoration

MENA’s experiences are an ominous portent of what awaits other regions, which will soon find themselves facing many of the

Austerity Budgets Are a Gift to Populists

Elon Musk thought that US President Donald Trump’s interest in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was motivated by a genuine

A Make-or-Break Moment for Global Debt Reform

On June 30, world leaders will gather in Seville, Spain, for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4).

The Delicate Art of Natural-Resource Diplomacy

US President Donald Trump has also talked of acquiring Greenland partly because of its potential mineral wealth, while his administration

What It Means to Build Local AI

But even before OpenAI’s US competitors (Google and Anthropic) released their own LLMs the following year, Southeast Asian developers had

The Attrition of Russia

Putin’s invasion lasts as long as Leonid Brezhnev’s Soviet-Afghan War, Russian casualties will be over 55 times greater – and

We are ready to work as a bridge between Nepal…

We know that economic diplomacy is not just about trade— it includes tourism, labor mobility, technology, investment, and branding.

Norway’s Responsibility to Future Generations

The Panel was established by seven civil-society organizations – WWF Norway, Save the Children Norway, Caritas Norway, Framtiden i våre hender (The

The “Washington Effect” Could Decide the AI Race

The Trump administration isn’t favoring red states over blue, or cooperating with European allies to beat China. Instead, it is