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Serbia at a Crossroads: our new analysis for Frontlines & Backrooms.
Serbia at a Crossroads: our new analysis for Frontlines & Backrooms.
But Trump and Netanyahu have a bigger problem: the world can see what is happening in Gaza, regardless of what they say from the UN podium. They have lost the battle for the narrative.
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But Trump and Netanyahu have a bigger problem: the world can see what is happening in Gaza, regardless of what they say from the UN podium. They have lost the battle for the narrative.
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If this kind of analysis matters to you, subscribe to Frontlines & Backrooms. Before events reach the frontlines, decisions are made elsewhere - in the backrooms.
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“When are we going?”
“Tomorrow morning.”
Fourteen years later, I returned to the story of a town, its people and an America that now feels much farther away.
“When are we going?”
“Tomorrow morning.”
Fourteen years later, I returned to the story of a town, its people and an America that now feels much farther away.
The answer is not confined to Iran.
The Shell Game: How Iran Drained America’s Arsenals
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The answer is not confined to Iran.
The Shell Game: How Iran Drained America’s Arsenals
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The bigger question is why Washington still cannot impose the terms of its own plan on Israel.
"Netanyahu’s No That Crashed Trump’s Historic Deal"
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The bigger question is why Washington still cannot impose the terms of its own plan on Israel.
"Netanyahu’s No That Crashed Trump’s Historic Deal"
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Those missing hours helped shatter public trust and exposed a presidency cut off from reality.
The Decision - Seven Hours of Silence That Sealed Park Geun-hye’s Downfall
Those missing hours helped shatter public trust and exposed a presidency cut off from reality.
The Decision - Seven Hours of Silence That Sealed Park Geun-hye’s Downfall
What Kyiv wants from Serbia. What Vučić wants in return. And why Moscow will be watching closely.
Zelensky’s Visit - Vučić’s Masterful Gambit
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What Kyiv wants from Serbia. What Vučić wants in return. And why Moscow will be watching closely.
Zelensky’s Visit - Vučić’s Masterful Gambit
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The EU meeting after Ceuta exposed a system built on money, leverage and denial.
Rabat’s Bill for Europe - now live on Frontlines & Backrooms.
The EU meeting after Ceuta exposed a system built on money, leverage and denial.
Rabat’s Bill for Europe - now live on Frontlines & Backrooms.
Still, Europe declared a crisis.
Our new Brief looks at how media panic replaced facts - and why Spain was the wrong target.
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Still, Europe declared a crisis.
Our new Brief looks at how media panic replaced facts - and why Spain was the wrong target.
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In 1999, NATO called it “illegal, but legitimate.” Twenty-seven years later, that logic still shapes war.
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In 1999, NATO called it “illegal, but legitimate.” Twenty-seven years later, that logic still shapes war.
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Riyadh links it to normalization with Israel and US security guarantees, while keeping China as an alternative.
The Price of Normalization: Saudi Nuclear Poker with Washington.
Riyadh links it to normalization with Israel and US security guarantees, while keeping China as an alternative.
The Price of Normalization: Saudi Nuclear Poker with Washington.
Could protecting the country justify sealing off an entire part of Monrovia?
What followed became one of the most controversial decisions of her presidency.
THE DECISION: THE SIEGE OF WEST POINT
Could protecting the country justify sealing off an entire part of Monrovia?
What followed became one of the most controversial decisions of her presidency.
THE DECISION: THE SIEGE OF WEST POINT
The numbers say something has to give.
Who exactly is supposed to keep Europe running?
The Aging Continent: The Quiet Destruction of Europe’s Social State
The numbers say something has to give.
Who exactly is supposed to keep Europe running?
The Aging Continent: The Quiet Destruction of Europe’s Social State
The final episode of Season 2.
Dina Matar, @soasuni.bsky.social, on how Palestinian history was erased, victims reduced to numbers, and Western media turned “balance” into another form of complicity.
Dina Matar | Western Media as a Propaganda Tool for Israel
The final episode of Season 2.
Dina Matar, @soasuni.bsky.social, on how Palestinian history was erased, victims reduced to numbers, and Western media turned “balance” into another form of complicity.
Dina Matar | Western Media as a Propaganda Tool for Israel
The ceasefire is over. The conflict is spreading across the region.
Our latest Monday Brief:
Middle East – A Region on the Brink of Total War
The ceasefire is over. The conflict is spreading across the region.
Our latest Monday Brief:
Middle East – A Region on the Brink of Total War
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Historian Zachary Foster takes us from the origins of Zionism and the Nakba to Gaza today, arguing that expulsion was never a single event but an ongoing process.
The episode is now available.
Historian Zachary Foster takes us from the origins of Zionism and the Nakba to Gaza today, arguing that expulsion was never a single event but an ongoing process.
The episode is now available.
Today, I'm sharing one of mine.
"8,372 and the Weight of Coffin No. 403."
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Today, I'm sharing one of mine.
"8,372 and the Weight of Coffin No. 403."
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This Wednesday, we are releasing it standalone and unedited for the first time.
Until then, listen to Benny Morris for the full context.
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This Wednesday, we are releasing it standalone and unedited for the first time.
Until then, listen to Benny Morris for the full context.
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Patriot or flawed politician?
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Patriot or flawed politician?
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Part I is live now on Frontlines & Backrooms.
Part I is live now on Frontlines & Backrooms.