So, as usual, we’ll have a three-part structure. We are going to first ask the question: What are these tensions? Then we are going to pose the question: Why do we have these tensions? And then we ...

Despite boycotts and violence, Myanmar held its first nationwide polls since the 2021 coup, consolidating power for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party alongside guaranteed army ...

In the Andaman Sea, the Rohingya exodus and the “Shadow Fleet” converge in a “Ghost Protocol”. By deactivating AIS transponders, traffickers hide both humanitarian atrocities and the ship-to-ship (STS ...

Iran’s decisive retaliation against US and Israeli military aggression has shattered the long-standing perception of the US as a global security shield. This shift challenges the post-war geopolitical ...

The US and Israel started the war in Iran without coordinated objectives. How does such a war end? Between chaos and democracy — the former with a much higher probability than the latter — myriad ...

The fracturing of the Atlantic alliance under US President Donald Trump’s erratic leadership forces Germany to reconsider its security strategy amid rising tensions with Russia and an unpredictable US ...

Imagine a distant past, thousands of years ago, when ancient tribes roamed the vast lands of Eurasia. Among these tribes were the enigmatic Proto-Indo-Europeans, whose language, now known as ...

[Arab Digest thanks Christopher Davidson, a noted author and scholar for this piece. His latest book is From Sheikhs to Sultanism: Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.] Unveiled ...

On December 7, thousands of Brazilians marched to protest femicide and violence against women. Brazil has a deep-rooted history of misogyny, racism and inequality, and though the country has improved ...

New disclosures about the Epstein files place US President Donald Trump, his allies and his record on gender and power in a long line of authoritarian abuse. Fresh evidence forces a public reckoning ...

The Democratic Party’s failure to change course over policies has increasingly isolated younger voters. The Party’s elites dismiss youth-led movements while also showing little accountability for past ...

Southern forces fight extremists across Yemen’s south as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State target security units allied with the Southern Transitional Council. Recent bombings in Abyan show the militants ...