22
Oct
Note: The bill comes due in Tehran
The bill comes due in Tehran. The war in the Middle East just passed the one-year mark, but now it
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Michael Bluhm
Michael Bluhm is a senior editor with The Signal.
22
Oct
Coming home to roost
How much is Iran driving the conflict in the Middle East? Alex Vatanka on the Islamic Republic’s relationship with Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis—and the tension between its ideology of revolution and instinct for self-preservation.
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16
Oct
Note: Race beneath the Earth
Race beneath the Earth. As Hurricane Milton threatened heavily populated areas of Florida in early October, U.S. President Joe
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15
Oct
Note: Friends like these
Friends like these. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, don’t usually issue
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15
Oct
Legion of doom
Why is collaboration intensifying among the world’s most powerful autocracies? Lucan Way on what unites and divides China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
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09
Oct
Note: Night in Tunisia
Night in Tunisia. President Kais Saied was re-elected to a second five-year term in Tunisia on October 6. But the
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08
Oct
Note: Hamstrung and unpopular in Paris and Berlin
Hamstrung and unpopular in Paris and Berlin. France looks set to pull a new government together—but it’s a
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08
Oct
‘A leadership void’
Why are so many European governments becoming so weak? Matthias Matthijs on the Continent’s increasing political fragmentation.
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02
Oct
Note: ‘Illegal ideologies’
‘Illegal ideologies’ | On September 26, a court in Hong Kong sentenced two journalists, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, for “conspiring
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01
Oct
Note: The most dangerous place in the world
The most dangerous place in the world. A month ago, a Chinese coast-guard ship rammed into one from the Philippines,
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