Putin blames Kyiv; El País notes Moscow shifts culpability
The language of crisis always demands a culprit, a single point of origin for all subsequent suffering.
By Elena Rossi ·
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Trump can declare Iran victory now and withdraw troops, former counterterror official argues
The language used to describe global flashpoints has become exhausting. It’s always about "deals," always about "solutions" that sound suspiciously like power plays dressed up in diplomatic silk.
By Imani Sutton ·
IRGC claims attacks on Jordanian air base kill several US soldiers
The Mediterranean has always understood how quickly a crisis can boil over, but what is unfolding in the Arabian Sea feels less like geopolitics and more like an oil-fueled fever dream.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Iraqi armed groups condemn ‘dangerous escalation’ after US-Saudi strikes
The moment the US and Saudi forces launched their strikes inside Iraq, the pretense dissolved into something far more familiar than ‘self-defence.’ It was a textbook exercise in…
By Aoife Gallagher ·