Bond markets are unsettled, and so, in turn, is America’s government. On 19 August, the Treasury said that from next month it would increase its own…

For two decades, China’s growing presence in Latin America was largely understood through commodities, trade, and sovereign lending. Today, that…

The ‘new Syria’ looks to be heading towards a decisive juncture. After the fall of the Assad regime in 2024, the new government led by President…

From its opening lines, Contrary to What Came Before, the new novel by Egyptian writer Ezzat El Kamhawi, does not seem especially promising. For…

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Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria’s new military, security, and intelligence institutions have worked tirelessly to secure…

The optimisation of Russian military forces and assets in Syria—at the Hmeimim airbase and the port in Tartus—began in early 2025. The recent…

The story of Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow robbing and murdering their way around America in the early 1930s captured the…

Israel’s Bar Lev Line was supposed to be unbreakable. The chain of fortified strongpoints running the length of the Suez Canal was built after the…