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What the EU’s Sanctions on Russia Cover Since 2014
BRUSSELS, July 28 — The European Union’s sanctions architecture against Russia has ballooned to over 2,000 blacklisted names…
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What the Revolutionary Guard Is: Iran’s Parallel Army, Its Size and Its Reach
TEHRAN, July 19 — For communities across Asia watching the shifting currents of Middle Eastern power, one institution…
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Renewable Power Race: How China, the EU and the US Build Wind and Solar
BEIJING, July 26 — How does a country add more renewable power in a single year than most…
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Mont Pelerin Society: How Hayek’s 1947 Conference of 39 Thinkers Began
LUBBOCK, Texas, July 25 — The Mont Pelerin Society, an international academic organisation founded in 1947, continues to…
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Brazil’s Electronic Voting: 30 Years Without Proven Fraud, but No Paper Receipt
BRASÍLIA, July 25 — The figure that matters for Brazil’s fully electronic voting system: no case of election…
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Most Favoured Nation: the WTO’s non-discrimination rule and the US-EU push to loosen it
GENEVA, July 25 — The shift is happening inside the fine print of global trade law. Most favoured…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Controls Military And Economic Power
TEHRAN, July 25 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a sprawling, dual-role institution that touches nearly…
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Zelensky says Russia fed Iran satellite images of US bases; Trump says he will ask Putin
WASHINGTON, July 25 — The United States has multiple options on the table in response to the reported…
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International election observation: divisions over quality of monitors
BRUSSELS, July 25 — The practice of international election observation dates back to the 1857 plebiscite in Moldavia…
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Study of 117 US and Soviet or Russian Election Interventions Finds a Vote Gain
WASHINGTON, July 25 — The historical record shows that between 1946 and 2000, the United States intervened in…
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The Washington Consensus: Williamson’s Ten Policies and the Fight Over Their Legacy
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2026 — The marble facades of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund…
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Iran’s Threats to Close the Strait of Hormuz, From 1987 to the 2026 Closure
TEHRAN, July 12 — Iran’s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz have moved from rhetoric to a…
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Saudi Vision 2030 Faces Setbacks as Neom and Other Megaprojects Are Scaled Back
RIYADH, July 22 — Ten years after the Saudi government and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled Vision…
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Congress Begins 90-Day Review of Classified U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Agreement
WASHINGTON, July 22 — A civilian nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia is now…
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Saudi uranium enrichment deal stalls in Washington amid nonproliferation concerns
WASHINGTON, July 22 — A new uranium enrichment agreement between the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia has drawn…
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Mohammed bin Salman: Saudi Crown Prince’s Rise, Vision 2030 Reforms and Record
RIYADH, July 22 — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia,…
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How the IAEA Was Built in 1957 and Where Its Safeguards Fall Short
VIENNA, July 22 — The International Atomic Energy Agency traces its founding to a Cold War pivot: President…
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Iran’s Nuclear Program: From JCPOA Limits to 60 Percent Enrichment
WASHINGTON, July 21 — For those who have followed the Iran nuclear file over the past decade, the…
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UN Resolution 2231 Explained: From the 2015 Iran Deal to Snapback in 2025
UNITED NATIONS, July 21 — The Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2231 on July 20, 2015, endorsing the…
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UN Report Finds Record 62 Million Tonnes of E-Waste in 2022, Under a Quarter Recycled
BRUSSELS, July 21 — The world’s fastest-growing waste stream is not just an environmental headache; it is increasingly…
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Iranian Strikes Hit Kuwait Power and Desalination Plants, Raising Water Fears
KUWAIT CITY, July 21 — Kuwait is one of the world’s most arid countries, receiving less than 120…
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How the US State Department’s four-level travel advisories work and what the codes mean
WASHINGTON, July 21 — In the corridors of diplomatic power, few instruments carry more immediate weight than the…
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Canada’s Premiers Created the Council of the Federation in Charlottetown in December 2003
CHARLOTTETOWN, July 21 — The Council of the Federation, now more than two decades old, remains the primary…
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Moscow Renames Street Outside US Embassy After Donetsk Separatist Region
MOSCOW, July 21 — The United States Embassy in Moscow is a compound whose history reads like a…
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