Tehran Has Few Options, but the Best One Depends on Beijing; Washington and Pretoria Were at Odds Long Before Trump; Why Have Israel’s Recent Wars Led to Little Terrorism and No Mass Uprising?
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, September 2025 

Iran’s Perilous Path Back to Power

Tehran Has Few Options, but the Best One Depends on Beijing

By Afshon Ostovar

 

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House, Washington, D.C., May 2025

The Costs of South Africa’s Ideological Foreign Policy

Washington and Pretoria Were at Odds Long Before Trump

By Michelle Gavin

 
The sun setting over Gaza, July 2025

The Intifada That Hasn’t Arrived

Why Have Israel’s Recent Wars Led to Little Terrorism and No Mass Uprising?

By Daniel Byman

 

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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer at a campaign event in the town of Hitchin, north of London, July 2024

Can Starmer Save Britain?

Why Labour’s Sweeping Victory May Not Reverse the Country’s Decline

By Fintan O’Toole

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