In the first round of a conversation that turned into a sparring match with Kimi, we ended up focusing on the kind of rhetorical ambiguities that typically affect human relationships, sometimes disastrously. Our mutual sense of diplomacy smoothed everything out.
The European Commission (EC) is continuing its war on large American tech firms, and it is certainly not afraid to shake them down by punishing even standard, popular product features. The EC just fined Google $1 billion for violating its Digital Markets Act (DMA).
As I’m currently involved in creating a model whose bold ambition is to transform the pedagogical practices and reflexes of both instructors and learners in the age of AI, I often engage in exploratory exchanges with chatbots on topics related to education.
Arthur Phayre was the Commissioner of Pegu in British Burma from 1852 and the First Commissioner of the whole of southern and British Burma from 1862 until 1867. Today, he is regarded as an important administrator in the history of Myanmar (modern Burma), though not without controversy in historical…
The Houthi threat is no longer simply an internal Yemeni issue. Renewed Houthi aggression is a direct threat to Yemen, its neighbors, Red Sea shipping lanes, the flow of oil, and the wider security of the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to New Zealand on July 10–11 marked a historic moment in bilateral relations. It was the first visit by an Indian prime minister to New Zealand in four decades.
We know the ingredients: a royal family divided, competing versions of the past, disputed loyalties and a clash over who gets to define the family story. It is a scandal packed with accusations, grievances and ancient resentments.
As war begins to reshape the Middle East, the world is yet again overlooking the Kurdish people and the role they could play in reshaping Iran. Their struggle is moving to the center of debates about internal political change in Iran, yet many still know little about who the Kurds in Iranian Kurdist…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Sebastian Schäffer, Director of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, discuss the Alternative for Germany’s (or Alternative for Deutschland, abbreviated AfD) historic electoral victory in Saxony-Anhalt.
Houthi forces recently launched a rapid offensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, capturing the strategically important port of Mocha and advancing toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait. On September 11, Reuters reported that Houthi forces had reached Perim, also known as Mayun, the island situated in the mi…
Why pump raw sewage past our beaches? This May, the Wall Street Journal carried a story titled “Tsunami of Raw Sewage Plagues California Beach” about foreign sewage washing up in Southern California. The same thing can happen to us in Northern California too, not with foreign sewage but our own.
US President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” in the middle of his trade confrontation with Canada has been widely dismissed and mocked as unserious. Nicholas Cull, a historian of propaganda and public diplomacy and Professor of Communication at the University of Souther…
Ceuta, one of two Spanish-administered cities located on the North African coast in Moroccan territory, became the center of an unprecedented migration emergency on July 30. The pressure had already been building: About 1,500 people had reached the city by swimming from Morocco during the previous w…
Okay, here’s what this old man remembers nearly a quarter of a century later: I was living in New York City when, on September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes full of passengers hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, killing almost 3,000 innocent people.
Last year, Sudan’s army was flying drones with a clear origin. Satellite images caught Mohajer-6 airframes parked on the runway at Wadi Sayyidna — an Iranian-designed platform the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had shot down over Omdurman for the third time.
Editor-at-Large Kent Jenkins Jr. speaks with Aron Rimanyi, an associate at Training The Street, about former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat following 16 consecutive years in power.
Concerning what I’m inclined to call the great AI debate of the day — about whether we should fear extinction of the human race — I had a somewhat surreal idea I wanted to explore, which I submitted in the following prompt. I’m toying with an idea that may sound outrageous.
Kerala’s physical and social infrastructure is world-renowned for its equity, accessibility and effectiveness. The state has effectively eradicated extreme poverty, and a 100% literacy rate for its youth has become a foundational metric of its success.
I must admit that if, when I was 16 and John F. Kennedy won the presidency, you had tried to tell me about President Donald Trump (and that he got two terms!), I would have thought it the lamest joke and you the worst joker (or biggest idiot) on the face of this planet.
A very significant development took place in Turkey recently. A crucial law was passed as part of the process that began a year ago, aiming to dissolve the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), thereby ensuring a political resolution to the Kurdish issue in Turkey.
On February 28, American and Israeli forces began strikes on Tehran that eventually eliminated Iran’s Supreme Leader. Within days, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, and roughly 20 million barrels a day of crude and petroleum liquids, about one-fifth of global consumption, stopped moving thr…
Does anyone in this world remain unaware of the true nature of the Saudi political regime? Despite the astronomical sums of money and massive propaganda campaigns launched by the authorities abroad to “whitewash” their reputation and polish their international image, the bloody human rights realitie…
The upcoming Indian movie Ramayana Part 1 recently launched its trailer at the 2026 Comic Con in the US. This is important because it signifies that culture and cinema remain critical resources for countries pursuing soft power or achieving diplomatic goals without coercion.
In mid-August 2021, the world’s eyes were glued to terrifying, frantic scenes at Kabul’s airport. Planes took off, crowds surged against fences and an entire era came to a tragic, sudden end.
