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85% of Africans adhere to Christianity or Islam
NAIROBI (Realist English). Africa is increasingly being described by experts as the "world's heart of faith". The continent exhibits a unique...
Read more$1 trillion a year by 2035: NATO pressures Europe to pay
BRUSSELS (Realist English). NATO Secretary‑General Mark Rutte will next week pressure European defence companies to increase investment and ramp up production. ...
Read moreSaudi Arabia and its allies prepare non-aggression pact with Iran
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Arabia is discussing with its allies the idea of concluding a non-aggression pact between Middle Eastern states...
Read moreTrump Softens Demands on Iran While Israel Bombs Lebanon
TEHRAN (Realist English). Washington says progress is being made and is adjusting its demands regarding Iran’s nuclear program, while Tehran...
Read moreBaku has kept its borders closed for six years
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijan remains the only country in the world that has kept its land borders locked for nearly six...
Read moreState Duma allows Putin to deploy troops to protect Russians abroad
MOSCOW (Realist English). The past week has been marked by personnel changes in the leadership of border regions. President Vladimir Putin...
Read morePentagon cancels deployment of 4,000 troops to Europe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Army leaders struggled on 15 May to answer questions from angry lawmakers after the Pentagon unilaterally cancelled the...
Read moreIran’s military power significantly degraded but threat not eliminated, US Central Command says
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The 38‑day US bombing campaign against Iran has diminished the Islamic Republic’s ability to threaten global security, but...
Read moreRosatom dictates prices, China builds 29 reactors, the West scrambles to catch up
LONDON (Realist English). May 2026 has definitively confirmed nuclear energy’s status as the chief beneficiary of the Middle East crisis. After...
Read moreUS and China Seek Transition to “Managed Rivalry”
BEIJING (Realist English). On May 15, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping began the final round of...
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“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
US and Iran fail to reach Hormuz deal as Trump threatens new strikes
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Iran remain far from reaching an agreement to end the war and reopen...
Israel prepares for new war with Iran – from bombing to commando landings
TEL AVIV (Realist English). With US‑Iran talks deadlocked, the Israeli leadership has stepped up preparations for a resumption of full‑scale hostilities....
Raúl Castro remains Cuba’s “shadow king”
HAVANA (Realist English). From the very moment in April 2021 when legendary General Raúl Castro, brother of the great Fidel, handed...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
From Hormuz to Solar Panels: How Iran Accelerated the Global Shift to Renewables
WASHINGTON (Realist English). An analytical article by Benjamin Bradlow, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, published in...
China No Longer Seeks U.S. Approval
BEIJING (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China on May 14–15 passed with surprising calm and almost none...
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