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Trump threatens tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland dispute
WEST PALM BEACH (Realist English). US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington will impose a 10% import tariff...
Read moreMyanmar’s military-linked party widens lead as election enters final phase
NAYPYIDAW (Realist English). Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has extended its lead after the second round of...
Read moreTrump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ signals sharper US push to control global energy flows
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States has entered the new year by unveiling what critics describe as the “Donroe Doctrine”...
Read moreJapan’s Takaichi plans snap election to strengthen fragile lower-house majority
TOKYO (Realist English). Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Japan’s parliament for a snap general...
Read moreIran’s protests revive memories of 1979 as crackdown signals deeper risk to the theocracy
TEHRAN (Realist English). Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocratic system have, within days, spiralled into a violent crackdown whose reported death...
Read moreTrump’s Greenland threats unsettle Europe’s far-right allies
PARIS (Realist English). Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric over Greenland is beginning to alienate even some of his potential allies in...
Read moreIran warns it is ready for war as Trump weighs military options
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that Tehran is ready for war if the United States...
Read moreChina vows closer ties with Tanzania, reaffirms support for African sovereignty
DAR ES SALAAM (Realist English). China has pledged to deepen cooperation and exchanges with Tanzania, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
Read moreFrench PM asks interior minister to explore early elections amid no-confidence threat
PARIS (Realist English). Facing two motions of no confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to...
Read moreFrom voice of support to figurehead: Pahlavi seeks to steer Iran’s uprising
TEHRAN (Realist English). Protests across Iran entered their third week on Sunday amid a markedly harsher crackdown by the authorities,...
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India resumes Iranian oil imports and prepares convoy through Hormuz
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India is preparing to send its own tankers through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time...
“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....
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
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...
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