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Abduction of Venezuela’s president marks sharp escalation in US power projection
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Few demonstrations of state power are more stark than the nighttime seizure of a sitting president from...
Read moreUS removes Venezuela’s president in unprecedented overnight operation
CARACAS (Realist English). The United States has carried out an unprecedented operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from the...
Read moreTrump says Maduro captured after US strike on Caracas
WASHINGTON / CARACAS (Realist English). Donald Trump said the United States has captured Nicolás Maduro following what he described as...
Read moreTrump and Iran trade threats as protests spread across the country
TEHRAN (Realist English). Donald Trump and senior Iranian officials exchanged sharp warnings on Friday as protests widened across parts of...
Read moreEurope’s corruption problem extends beyond the East–West divide, researchers warn
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Corruption in Europe is often portrayed as a problem concentrated in Eastern member states, while Western Europe...
Read moreNew York’s new mayor sworn in on historic Quran, marking multiple firsts
Zohran Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim, South Asian and African-born mayor NEW YORK (Realist English). Zohran Mamdani took his...
Read moreTaiwan president vows to defend sovereignty after Chinese military drills
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has pledged to defend the island’s sovereignty against what he described as China’s...
Read moreTrump says Russia and Ukraine are closer to peace after talks with Zelenskyy
PALM BEACH (Realist English). Donald Trump said on Sunday that Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a...
Read moreThailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire after weeks of deadly border fighting
PHNOM PENH (Realist English). Thailand and Cambodia reached a ceasefire agreement on Saturday, bringing to a halt weeks of intense...
Read moreBangladesh opposition leader Tarique Rahman returns home after 17 years in exile
DHAKA (Realist English). Senior Bangladeshi opposition figure Tarique Rahman returned to the country on Thursday after 17 years in exile,...
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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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