All rights reserved.
© 2017-2026
World
Algerian parliament declares French colonisation a crime, calls for apology and reparations
ALGIERS (Realist English). Algeria’s parliament has unanimously adopted legislation declaring France’s colonisation of the country a crime, formally assigning legal...
Read moreIsrael–Turkey relations unlikely to improve while Erdogan remains in power, former Israeli PM adviser says
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Relations between Israel and Turkey have little chance of improving in the foreseeable future and are...
Read moreChina protests Japan over ruling party official’s visit to Taiwan
BEIJING (Realist English). China has lodged a formal diplomatic complaint with Japan over a visit by a senior official from...
Read moreCyprus sets agenda for 2026 EU presidency amid war and geopolitical strain
NICOSIA (Realist English). Cyprus has unveiled its priorities for its upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union, pledging...
Read moreLula warns US action against Venezuela would trigger humanitarian disaster
FOZ DO IGUAÇU (Realist English). Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that any armed intervention in Venezuela...
Read moreRubio signals softer tone on China as US shifts foreign policy priorities
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Secretary of State and national security adviser Marco Rubio has signalled a notable shift in Washington’s...
Read moreEU leaders abandon reparations loan plan, agree on €90bn joint debt to fund Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Realist English). European Union leaders have failed to agree on an unprecedented reparations-backed loan for Ukraine and instead decided...
Read moreMaduro rejects Trump’s claims over Venezuelan oil and land, accuses US of colonial ambitions
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about “reclaiming” Venezuelan land...
Read moreDrone strikes kill more than 100 civilians as Sudan war escalates in Kordofan
KHARTOUM (Realist English). At least 104 civilians have been killed in a wave of drone attacks across Sudan’s Kordofan region,...
Read moreTrump designates fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump has signed an executive order classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, a...
Read more
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...
Follow Realist English
