Jordan And The Palestinians – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The column answers King Abdullah’s Sept. 23 U.N. speech on occupation by recalling Jordan’s 1950 annexation of the West Bank, recognized only by Britain and possibly Pakistan, and King...
View ArticleThe Russian Oreshnik Could Replace Intermediate Nuclear Weapons – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The essay presents Russia’s road-mobile Oreshnik, derived from the RS-26, as a conventional intermediate-range missile with a stated range of 3,500–5,500 km and speeds above Mach 10,...
View ArticleThe China Factor In The Iran War: Is Washington Fighting Beijing Without...
Key Takeaways: The essay says the U.S.–Iran war is not a war on China, but Chinese oil buys, sanctions targets, and disputed dual-use and satellite claims—denied by Beijing and played down by...
View ArticlePakistan Army: Disappearing The Living And Raising The Dead – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The column treats ISPR as unreliable, citing the Feb. 27, 2019 briefing that cut captured Indian pilots from three to two to one, and reads the unnamed man said to be in a military...
View ArticleMyanmar Junta Airstrikes Target Civilians To Coerce Arakan Army Into Peace Talks
By Wai Hnin Htut Key Takeaways: RFA reports a military airstrike on a Kyauktaw market on Sept. 28, 2026, that the Arakan Army says killed at least 50 people, including children and pregnant women; the...
View ArticleAI Can Shop, It Should Not Set Its Own Budget – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The essay says September made agentic shopping real: Meta’s Muse topped U.S. and Canadian app charts and was blocked by Amazon; Mastercard Agent Connect and a planned India UPI agent...
View ArticleThe Algorithm Is Part Of The Telescope: Publish Its Blind Spots – Analysis
Key Takeaways: The essay says automated filters are now part of the instrument: Rubin may issue about seven million alerts a night, and brokers using machine learning decide which events astronomers...
View ArticleUS Forces Exit Iraq: Is Iran The Winner? Afghanistan’s Shadow Returns – Analysis
Key Takeaways: The essay says the last U.S. forces left Iraq on Sept. 30, 2026, under a 2024 deal now carried out by the Trump administration, ending a presence that began with the 2003 invasion and a...
View ArticleFlávio Bolsonaro, Lula Head For Runoff In Brazil’s Presidential Race
By Bruno Bocchini and Marcelo Brandão Key Takeaways: Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court put Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) first in the Oct. 4 presidential round with 47.03% (56,103,033 valid votes) and...
View ArticleSpain’s Sánchez Calls Snap Elections For 29 November
By Inés Fernández-Pontes Key Takeaways: Pedro Sánchez said Monday he will dissolve parliament after an emergency cabinet and a notice to King Felipe VI, and call a general election for Nov. 29, well...
View Article‘No Response Yet’: Silence From Pakistan On Grave Human Rights Violations...
Three UN Special Rapporteurs join UN Human Rights Council side-event to remind Pakistan of its international human rights and domestic law obligations to protect its children against slavery and...
View ArticleAfghanistan And The Terrorism Question Before The United Nations – OpEd
Key Takeaways: A closed Security Council meeting on Sept. 16, 2026, days before the General Debate, was briefed that terrorist groups in Afghanistan still threaten the region; France pressed the...
View ArticleNorth Korea, Russia Evade U.N. Sanctions To Buttress Moscow’s Drone Program
Key Takeaways: The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team’s September 2026 report says about 100,000 North Korean workers remain abroad, mostly in China and Russia, earning $450–800 million in 2025...
View ArticleChina Becomes More Aggressive In The South China Sea – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The piece says China is building and militarizing features and entering the EEZs of the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia under a nine- then ten-dash line the 2016 arbitral...
View ArticleThe Path To A (Free) Market Economy In Argentina Is Another – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The column rejects the claim that a 2027 election win would make 2028 Argentina’s best economic year, arguing a market turn cannot wait until Dec. 11, 2027, and that privatizations have...
View ArticleIstiqlal’s Moment Of Truth: What Morocco’s Political – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The essay says Istiqlal’s National Council, after more than 1.5 million local and regional votes and a strong Southern Provinces showing, gave Nizar Baraka a free hand on coalition...
View ArticleYemeni Forces Gain Control Of Bab Al-Mandab In Operation Targeting Houthis:...
Key Takeaways: Yemeni government spokespeople said Monday that Giants Brigades and Nation’s Shield forces seized Bab al-Mandab, Dhu Bab airport, and the Dhu Bab–Mokha road in “Dawn of Yemen,” and that...
View ArticleWhen Terrorists Target Journalists: Silencing The Voice Of Waziristan – OpEd
Key Takeaways: Freedom Network’s August 2026 report says more than 20 armed men raided tribal journalist Lal Wazir’s home in Kaza Panga, Lower South Waziristan, on Aug. 26, asked where he was, and...
View ArticleWe Are Kin, Not Owners, Of Creation – OpEd
Francis of Assisi did not write theology in the academic sense. He sang it. In the Canticle of the Creatures, composed near the end of his life while he was seriously ill and nearly blind, he calls...
View ArticleMiliband Is Right About Sudan’s Drones. Turkey Must Face Scrutiny – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The column backs UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s UNGA warning that drones killed more than 1,000 civilians in Sudan in the first five months of 2026, and cites an August Security...
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