A Shadow Of Hope: Resistance Movements Against Taliban Intensifies – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The author says mid-September claims by AUF, AFF, the National Independence Front, and NRF—ambushes and hits on Taliban security and intel from Badghis and Jalalabad to Kabul and a...
View ArticleMecca Defence Pact: Pakistan’s Strategic Space For A Calibrated Response – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The Aug. 7, 2026 Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye) treats an armed attack on one as an attack on all, but the author says that does not automatically...
View ArticleNASA Celebrates As Artemis Accords Surpasses 75 Signatories
Marking a significant expansion in the number of signatories to the Artemis Accords, NASA welcomed Albania, Croatia, Côte d’Ivoire, and San Marino, bringing total participation to 76 countries. “Our...
View ArticleMohammed El Habib Belkouch: Reimagining Morocco’s Human Rights Diplomacy – OpEd
Key Takeaways: The piece presents Mohammed El Habib Belkouch’s appointment to lead Morocco’s Interministerial Delegation for Human Rights (DIDH) as a shift from advocacy-style messaging to...
View ArticleThe Iran Crisis Runs Through Banks As Much As Oil Routes – Analysis
By Giulia Olini Key Takeaways: After a Sept. 14 Gulf–Iran meeting slipped, the author links Houthi hits that shut Saudi’s 1,200-km east–west pipeline, a UKMTO-reported projectile strike in Hormuz, and...
View ArticleAfghanistan Reduced Opium Production: What Was The Impact On Drug...
By Damián Jacubovich Key Takeaways: UNODC figures show Afghan opium poppy area falling from ~232,000 ha (2022) after the Taliban ban to 10,200 ha in 2025 (~296 tonnes potential output; Alcis/EUDA...
View ArticleDevelopment Planning As An Instrument Of Indonesia’s Strategic Autonomy –...
Key Takeaways: The author says Indonesia’s 2025–2029 RPJMN treats food, energy, and water self-sufficiency plus commodity downstreaming as ways to keep policy room in a multipolar, shock-prone...
View ArticleThe UAE And The Horn Of Africa’s Perfect Storm – Analysis
Key Takeaways: Dawit Giorgis argues the Horn of Africa is becoming a global choke-point crisis as attention shifts from Hormuz: he blames Ethiopia’s Abiy government, AU alignment with Addis, thin U.S....
View ArticleThe Rise Of BRISCO – Analysis
Key Takeaways: The author says the SCO is no longer just a China–Russia security club: India and Pakistan joined at Astana in 2017, later Iran and Belarus, so rivals keep talking on Afghanistan,...
View ArticleAI Disruptions And Structural Restructuring Among The Labor Force In...
Key Takeaways: Singapore, an ASEAN AI-governance leader aiming to use its 2027 chairmanship for regional infrastructure and data flows, posted Q2 2026 job growth of 11,400 and 1.9% unemployment (2.9%...
View ArticleTwenty-Five Years After 9/11, Conspiracy Theories Challenge Historical Fact –...
By Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf and Charles Jacobs Key Takeaways: A mid-September 2026 survey (416 Muslim Americans, 429 non-Muslims, 513 general-pop; roughly ±4–5% MoE) reports a large gap on 9/11: 62% of...
View ArticleEnvironmental Threats Loom Large In The Himalayan Region – Analysis
Key Takeaways: After an Aug. 26 glacial-melt flood on the Tibet–Nepal border that Nepal’s PM Balendra Shah called a “Himalayan tsunami” (article: 1,400+ dead, ~10% of GDP), he told the 81st UNGA Nepal...
View ArticleBrazilian Criminal Networks Deepen Their Reach Into Peruvian Amazon – Analysis
By Oliver Lawson Key Takeaways: The piece says Brazil’s Red Command (CV), after absorbing much of Família do Norte into CV-AM, now dominates the Colombia–Peru–Brazil Amazon tri-border via local allies...
View ArticleTrump Sees More Talks In Coming Week After Rejecting Iran’s Hormuz Proposal
Key Takeaways: In an Axios phone interview Sept. 27, President Trump said he expects talks with Tehran as soon as the coming week—possibly indirectly via Qatar from Sept. 28—but rejected Iran’s...
View ArticleMeasles Vaccine Push Urged In Americas After World Cup – Analysis
Key Takeaways: PAHO says the Americas logged more than 51,000 confirmed measles cases from January–August 2026—nearly triple all of 2025 (15,152)—the most in 22 years after the region lost...
View Article4 Iranian Drone Experts Killed, 756 Operations Against Houthi Military...
Key Takeaways: Yemeni army spokesman Col. Majid Abdullah Al-Nuzaili said government forces conducted 756 strikes in 72 hours on Houthi sites across Kataf/Al-Baqa, Alab, Al-Jawf, Marib, Al-Bayda, Lahj,...
View ArticleSerbia: Vučić Resigns As Country Prepares For Both Parliamentary And...
By Pavle Kosić Key Takeaways: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigned Sunday during his second (and last allowed) presidential term so he can lead the SNS list for prime minister in the Oct. 25...
View ArticleNetanyahu Makes Private Visit For Talks With UAE’s Sheik Mohammed Ben Zayed –...
By Mansour Al-Maswari Key Takeaways: Israel’s Channel 12, citing unnamed sources, said Prime Minister Netanyahu flew privately to Abu Dhabi on Sunday for a day trip with UAE President Mohammed bin...
View ArticleItaly’s Senate Approves A Return To Nuclear Power
Key Takeaways: Italy’s Senate passed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s bill to reopen a path to nuclear power 81–51 (7 abstentions) after the Chamber approved it in June (155–86); Environment Minister...
View ArticleChinese Fishing Company Displaces Zambian Anglers
Key Takeaways: RFI reports that Chinese-owned ZamFresh, on Lake Kariba since 2018 with 300-plus tilapia cages near Jeremiah Island, is accused by about 500 artisanal fishers of being the reason they...
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