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Oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded, fueling claims that the United States is winning its war with Iran. But the Strait of Hormuz remains treacherous, Tehran isn’t any closer to accepting Washington’s terms, and the costs of the conflict are continuing to climb on both sides.
How Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam Is Redefining Nile Basin Geopolitics, Clingendael / Earth.org (Oct 5, 2026) jorik Mon, 10/05/2026 - 09:33 Link https://earth.org/how-ethiopias-renaissance-dam-is-redefining-nile-basin-geopol… Media type Globe
Sanctioned RSF commander attended The Hague peace conference under fake name / Radio Tamazuj (Oct 5, 2026) jorik Mon, 10/05/2026 - 09:21 Link https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/sanctioned-rsf-commander-attended-… Media type Globe User Anette Hoffmann
New research into geopolitical and economic resilience in the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands / SMN News (Oct 5, 2026) jorik Mon, 10/05/2026 - 09:18 Link https://smn-news.com/index.php/st-maarten-st-martin-news/51935-new-research-int… Media type Globe User Raoul Bunskoek
Wednesday marks the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an act from which experts can draw a straight line to the current U.S.-Iran war, and the strategic dead end the Trump team now faces in that conflict. The October 7 assault represented an attempt by Hamas, a key member of an […] The post The Region Still in Crisis Three Years after the October 7 Attack appeared first on The Soufan Center .
EU Enlargement: New member states could help fill labour gaps from Poland to Croatia / bne IntelliNews (Oct 4, 2026) jorik Sun, 10/04/2026 - 09:35 Link https://www.intellinews.com/eu-enlargement-new-member-states-could-help-fill-la… Media type Globe
CFR President Michael Froman reflects on the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel, and how the Middle East has changed since.
A new book goes inside the AI industry and calls for a mass movement to restrain it.
U.S.-ROK cooperation on shipbuilding should be structured so that it strengthens U.S. maritime industrial capacity, makes commercial sense for Korean shipbuilders, and survives the political and regulatory constraints on both sides.
As the U.S.-led Coalition withdraws, the Kurds’ reliance on Baghdad, and on themselves, will only increase.
For every ruble allocated to social policy, health, and education in 2027, double that amount is earmarked for the army, the police, and the security services.
In August 2009, my Ranger platoon was twenty hours into a twenty-seven-hour firefight in the Khowst mountains of Afghanistan. Three platoons inserted onto a high ridgeline in darkness, hunting enemy […]
Factional struggles around the US president have left Europe at the mercy of competing foreign policy agendas. But European disunity only undermines European interests
In American slang, “in a stew” means to be in a difficult situation. Italians say pasticciaccio — a baked pasta dish — to describe an awful mess. Israelis prepare shakshuka, a delicious North African stew, but it can also mean a chaotic situation. The current situation in the Gulf is a shakshuka — a complicated […] The post A Shakshuka in the Gulf: U.S. Options in the Iran War appeared first on The Soufan Center .
On Our Radar scans conflicts and crises around the globe every week and features some of the hotspots Crisis Group’s analysts are closely watching. Whether an under-reported trend or a headline-grabbing development, our field experts explain why it matters or what should be done.
Fatima El Mansouri is the country’s first female prime minister. She’s also a privileged insider in a largely ceremonial position.
Oil, gas and fuel prices are central to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, with Washington striving to lower them and Tehran to keep them high. With both sides determined to prevail, five market-shaping developments in particular could affect whether fighting ramps up or de-escalates.
