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Karol Nawrocki’s narrow victory in Poland’s 2025 presidential election reveals the enduring relevance of the country’s head of state. Although the Polish presidency does not carry executive authority, ...
Netflix documentary "Anna Nicole: You Don’t Know Me" explores the captivating yet perilous life of Anna Nicole Smith.
The Taliban has made much needed adjustments to its foreign policy since seizing control of the country last year. The regime is keen on expanding its international legitimacy and diplomatic reach.
Glenn Carle Glenn Carle is a retired CIA officer who was Deputy National Intelligence Officer leading the 17 agencies that compose the US Intelligence Community in preparing assessments on ...
As US power declines on the global stage, other actors are stepping up. De-dollarization, deeping regional cooperation within Europe, the rising influence of China in the Middle East and Latin America ...
Taiwan has emerged as the world’s semiconductor superpower. Global supply chains rely on Taiwanese industry. However, massive investments by rival producing nations and rising tensions with China ...
A Reuters article this week quoted this public statement by a prominent political leader: “Sufficient evidence has been collected to report this person on suspicion of treason. All his criminal ...
In 1941, the British deposed their lackey Reza Shah for cozying up with the Germans and placed his callow, decadent, opulent and worthless son on the throne.
In World War II, US leaders discovered that large numbers of soldiers were not firing their weapons at the enemy — they couldn’t bring themselves to kill other human beings.
Despite the commonplace homophobia in Asian societies today, no nation can deny a presence of LGBT practices in its history.
The authors argue that none of the stakeholders in this war — the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the USA and its NATO allies — has leveled with its own people to honestly explain what it is fighting for ...
In a 2023 piece for TomDispatch, Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox argued that India oppresses its large Muslim minority. Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, India is a secular state that ...