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The Weekly31 May
The US-Israeli Military Compact Deepens as Hezbollah Strikes Northern Israel
The Weekly31 May
Ukraine's Dual Track: Zelensky Pursues Domestic Missile Production While Leaving Door Open to Russia Talks
The Weekly31 May
Trump's Iran Nuclear Gambit: Between Bluster and Deal
The Weekly31 May
Three Years On, Israel Has Not Broken Hezbollah's Grip on Northern Border
The Weekly31 May
Victory Burns: PSG's Champions League Win and the Riots That Followed
The Weekly31 May
The Palm Room Frame: What Trump's Photo With Putin Reveals About Presidential Optics
The Weekly31 May
Four Windows Into X: What 30 May 2026's Feed Tells Us About Where the Platform Stands
The Weekly31 May
The Fed Abandons 'Transitory' and Wall Street Runs Longer Hours — What the Dual Shift Means for Global Markets
The Weekly31 May
Escalation Without Resolution: What the Sirens Tell Us About Israel and Hezbollah's Unending War
The Weekly31 May
Beaufort Castle and the Escalation Calculus: Jerusalem's Moment of Decision
The Weekly31 May
Araghchi Dampens Expectations as US-Iran Diplomatic Back-Channel Remains in Neutral
The Weekly30 May
The Ceasefire That Isn't: Trump's Iran Victory Lap Runs Into Ground Truth
The Weekly30 May
Trump Reaches No Decision on Iran Nuclear Framework, Reports Say
The Weekly30 May
Trump's Black Sea Gambit: Lifting the Blockade and the Illusion of Diplomatic Leverage
The Weekly30 May
Structural Shifts: Oil Collapse, Extended Trading, and Generational Fractures
The Weekly30 May
Tehran's 'Third Betrayal' Narrative: How Iran Frames the Collapse of Nuclear Diplomacy
The Weekly30 May
Seventeen Times in One Night: Northern Israel's Uninterrupted Crisis
The Weekly30 May
The Final That Haunts Paris Before It Begins: PSG, Arsenal, and the Infrastructure of Fear
The Weekly30 May
Hezbollah Video Shows Merkava Strike as Israeli Ground Operations Expand Into Southern Lebanon
The Weekly30 May
The Hard-Power Doctrine: Hegseth's Alarm and the Fraying Architecture of Asia-Pacific Stability
The Weekly30 May
The Economics of Being Seen: Virality, Validation, and the Attention Economy
The Weekly29 May
The Week Dollar Logic Fractured: Iran Deal, ECB Warnings, and the Architecture of Instability
The Weekly29 May
Trump's Iran Gambit: What the Nuclear Framework Deal Means for the Middle East
The Weekly29 May
Treasury Launches Trump Accounts App and Confirms $250 Bill Plan in One-Day Monetary Overhaul
The Weekly29 May
The Polish Tax Authority Walked Into a Pizzeria in Gdańsk. What It Found Was a Luxury Pizza Problem.
The Weekly29 May
New Glenn Burns: Blue Origin's Rocky Road to Orbit
The Weekly29 May
The Kennedy Center Ruling and the Limits of Executive Signature
The Weekly29 May
FSB Says Novorossiysk Terror Plot Foiled as Black Sea Gateway City Returns to Headlines
The Weekly29 May
The Ceasefire Clause: What Axios's US-Iran Deal Reporting Reveals About the Lebanon Dimension
The Weekly28 May
US Strike Near Bandar Abbas: What We Know
The Weekly28 May
Ceasefire in Flames: US Strikes Iran as Peace Talks Collapse
The Weekly28 May
Trump's Triple Pledge Problem: Why Bold Promises Keep Colliding With Empty Budgets
The Weekly28 May
Trump's Fractured Second Act: Tariff Defeat, Market Regulation, and the Iran Impasse
The Weekly28 May
Trump's Face on the Dollar: The $250 Bill and the Limits of Presidential Vanity
The Weekly28 May
Silicon Valley's Defense Reckoning: What Vance's AI Warfare Gambit Tells Us
The Weekly28 May
Israeli Strikes Near Nabatieh Hospital Test the Boundaries of Lebanon Ceasefire Architecture
The Weekly28 May
Marco Rubio's 55th: A Secretary of State Marks a Milestone in Uncertain Times
The Weekly28 May
Lebanon's Salam Issues Sharpest Condemnation Yet as Strikes Hit Tyre and Nabatieh
The Weekly28 May
IRGC Navy Asserts Full Control Over Strait of Hormuz After Encounter With US Vessels
The Weekly28 May
IRGC Retaliates After US Strike Near Bandar Abbas Airport
The Weekly28 May
Iran Strikes, Inflation Spike, Crypto Rout: Three Markets, One Shockwave
The Weekly28 May
Drone incident and diplomatic pressure: Trump administration and Tehran trade blows at critical juncture
The Weekly28 May
Bitcoin Dips Below $73,000 as US Strikes on Iran Shake Crypto Markets
The Weekly28 May
The automation fault line: why Gen Z faces the sharpest edge of AI disruption
The Weekly28 May
The Automation Tax: How Gen Z Got Trapped Between the Gig Economy and the Algorithm
The Weekly27 May
Trump Rules Out Sanctions Relief as Iran Nuclear Talks Hit Roadblock
The Weekly27 May
Trump Rejects Iran Uranium Offer, Sparks Confusion Over Venezuela Remarks
The Weekly27 May
Texas Runoff and the Erosion of Institutional Accountability
The Weekly27 May
Sidon Strikes Mark Expanded Frontiers in Israel-Hezbollah Cross-Border Conflict
The Weekly27 May
Pam Bondi Joins White House AI Panel — and the Questions That Should Follow
The Weekly27 May
Negotiating on Fumes: The Contradictions at the Heart of Trump's Iran Approach
The Weekly27 May
Israeli Ground Campaign in Lebanon Deepens as Strikes Kill 31 in Bint Jbeil
The Weekly27 May
IDF Strikes Hamas Commanders in Northern Gaza as Truce Talks Stall
The Weekly27 May
Hezbollah Claims Coordinated Strikes on Israeli Military Positions as Lebanon Border Tensions Intensify
The Weekly27 May
Ferrari's Electric Bet Tests the Limits of Brand Loyalty
The Weekly26 May
The View From Starobelsk: Documenting Destruction in Occupied Ukrainian Territory
The Weekly26 May
The World Cup's Geopolitical Test: Iran, Security, and the 2026 Tournament's Uncertain Future
The Weekly26 May
500 Targets, One Lawsuit, and a Ceasefire That Keeps Slipping
The Weekly26 May
Rubio's Yerevan Stop: What Washington's New Caucasus Opening Means for Armenia—and Its Neighbours
The Weekly26 May
The Cemetery Strike: Russia's Tactical Logic and the Moral Arithmetic of Expanded Targeting
The Weekly26 May
Russia Denies Infrastructure Sabotage Claims as Ukraine Intelligence Warns of Fresh Kyiv Strikes
The Weekly26 May
Khamenei's Hajj Message: A Strategic Mix of Anti-Israel Rhetoric and Pan-Islamic Outreach
The Weekly26 May
Israel Deepens Lebanon Operation, Cabinet Authorises Security Belt Fortification
The Weekly26 May
Ferrari's Electric Bet: Jony Ive, the China Question, and the Limits of the Supercar Formula
The Weekly26 May
Beijing's Diplomatic Tightrope: China Positions Itself Between Iranian Nuclear Talks and Russian Escalation in Ukraine
The Weekly25 May
Unitree's Street-Level Moment: China Puts Humanoid Robots in Motion
The Weekly25 May
Trump's Iran Deal Carries a Catch: Normalize With Israel or Miss Out
The Weekly25 May
Russia Advises Foreign Nationals to Depart Kyiv Immediately as War Enters New Phase
The Weekly25 May
Rubio's Iran Gambit: Can a 60-Day Ceasefire Hold the World's Most Strategic Waterway?
The Weekly25 May
Pope Leo XIV: Vatican's Historic Slavery Apology and the New Colonialism Warning
The Weekly25 May
Thomas Massie Vows to Read Epstein Client Names Before Leaving Congress
The Weekly25 May
Iran Excludes U.S. from Hormuz Management in Provisional Deal, Reopening Waterway to Oil Traffic
The Weekly25 May
The Informal Safety Net: How Platform Workers and ordinary citizens are left to plug the gaps their institutions create
The Weekly25 May
Hormuz, Hormuz, Hormuz: The Chokepoint Diplomacy Reshaping the Middle East War
The Weekly25 May
The Hidden Wreckage: How Forgotten Aviation Stories Surface and What They Teach Us About Memory
The Weekly25 May
Hezbollah Drills Down: Ababil Drone Swarms Target Israeli Forces in Southern Lebanon
The Weekly24 May
White House Shooting Suspect Named as 21-Year-Old Nasire Best; Secret Service Says No Staff Injuries
The Weekly24 May
White House Checkpoint Shooting Tests Secret Service Protocols and Mental Health Intervention Gaps
The Weekly24 May
Usyk Claims Controversial Eleventh-Round Victory Amid Referee Stoppage Debate
The Weekly24 May
The Deal That Wasn't: Why the US-Iran Nuclear Framework Is Fracturing Before Anyone Signed Anything
The Weekly24 May
Negotiating at Gunpoint: The U.S.-Iran Ceasefire and the Strait of Hormuz
The Weekly24 May
Trump's Tariff Blockade and the $945 Million Crypto Reckoning
The Weekly24 May
Russia Launches Massive Strike Across Ukraine as Zelensky Reports Four Dead, Around 100 Injured
The Weekly24 May
Kyiv Under Fire: Inside Russia's Largest Missile Barrage of 2026
The Weekly24 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon Towns of Nabatieh, Srifa
The Weekly24 May
Iran-US Nuclear Talks Stall Over "One or Two" Clauses as Trust Deficit Widens
The Weekly24 May
Hezbollah's Drone Barrage: FPV and Ababil Footage Reshapes the Northern Israel Border Calculus
The Weekly23 May
Trump's Communication Strategy: Market Records, Tariff Uncertainty, and the Narrative That Covers Everything
The Weekly23 May
Security Forces Contain Shooting Incident Near White House, Two Injured
The Weekly23 May
Pope Leo XIV's Sign Language, Corporate Profits, and the New Architecture of Moral Authority
The Weekly23 May
Israel's Lobbying Campaign Against a US-Iranian Nuclear Understanding
The Weekly23 May
Iran Denies Trump's 'Largely Negotiated' Deal Claims on Strait of Hormuz
The Weekly22 May
Washington's AI Push Meets a $162 Billion Accountability Problem
The Weekly22 May
Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Black Sea Hub Novorossiysk, Triggering Port Fire
The Weekly22 May
Tulsi Gabbard Leaves the Intelligence Archipelago
The Weekly22 May
Trump Media's Bitcoin Bet Is Bleeding — and Washington Looks the Other Way
The Weekly22 May
Three Decisions, One Signal: The Administration That Won't Look in the Mirror
The Weekly22 May
Putin's Starobelsk Accusation Is the Latest Step in a Pattern That Predates the Strike Claims
The Weekly22 May
Hungary's New PM Reverses Orbán's Hard-Line Positions on ICC and Ukrainian Grain
The Weekly22 May
Drone Strike on Starobelsk Dormitory Tests Civilian Casualty Reporting in Ukraine Conflict
The Weekly21 May
Tehran Muscat Toll Proposal Reshapes Gulf Transit Politics
The Weekly21 May
The Sanctions Rift and the Nuclear Signal: Three Developments Converging on the Ukraine War
The Weekly21 May
Poland's abortion debate resurfaces after reported case of selective reduction without medical grounds
The Weekly21 May
Gaza health crisis deepens as Israel deports flotilla activists, UNRWA documents 125,000 skin infections
The Weekly20 May
Trump administration plays both cards on Iran: talks progress, forces stay 'locked and loaded'
The Weekly20 May
Oil Prices Tumble on US-Iran Deal Optimism as Tehran Denounces "War" Push
The Weekly20 May
Fiber-Optic Hezbollah Drones Deep in Israeli Territory Signal Shifting Drone-Warfare Calculus
The Weekly20 May
Day 82: Markets rally as Senate moves to limit Trump's Iran war authority
The Weekly20 May
Beijing's Balancing Act: Xi Hosts Putin as China Cements a Partnership the West Cannot Quite Define
The Weekly19 May
UAE Intercepts Six Hostile Drones Near Barakah Nuclear Plant, Attributes Origin to Iraq
The Weekly19 May
Musk vs. OpenAI: The Verdict That Sets AI's Commercial Path in Stone
The Weekly19 May
Khamenei's Third Sacred Defense: Iran's Long Game for Regional Dominance
The Weekly18 May
Vance's 'Late Great' Kirk Quip Exposes Fault Lines in Conservative Movement's Media-Opinion Complex
The Weekly18 May
Trump Rejects Iran's Updated Deal Proposal, Raising Risk of Wider Regional Conflict
The Weekly18 May
Trump's Hormuz ultimatum exposes the limits of American leverage in the Gulf
The Weekly18 May
Strategy's $2 Billion Bitcoin Bet Tests the Market's Conviction
The Weekly18 May
South Korea at the Crossroads: AI Disruption, Labor Revolt, and the Northern Fortress
The Weekly18 May
San Diego Police Respond to Active Shooter at Islamic Center of San Diego
The Weekly18 May
The Strait of Hormuz Is Now a Geopolitical Flashpoint — and Oil Markets Are Paying Attention
The Weekly18 May
The Loyalty Performance: Hegseth, Massie, and the Pentagon's Political Turn
The Weekly17 May
Ukraine's Deep-Strike Drone Arsenal Targets the Black Sea Fleet
The Weekly17 May
Trump's Clock Is Ticking: What the Iran Ultimatum Actually Signals
The Weekly17 May
Trump's "Clock Is Ticking" Ultimatum to Iran and the Anatomy of a Diplomatic Collapse
The Weekly17 May
Tehran Dismisses Poem Attribution to Revolutionary Leader as False
The Weekly17 May
Sumo on the World Stage: Japan's Ancient Sport Draws a Global Audience
The Weekly17 May
Starmer's Moment of Truth: What the Resignation Rumours Tell Us About Labour's Fractured Consensus
The Weekly17 May
Iran and France Hold Diplomatic Call as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
The Weekly17 May
Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Positions in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Exchanges Escalate
The Weekly17 May
China's AI Law and the Dual Logic of Techno-Regulatory Leadership
The Weekly17 May
Bulgaria's Dara Wins Eurovision 2026: A First for Sofia, A Fracture for the West?
The Weekly16 May
Six Dead After Gas Station Explosion Rocks Russian City of Pyatigorsk
The Weekly16 May
Iran Aligns With Beijing's Multipolar Vision as Ghalibaf Declares a New World Order
The Weekly16 May
Day 78: Trump Signals Openness to Talks as Iran War Enters Diplomatic Phase
The Weekly09 May
Trump Revives Hormuz Flashpoint as Iran Talks Deadlock Drags Into Second Month
The Weekly08 May
Trump Calls Iran Strikes a "Love Tap" as Ceasefire Holds — for Now
The Weekly08 May
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Open Their Skies: Project Freedom Returns and the High-Stakes Gamble for the Strait of Hormuz
The Weekly08 May
The July 4 Ultimatums: How Trump Turned a National Holiday Into a Trade Deadline
The Weekly08 May
Oil Spill at Iran's Kharg Island Terminal Puzzles Analysts as Cause Remains Unknown
The Weekly08 May
Betting on the White House: How Polymarket Became the Week's Real Power Broker
The Weekly07 May
Trump's Iran Diplomacy Is a Pressure Cooker With No Visible Release Valve
The Weekly07 May
Tehran's Hormuz Gambit: Iran Demands U.S. Naval Withdrawal Before Any Diplomatic Opening
The Weekly07 May
Pashinyan's Break: Armenia's Quiet Divorce from Russia's Orbit
The Weekly07 May
Microsoft's AI Ambition Collides With Its Clean Energy Vow
The Weekly07 May
Israeli Strikes Target Gaza Security Infrastructure as Ceasefire Talks Stutter
The Weekly07 May
Israeli Airstrike on Beirut Breaks Ceasefire as IDF Claims Elimination of Hezbollah Commander
The Weekly07 May
The Fracturing Consensus: How Two Flashpoints Reveal Washington's Receding Leverage
The Weekly06 May
Zelensky Draws Line Under Victory Day Talks as Ukraine Prepares Mirror Response
The Weekly06 May
Trump Pumps Brakes on Project Freedom as Iran Diplomacy Resurfaces
The Weekly06 May
Trump Puts Strait of Hormuz Escort Mission on Pause as Iran Offers 14-Point Ceasefire Plan
The Weekly06 May
Trump's Iran Deal Ultimatum Collides With 'Skirmish' Framing as Netanyahu Watches Closely
The Weekly06 May
Trump's China Visit, Taiwan, and the Iran Variable: A Geopolitical Primer
The Weekly06 May
The Checkmark and the Claim: Iran, X, and the Verification Paradox
The Weekly06 May
Iran Says It Shot Down an Enemy Drone Near the Strait of Hormuz
The Weekly06 May
China's Courts Are Already Writing the Rules for an AI Jobs Crisis the West Is Only Starting to Acknowledge
The Weekly05 May
Two Months In, the Iran War Has Neither Stopped the Bomb Nor Drained the Red Sea
The Weekly05 May
Trump's Iran Rethink: Weapons for the People, 20 Years to Recover
The Weekly05 May
Trump's Hormuz Gambit: Military Strikes and a Diplomatic Pause That Tells Two Stories
The Weekly05 May
Mexican Navy Helicopter Crash Tests the Limits of State-Media Sourcing
The Weekly05 May
Iranian Strikes on UAE Resorts Expose Fragile Link Between Gulf Instability and US Consumer Inflation
The Weekly05 May
Water Returns to Iran's Central Province: The Revived Miqan Wetland
The Weekly05 May
Cargo Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Regional Tensions Simmer
The Weekly05 May
Anthropic's Banking Pivot: AI Agents Enter the Compliance Layer
The Weekly04 May
Ukraine's Conditional Ceasefire Gambit: A Mirror Response Without a Mirror
The Weekly04 May
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Gambit: Inside the White House's 60-Day Diplomatic Reckoning
The Weekly04 May
South Korean Ship Attacked in Strait of Hormuz: What We Know
The Weekly04 May
Spirit Airlines' Collapse Marks the End of America's Budget Carrier Experiment
The Weekly04 May
Shooting Reported Near White House as Law Enforcement Responds to Incident
The Weekly04 May
Russia Announces Victory Day Ceasefire as Ukraine War Enters Fifth Year
The Weekly04 May
Israeli Airstrike Hits Southern Lebanon Village as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
The Weekly04 May
Iran's Diplomatic Counter-Offensive Targets Allied Rifts as Death Toll Rises
The Weekly04 May
Guns, Fuel, and Fire: How the Middle East's Military Build-Up Is Squeezing Civilian Energy Markets
The Weekly04 May
Fragile Ceasefire and the Logic of Project Freedom: Inside the Hormuz Standoff
The Weekly03 May
Trump Skeptical of Iran's 14-Point Ceasefire Proposal as Nuclear Sticking Point Persists
The Weekly03 May
Trump Rejects Iranian Proposal, Doubling Down on Maximum Pressure
The Weekly03 May
The Silence Tax: How Warsaw Plans to Force Every Polish Taxpayer to Fund Public Broadcasting
The Weekly03 May
The Secretary and the DJ: How One Day Exposed the Split Screen of American Diplomacy
The Weekly03 May
Moscow Hardens Its Victory Day Celebration Against a Threat Picture It Will Not Name
The Weekly03 May
Markets Price a Quiet World. The Real World Isn't Listening.
The Weekly03 May
The Compressed Kill Chain: AI, Autonomy, and the New Logic of Military Strikes
The Weekly02 May
Trump's Iran Strike Warning Tests Fragile Ceasefire Architecture
The Weekly02 May
Spirit Airlines Collapses, Ending 34-Year Run as Budget Carrier
The Weekly02 May
Spirit Airlines Files Into History as $500M Bailout Collapse Exposes Limits of Airline Rescue Politics
The Weekly02 May