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, ...

The US and Israel have hit Iran hard. However, the Islamic Republic is down but not out. A wounded Iran is bound to develop nuclear weapons to achieve greater national security. Proxies like the ...

A recent French government report warns that the Muslim Brotherhood is pushing a fundamentalist agenda across Europe.

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. Most of ...

Trapped in a time-worn narrative, the United States is a nation haunted by the echoes of its 20th-century historical preeminence. Nowhere in Washington can you escape the ghosts of America’s ...

Some of us old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 have maintained a sense of how fragile our enjoyment of the post World War II consumer society might be. In relation to the chaos ...

The global fight against foreign influence has entered a precarious phase. In April, US President Donald Trump shut down the last State Department office specifically tasked with countering foreign ...

Andrew Tate is often seen as a major influence on toxic masculinity among young men. However, a survey of 1,100 respondents in the UK, US and Australia indicates his real-world impact is minimal, with ...

Intrigued by an item in the news recounting Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitions with AI, I decided to address the following prompt first to Perplexity, then to ChatGPT: “Reporting on the latest act of ...

Despite slowing inflation rates, consumers remain concerned about high prices due to cumulative cost increases since the Covid-19 pandemic. This disconnect between consumer sentiment and market-based ...

India’s 1975–1977 Emergency saw Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government suppressing free speech and arresting dissenters. My father was one victim, taken from my family for writing against the ...

In a striking political development over the past two months, the Iraqi government has initiated steps to formally integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) into the national army structure.