Israel has voted, but what comes next? Dissecting a messy ballot and coalition-building processDov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles
Putin hopes hardship will force Ukrainians to sue for peace – polling suggests it won’t workJohn O’Loughlin, University of Colorado Boulder; Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech, and Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado Boulder
UN peacekeepers prepare to exit Lebanon after 70 years – leaving behind a worrying security vacuumMireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College; University of Otago
Indian Gen Z ‘cockroach’ protesters aim to upend assumptions about democracy – and populism – in Modi’s IndiaAmrita Basu, Amherst College
How Lula turned the tables on the right in Brazil and the US with his comeback presidential victoryAnthony W. Pereira, Tulane University; King's College London
Human rights could improve – or worsen – based on how nations use the UN treaty against cybercrimeMeridith LaVelle, University of Mannheim and Mary Lind, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Hormuz crisis has forced Japan into rethinking – and domesticating – its energy security needsJohn Calabrese, American University
Push for Creole courses in schools stokes historic anti-Haitian feeling in Dominican RepublicKendall Medford, Penn State
Yemen’s Houthis are bringing their war to Saudi Arabia – and reframing the narrative of being an Iranian proxyLaurent Bonnefoy, Sciences Po
Starlink slowdown underscores Ukraine’s reliance on the US in the battle for the skiesGerard Toal, Virginia Tech
US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nationKaren Masterson, University of Richmond
What we talk about when we talk about US strategic ‘credibility’ – from Vietnam to IranChristopher Nichols, The Ohio State University and Kaveri Sarkar, The Ohio State University
Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it mattersAlemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University
More than 119 million Brazilians voted in the Oct. 4 election – including about 21,000 Florida residentsRafael R. Ioris, University of Denver
Iraqi Kurds sees opportunities – and risks – in the withdrawal of US troopsFirmesk Rahim, UMass Boston
From suicide bombers to positions of authority – the changing role of women in jihadi groupsSara Harmouch, George Washington University
Missing ambassadors, inexperienced appointees – is Washington dropping the diplomatic ball?Donald Heflin, Tufts University
Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national securityStephen Collins, Kennesaw State University
The UN is facing a crisis of trust and possible bankruptcy. Its new leader will have an enormous challengeErika Feller AO, The University of Melbourne
How South Korea is tackling its super-aging problem – and what other aging nations can learn from its experienceJeongmin Park, Penn State and Alexis R. Santos, Penn State
Houthi advance boosts Iran’s leverage over the US and Saudi Arabia – but may cost rebel group its legitimacy back in YemenMahad D. Darar, Colorado State University
21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?Azifah Astrina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Universitas Gadjah Mada
Trump’s thumbs-up to Irish reunification breaks with precedent, but evokes earlier age of White House supportBryan McGovern, Kennesaw State University
In taking Syria off state sponsor of terrorism list, US is putting its faith in al-Qaida alumni – that presents risks and opportunitiesJason M. Blazakis, Middlebury College
How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machinePei-Hsu Lin, Washington University in St. Louis
Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discoveryJulia Cole, University of Michigan
What is ‘strategic autonomy’ – and why is everyone suddenly reaching for it?Andrew Latham, Macalester College
Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policyAndrew Latham, Macalester College
Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflictAndrew Latham, Macalester College
Autocracies get more repressive when opening up their economies – a political scientist explores whyJosé Kaire, Arizona State University
Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and diseaseDaniel Maxwell, Tufts University; Alex de Waal, Tufts University; Luka Kuol, University of Juba; Merry Fitzpatrick, Tufts University, and Peter Hailey, Tufts University
How tourism, a booming wellness culture and social media are transforming the age-old Japanese tea ceremonyMałgorzata (Gosia) K. Citko-DuPlantis, University of Tennessee
What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant marketRui Du, Oklahoma State University
Viktor Orbán is gone, but scores of public monuments show the potency of his legacy and Hungarian nationalismBrett R. Chloupek, Northwest Missouri State University
A mass killing in the Philippines sparks rare scrutiny over counterinsurgency violence – but no wider reckoningPatrick Peralta, University of Michigan
Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflictChristopher Tounsel, University of Washington
A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks likeJohn Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The rise and fall of globalisation: the battle to be top dogSteve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London
Crocodiles as prison guards: Israeli moat plan dehumanizes Palestinian prisonersIrus Braverman, University at Buffalo
Israel’s ‘campaign between the wars’: How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with USAmy McAuliffe, University of Notre Dame
Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questionsMireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College and Josiane Yazbeck, Université La Sagesse
Gaza’s once-growing economy is nearing total collapseDalia Alazzeh, University of the West of Scotland and Shahzad Uddin, University of Essex
Russia-Ukraine war is accelerating the dangerous race toward fully autonomous dronesAmy McAuliffe, University of Notre Dame
Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it backPeter Harris, Colorado State University
Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuildingAili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Trump’s insistence on personal loyalty from ambassadors could crimp US foreign policyDavid Lindsey, Baruch College, CUNY
US force has been used against drug traffickers before – but Trump’s plan is a dangerous escalationLuca Trenta, Swansea University
US presidents have always used transactional foreign policy – but Trump does it differentlyPatrick E. Shea, University of Glasgow
Trump’s Middle East pivot aims to counter China’s rising influenceMaria Papageorgiou, Newcastle University
China’s new 5-year plan: A high-stakes bet on self-reliance that won’t fix an unbalanced economyShaoyu Yuan, New York University; Rutgers University
The Dayton Peace Accords at 30: An ugly peace that has prevented a return to war over BosniaGerard Toal, Virginia Tech and Adis Maksić, International Burch University
Ethiopia’s 2026 elections: without reforms, the vote may not be free or fairBizuneh Yimenu, Queen's University Belfast
‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ – rape and terror sparks mass migrationSabine Lee, University of Birmingham; Heather Tasker, Dalhousie University, and Susan Bartels, Queen's University, Ontario
China’s dwindling marriage rate is fuelling demand for brides trafficked from abroadMing Gao, Lund University
Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasionColin Flint, Utah State University
Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulationYasmin Curzi de Mendonça, University of Virginia and Camille Grenier, Sciences Po
China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cablesJohn Calabrese, American University
DeepSeek is now a global force. But it’s just one player in China’s booming AI industryMimi Zou, UNSW
