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
The US sells more to Brazil than it buys – but Trump is slapping steep tariffs on its exports anywayFilipe Mendonça, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) and Henrique Menezes, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
Putin’s United Russia will win – but vote tally, turnout and level of coercion will tell the real story of Russia’s wartime electionsRegina Smyth, Indiana University
How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machinePei-Hsu Lin, Washington University in St. Louis
Rapid Houthi advances in Yemen pose massive strategic risks for Saudi Arabia in the GulfKristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University
Crocodiles as prison guards: Israeli moat plan dehumanizes Palestinian prisonersIrus Braverman, University at Buffalo
Pardoned by Trump and escaping charges at home, ex-Honduran leader’s case shows a nation’s struggle for sovereigntyLaura Blume, University of Nevada, Reno
Trump’s thumbs-up to Irish reunification breaks with precedent, but evokes earlier age of White House supportBryan McGovern, Kennesaw State University
Middle East is the latest arena of political recalibration for Italy’s right-wing but pragmatic MeloniJulia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Colorado State University
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
How diaspora groups in the US are responding to disasters in Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and other homelandsSusan Appe, University at Albany, State University of New York
How trains can transform Persian Gulf politics and global securityStacy D. VanDeveer, UMass Boston and Firmesk Rahim, UMass Boston
The race for a new UN chief comes at a historically fraught time – just don’t expect a saviorIan Johnstone, Tufts University
After Ceuta, Europe is once again mired in migration chaos of its own makingKelsey Norman, Rice University and Nicholas R. Micinski, American University School of International Service
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
Al-Qaida and the Islamic State are both adopting AI – but differ in how they think about the technologySara Harmouch, George Washington 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
Why targeting guerrilla groups and cartels doesn’t stop violence in Latin America – but focusing on geography mightStephen F. Pires, Florida International University; Dylan Spencer, Georgia Southern University; Juan Del Rio, Florida International University, and Rob T. Guerette, Florida International University
Trump’s Cuba report borrowed heavily from my book on an anti-imperialist movement – but twisted the argumentsAnne Garland Mahler, University of Virginia
Western troops have been expelled from Africa’s Sahel – so why are Italy’s Carabinieri still there?Kaitlyn Rabe, The Ohio State University
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
How the development of solar and wind farms on the Tibetan Plateau is affecting local communitiesSanggay Tashi, University of Colorado Boulder
Criminal gangs have diversified across Latin America, making them more resilient – but not untouchableRobert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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
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
What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant marketRui Du, Oklahoma State University
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
What a bear attack in a remote valley in Nepal tells us about the problem of aging rural communitiesGeoff Childs, Washington University in St. Louis
Will a ‘Trump slump’ continue to hit US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away?Frédéric Dimanche, Toronto Metropolitan University and Kelley A. McClinchey, Wilfrid Laurier 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
Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflictChristopher Tounsel, University of Washington
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacyJonas Gamso, Arizona State University and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq, Arizona State University
Can a pro-federation win in Northern Cyprus revive the island’s stalled reunification?Spyros A. Sofos, Simon Fraser University
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
A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studiedTed Powers, University of California, Davis
The rise and fall of globalisation: the battle to be top dogSteve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London
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
What charges does Benjamin Netanyahu face, and what’s at stake if he is granted a pardon?Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, La Trobe University
Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?Melanie O'Brien, The University of Western Australia
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
Lasting peace in Ukraine may hinge on independent monitors – yet Trump’s 28-point plan barely mentions themPeter J. Quaranto, University of Notre Dame; Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, University of Notre Dame; Pavlo Smytsnyuk, New York University, and Tyler Jess Thompson, University of California, Berkeley
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
