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Who is Iran’s New Supreme Leader?

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 By Cara Challand

On the 28th February 2026, Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed.  The attack, coined ‘Operation Epic Fury’, was a joint effort between US

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Opinion: Smoke, Mirrors, and Epst*en class: How War and Scandal Serve the Same Master

March 11, 2026March 13, 2026 By Rida Ali

The Epstein files. The bombs over Tehran. The cost of your weekly shop. These aren’t separate stories. They’re the same story — and they’ve been telling it for decades.

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Regime Change from the Air: What It Means and Has It Worked in the Past?

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 By Caspian Davies

Two weeks ago, the United States launched a series of airstrikes against Iranian military assets, framing the intervention as an effort to weaken

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Solidarity in the Age of the News Cycle

February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 By Sukhveer Singh

Last Thursday, the first meeting of the Trump-sponsored Board of Peace took place. The United States pledged 10 billion dollars for the reconstruction

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Deep Dive: How the Kurds Lost Their Autonomy in Syria

February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 By Sukhveer Singh

After more than a decade of self-rule, the Democratic Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria, commonly known as Rojava, has been brought

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Selective Storytelling – How Terrorist Organisations Construct and Influence Narratives

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 By Hugh Seear

Terrorist causes are continuously discussed within the media, with selective or biased portrayals assisting the spread of their ideologies. While this is typically

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Opinion: How Palestine and Sudan expose the fragility of western feminism

November 23, 2025 By Elizabeth Pinkney

When I discovered feminism my whole view of the world and my place within it became disorientated. The Beauty Myth by Niaomi Wolf

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What’s next for the US and Saudi Arabia?

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025 By SuhaibS

Suhaib Shaukat takes us through what to expect ahead of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s visit to the US next week Saudi Arabia’s

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Opinion: The Most Important Film at the Oscars 2025

March 11, 2025March 10, 2025 By Jack Williams

After a night at the Oscars that was unusually devoid of political statements and speeches, one winner made a strong and hopeful statement

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Opinion: Gaza – Commodification of a Crisis

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 By Gemma Gradwell

Trump’s policy on Palestine has long been incoherent, ill-considered, and illogical – much like his foreign policy elsewhere. Red flags were raised after

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