Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
Middle East
Fewer Attacks by Al-Shabaab May Just as Likely Reflect Accommodation as a Successful Security Plan On September 26, 2026, Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi announced that al-Shabaab attacks in Mogadishu had…
Israel
Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa Have Become Inseparable O n June 3, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the U.S. Congress that the fighting that had raged for three years in Sudan was now a…
The PRC gets back to work Thursday after the long vacation for National Day. For those of you who got the week off, I hope you had a nice holiday. Today’s newsletter is a bit of a catch-up ahead of the return to the…
Belief & Religion
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth thinks God is the U.S. military’s secret weapon. To better utilize this heavenly ally, he’s launching an office designed to provide “first-class religious support” to members of the…
War & Peace
The Iran War has claimed thousands of lives, most of them in Iran itself. The war has cost Iran as much as $300 billion in economic damage. For its part, the Pentagon spent nearly $44 billion through mid-September to…
Libya
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Steven Kay says Britain should act independently and in a role consistent with its status as a member of the UN security council Patrick Wintour’s report ( Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone…
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For this edition of The Atlantic Brief, the Royal United Services Institute and War on the Rocks present a dialogue on U.S. and European Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence. Participating experts from the United Kingdom…
AMMAN, Jordan / JERUSALEM — Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, warned Wednesday that Israel is progressively restricting the space available to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip while conditions needed…
Today’s post is going to be a little different. I’m not feeling well at all, and so I’m doing what I have the energy for. With everything going on, it’s tough to deal with being sick on top of it all, but you guys…
Column
Three years after the Oct. 7 attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presenting Israel’s response as a story of resilience and overwhelming military success. Speaking at the United Nations last month…
Chiplet
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Access to advanced semiconductor technology involves much more than choosing a process node. Design teams also need computing capacity, compatible tools, secure technology access, and experienced support. IC-Link by…
Immigration
Nearly two years after the end of Biden’s presidency, the U.S. southern border has undergone a complete reversal. The millions of arrivals, the Central American caravans, and the unaccompanied children that the Trump…
Life and style
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Black communities across the globe have large and complex vocabularies to describe race, shaped by their specific cultures and histories - Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here One thing you might…
AI
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Siemens has again sponsored a Wilson-led survey on the state of (functional) verification in the industry, and this time Harry Foster (Chief Scientist, Verification at Siemens) has condensed his major takeaways from the…
Archive
Britain launched a “world wide lobbying exercise” to overturn a landmark United Nations (UN) resolution which recognised Zionism as racism, declassified files reveal. The information is in a private exchange between John…
Middle East
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The Middle East has seen many explosions of violence in recent years. But while the US-Iran war has grabbed the headlines this year, the rapidly escalating conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally…
NABLUS/TULKARM, West Bank / PNN — For Ali al-Bazari’s family, the olive harvest ended in grief. They bid farewell to the 44-year-old Palestinian father through tears, while his son was left asking a question no child…
Armed Conflicts
The effects of torture and ill-treatment seen on Oleksandr Savov, a Ukrainian marine who took part in the defence of Mariupol after his release from Russian captivity. Credit: Anastasiia Savova By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, Oct…
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / The idea for Um Eyad’s small business grew out of the difficult economic circumstances facing her family and her and her husband’s desire to create an additional source of income to help meet…
JENIN, West Bank / PNN — In an effort to prevent traditional Palestinian games from being forgotten, Samahear Al-Roumi, director of the “Bayt Al-Dammah” centre for reviving Palestinian folk games in the town of Zababdeh…
Politics
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Behind the cacophony of the diplomatic rift between South Korea and Ukraine hides a fundamental question: what is the price Seoul has had to pay for access to North Korean prisoners of war and how will this affect…
Bethlehem / PNN — A new episode of *Aalamakshouf* examined the impact of the war on animals, livestock and the environment in the Gaza Strip, amid widespread destruction of farms and beekeeping facilities, shortages of…
Africa
Credit: Tosin Olowoleni By Saheed Babajide Owonikoko YOLA, Nigeria, Oct 7 2026 (IPS) Following the mass abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oyo State, south-west Nigeria in 2026, the authorities attributed the attack…
Cogs of War
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The U.S. Navy’s May 2026 shipbuilding plan, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, uses the word “innovative” eight times. The plan applies that word, among other things, to the Columbia-class submarine, an…
Military
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The inaugural flight-test release of a US air-launched hypersonic weapon over an Australian weapons range demonstrates both nations’ push for standoff hypersonic strike, yet the weapon’s true combat value hinges on…
Asia Narratives prepares periodic briefings. One of my clients suggested I share it. China Systems Weekly covers political, economic, and social developments through the lens of individual and societal needs, alongside…
Palestine
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Islam Times - Architectural consultant Edva Lutan, who specializes in adapting institutions to the digital age and is also a lecturer, discussed in an article published by the “Israeli” newspaper “Zman Yisrael” “Israeli”…
Economy
Cotton has long been one of Africa’s most important agricultural commodities, supporting millions of rural jobs and generating vital export revenues. Yet the continent captures only a fraction of the wealth generated by…
Iran
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Islam Times - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] has marked the third anniversary of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood by declaring that the October 7, 2023 operation permanently destroyed the long-standing image of the…
Iran
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Islam Times - The nomination of Mehrdad Akhlaghi for the post of defense minister has drawn extensive coverage from Persian-language media outlets based outside Iran and from regional media, even though he belongs to the…
Economy
How can Africa compete in the global cotton-based market currently dominated by Asia, Europe and America? Can textiles made in Africa with distinctive continental flavouring find their own niche in the billion-dollar…
Photography
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The Ethiopian photographer Sosina Mengistu’s self-portraits draw on personal experience to reflect young people’s anxiety and frustration This self-portrait is part of my project So I See Me, which I began in 2020 during…
Industrialisation
For Africa to capture more value from cotton, it must secure access to markets big enough to support the growth of its manufacturers. The story of how factories first emerged and spread across the world is incomplete…
Opinion
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In a stemwinder of a speech in Nebraska, our mentally ill president joked around that if Iran took out Los Angeles and San Diego, it would be a small price to pay for keeping the rest of the country safe. Or at least…
Middle East & Africa
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On 4 October, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, went on television from Saudi Arabia to announce a campaign to retake the territory still held by the Houthis and restore state authority…
Global development
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I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison ‘Why don’t you just drive your tuk-tuk and do your work?” the judge…
Finance
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TOKYO – For decades, the US enjoyed a remarkable luxury: its two biggest creditors, Japan and China, kept showing up at Treasury auctions with checkbooks open. Now, Donald Trump’s trade wars, tariff threats and widening…
Benjamin-netanyahu
Three years after the Oct. 7 attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presenting Israel’s response as a story of resilience and overwhelming military success. Speaking at the United Nations last month…
National-conservatism
Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference — or NatCon — in Israel on Tuesday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told his audience that Israel “can and must bear a growing responsibility for its own…
Larry C. Johnson
The global economic damage caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is generally not understood by most policymakers. Public and policy discussion of the Strait of Hormuz closure has fixated on crude oil: tanker…
External
The postal service—a product of the American Revolution—has been systematically bled over decades by both Democratic and Republican parties. We have been forced to operate like a profit-making company despite the clear…
Europe
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A Note About a Plan Nobody Has On 30 September Russia sent NATO members a written note claiming it had information that the alliance was preparing an air and naval blockade of Kaliningrad. It warned that Moscow would use…
Opinion
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Donald Trump has angrily denied reports that the United States is considering sanctions relief and access to frozen Iranian funds in exchange for nuclear concessions, even as Washington's broader moves suggest it may be…
Opinion
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Restoring geopolitical unity in the post-Soviet space is a historical obligation for Russia, according to Alexey Podberezkin, director of the Almaz-Antey concern's Center for Military and Political Studies. In a comment…
Behind The Headlines
Yemen’s Armed Forces have imposed a no-fly zone over Riyadh following a massive assault by Saudi Arabia using 100 aircraft, combined with a shock offensive aimed at capturing Bab el-Mandeb. In this Monday’s edition of…
In Brief
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As violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has escalated, often with the acquiescence or support of Israel’s military, and the Israeli government has increasingly constricted Palestinian daily…
Northeast Asia
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The 2026 Asian Games in Japan drew to a close on October 4 following two weeks of competition between 45 countries and territories across 43 sports. Despite the official slogan “Imagine One Asia,” fragmented regional…
National Politics
French school students explain why they are organising blockades of their schools and the brutality they have faced from the French police. Cross-posted from Counterfire Picture by Wyslijp16 Below are speeches made at an…