Newsletter Archive

Sending Western troops to Ukraine in unlikely in the near future. It also may end up being Europe’s most realistic option for aiding Ukraine.

Parliamentary elections in Iran on Friday could see a low turnout, amid widespread discontent in the country over a worsening economy and unrest in recent years.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s agenda for Brazil’s G-20 presidency prioritizes issues important to many Global South countries, including global governance reform, reducing hunger and addressing climate change.

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS said this past weekend it was lifting sanctions it had imposed on Niger, Mali and Guinea following military takeovers in those countries, but which failed to have their desired impact, another sign of the bloc’s waning influence.

After two years of war in Ukraine, there have been no winners, and it has become increasingly hard to imagine how there will be, especially as the potential for an end to the fighting, to say nothing of a sustainable peace, seems just as far away as it was two years ago.

Somalia announced it had signed a defense and economic cooperation deal with Turkey, as the fallout from Ethiopia’s agreement last month with the breakaway region of Somaliland continues.

The U.N. Security Council yesterday sanctioned six people from five armed groups based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo amid worsening violence in recent weeks that has also caused tensions to escalate between Congo and Rwanda.

Tensions have escalated between Brazil and Israel in recent days after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva compared Israel’s military campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the defining symbol for the country’s pro-democracy movement over the past decade, died in jail, according to Russia’s prison service.

Russia is developing a space-based nuclear capability designed to target the United States’ extensive satellite network. The threat isn’t urgent, but it is the latest example of Moscow’s efforts to develop, expand and brandish its nuclear arsenal.

Prabowo Subianto appears on track to win Indonesia’s presidential election. The current defense minister will inherit two distinct legacies from President Joko Widodo—one of democratic erosion and one of policy successes.

Israel’s planned offensive in Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians have sought refuge, has once again raised the intensity of the war in Gaza and renewed international attention on Israel’s military operations.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he told a NATO ally while in office that he would “encourage” Russia to “do whatever the hell they want,” setting off a flurry of rebukes among NATO supporters and increasing anxieties in Europe about Trump’s potential return to the White House.

An explosive new court order alleges that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro oversaw a plot to undermine the public’s faith in the 2022 presidential election, which he lost, and set the stage for a potential coup.

Well before polls closed, Pakistan’s general election was already marred by violence and a monthslong campaign by the country’s military to imprison populist former PM Imran Khan.

The election highlights Aliyev’s influence in reshaping the balance of power in the Caucasus as well as in its relations with Europe.

It’s a slow news day this morning, but here are a few of the quieter stories we’re following to see how they develop over the next few days.