As Putin annexes four Ukrainian oblasts after sham referendums, he is showing the way for other expansionists. This is the most worrisome outcome of the Ukraine war

The death of a young woman in custody sets off widespread protests in Iran. Though women are routinely discriminated against, this horrifying
death is shaking the cornerstones of Iran’s misguided theocracy

As Giorgia Meloni of the radical Brothers of Italy is set to don the mantle of prime minister of Italy, the west and the European Union get edgy and nervous

Afghan women see their sex as a liability. Their schoolgoing daughters see their schools closed. The patriarchal Taliban ends hurting the Afghan economy

Democracy is bedridden and its health is deteriorating by the day in Southeast Asia. Will democracy in the region escape from certain death and survive? Chances are bleak

Economic uncertainties are haunting Europe. As the peninsular continent is hobbled by a series of crippling crises, a menacing recession is taking shape

The world’s oldest continuous democracy is deeply divided. Pestiferous polarisation is hurting its global standing. Unchecked, America could break into splinters and a civil war

While Gorbachev strived to build a reformist Union, he demolished both the cold war and the clandestine system of cover-ups. This is Gorbachev’s irreversible achievement

As new geopolitical and trade orders emerge post-pandemic, a new global health order is at the threshold. This will hurt China the most

As nothing could be riskier than poking a dictator, Biden is careful not to needle Putin. Yet, the Ukraine war can go nuclear. Here are seven
theories