- — July: the longer view
- July's archives. - 2025/07 / perspective
- — Why Gaza?
- Articles about the fate of the Palestinians — whether in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem or refugee camps — are often met with a reproach. Why give such importance to the topic when there are so many bloody conflicts in the world? Don't Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Myanmar or Haiti deserve the same attention? - Outside in / Comment
- — Resources and conflict in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
- - Africa / Map, 2025/07 mozambique
- — The Panama Canal zone
- - South America / Map, 2025/07 panama
- — Crimea: disputed peninsula
- - Caucasus / Map, 2025/07 crimea
- — The isolation of Iran
- - Asia / Map, 2025/07 iran isolation
- — Institutions of the Islamic Republic
- - Asia / Map, 2025/07 iran structure
- — Soviet Union's underground utopia
- In the Soviet Union's final decades, metro building boomed, the stations an expression not of utilitarianism but of utopia. Visions of an ideal future took shape in concrete, marble and glass. - 2025/07 / article
- — Slashing inflation the Milei way
- Argentina's president claims to have cut inflation and poverty since coming to power. Though the figures are contested and the social cost is high, civil society has yet to mount a coherent challenge. - 2025/07 / article
- — Panama reclaimed?
- US presidents dreamed of a canal that would join two oceans – and be under their control. That instinct has shaped policy from Roosevelt to Trump. - 2025/07 / article, 2025/07 panama
- — The modest art of the orange wrapper
- The orange, redolent of sunshine and vitality, was long an object of desire in the western world. But its history includes labour struggles and boycotts as well as the colourful myths depicted on wrappers. - 2025/07 / article
- — Crimea's history of referendums
- Even before 2014, Crimea had never quite found its place in independent Ukraine. Originally an autonomous republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), it was transferred to Ukraine by Stalin in 1945; it became an oblast of Soviet Ukraine in 1954. In the early 1990s, as the Soviet Union collapsed, the peninsula's Russian-majority population (67% according to the 1989 census) were concerned at the rise of Ukrainian nationalism in government circles in Kyiv. In (…) - 2025/07 / 2025/07 crimea
- — Crimeans dream of Russia
- Today, even with war raging nearby, millions of Russian tourists still visit Crimea, whose inhabitants increasingly see their future as part of Russia. - 2025/07 / article, 2025/07 crimea
- — End of the road for Finland's integration model?
- Finland used to be hailed as a model of integration. But that may be about to change under its present conservative coalition, which includes the far-right, anti-immigration Finns Party. - 2025/07 / article
- — Shaping public opinion, German-style
- Germany's public broadcasters buck the widespread trend of shrinking audiences and declining influence. But the far right is rising, and the new chancellor's media strategy reflects that shift. - 2025/07 / article
- — Giorgia Meloni, an ally Trump can count on
- At home, Giorgia Meloni is suppressing dissent and concentrating power. In the EU, she's seeking a coalition of the right to end the hold of the left. And then there's her relationship with the US… - 2025/07 / article
- — Mozambique's struggle with jihadist rebels
- Mozambique's resource-rich Cabo Delgado province is vital to the economy and a magnet for foreign companies. But its people face deepening poverty, inequality and jihadist insurgency. - 2025/07 / article, 2025/07 mozambique
- — Under fire, Iran closes ranks
- Netanyahu's assault on Iran, with Western backing, breaches international law. But bombing a sovereign nation won't achieve his war aims, however little love the Iranian people have for their regime. - 2025/07 / article, 2025/07 iran structure
- — Trump's base grows restive
- Trump's anti-war image helped win him reelection. After Israel's attack on Iran, some MAGA loyalists are wondering if US foreign policy is now made in Jerusalem. - 2025/07 / article, 2025/07 iran isolation
- — Netanyahu's game plan for the Middle East
- Israel's prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been totally clear: his goal in Iran is not simply destroying the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities. It's regime change. Not in order to promote democracy, but to cement Israel's place as the dominant regional power. - 2025/07 / article, 2025/07 iran structure
- — Agents of chaos
- And now – after Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen – it's Iran's turn. Soon it will be easier to list the places in the Middle East that Israel hasn't bombed in 2025. To justify its latest offensive, Tel Aviv, as usual, invoked its right to ‘self-defence'. And, as usual, Western leaders played follow-my-leader. ‘We affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself. We reiterate our support for the security of Israel,' G7 leaders declared . Yet the facts scarcely leave room for (…) - 2025/07 / editorial
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