Key Topics
- The Iran ceasefire and US naval blockade: what's holding and what isn't
- US-Iran negotiations in Pakistan: prospects for a deal and the limits of unilateral diplomacy
- Europe's divided response: the Paris talks between Macron and Starmer and the question of inserting Europeans into the negotiations
- The Strait of Hormuz as Iran's ultimate leverage — and what "open" really means for trapped mariners
- Viktor Orbán's stunning defeat in Hungary: the economy, corruption, and the cohesion funds that sealed his fate
- Peter Magyar and TISA: how new is Hungary's new direction, and what does it mean for the EU and Ukraine?
- Orbán's fall as a setback for Putin, Trump, and the global far-right populist network
- Trump's feud with Pope Leo XIV: the politics of attacking the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics
- Hispanic and Catholic voters: the political costs of the President vs. Pope standoff
- The limits of populism: from Budapest to Washington, is the far right losing its popular touch?
Links
- Christina Ruffini — https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AX7AZxLijDQ/christina-ruffini
- Karin Axelsson — https://politiken.dk/person/7961_Karin_Axelsson
- Jamie Dettmer — politico.eu/author/jamie-dettmer
- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs — belfercenter.org
- World Review with Ivo Daalder — belfercenter.org/world-review-ivo-daalder
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