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Xi Jinping’s China: The Coup That Never Was

The arrest of General Zhang Youxia highlights internal power dynamics within China’s military under President Xi Jinping’s leadership. Despite Western speculation about factional chaos, China’s political and military systems remain... Read full article

David Mahon - February 12, 2026

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Bangladesh Heads to the Polls as Minorities Face an Uncertain Future
by Sangeeta Mohanty
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Why Multilateral Organizations Must Evolve by Embracing AI and Blockchain
by Daniel Wagner
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Closing the Gap in Science: How Women and Girls Across Borders Are Building the Future
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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu-Muslim Divide

by Ayan Rakshit, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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Understanding the 1975 Autocratic “Emergency” in India

by Vikram K. Malkani, Atul Singh & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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The Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

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Arms (Nuclear) and the Man (Epstein)

Two chilling stories converge this week: The Epstein files reveal an oligarchy operating beyond democratic oversight, while nuclear arms control...

Who Canonized the Western Canon — and Why Did We Kill It?

Some at Davos this week are wondering why deep anxieties about AI, power and leadership feel...

The Devil’s Advocate in a World Without Saints

Modern society has abandoned its search for saints, both religious and political. Since the Vatican eliminated...

Dollar Milkshake Theory Is Still Useful

Despite rising debt and excessive money printing, US Treasuries remain...

by Alex Gloy

The US Legal System is Being Hacked

by William Softky

Governance Without Legitimacy: The Kurdish Region’s Descent into Stagnation

by Shermeen Yousif

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The Dialectic: Narendra Modi’s Vegetarian Stalinism Has Ruined the Indian Economy

In this episode of The Dialectic, Atul Singh and Glenn Carle explain how India’s current leader has rolled back the 1991 economic reforms, restoring the extreme centralization of the socialist 1970s. Competitive populism and crony capitalism have led to a dumbbell economy where the babu...

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

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