Geopolitics

Sexual violence is a widespread weapon of war in Sudan. “Survivors frequently and clearly identified the perpetrators as RSF fighters,” Doctors Without Borders says.

Ukraine has forged the defense industry the continent desperately needs.

The president has said responsibility for reopening the waterway should fall largely to European and Asian countries that depend on it more than the U.S. does for oil.

Gasoline is being stolen and gas station workers in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have been killed over fuel shortages and soaring prices caused by the war against Iran.

As Iran’s retaliatory attacks hit regional centers of commerce, such as Dubai, the majority of the deaths have been among migrant workers who could not afford to flee.

How America and Israel can shape a new Middle East.

Published: April 2, 2026 2:06 am Author: Eddie Scarry There are another two or three weeks of fighting the war in Iran, President Trump said Wednesday in a nationally televised...

A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran’s nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.

Why the future of science might be Chinese.

A war’s unintended consequences—for Iran, the Middle East, and the global order.