The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority has used tactics like the Major Questions Doctrine and the Unitary Executive Theory to uphold controversial Trump-era policies, including unconstitutional ...

The recent protests in Iranian Kurdistan, sparked by economic hardship and political repression, have been met with brutal government violence, including mass killings and a total internet blackout.

For a sports event established and still trading on the rhetoric of world peace and unity, such a controversial intervention from a past FIFA leader is unprecedented and extraordinary. FIFA, ...

Russia’s war against Ukraine has exposed how uneven Europe’s security architecture remains at its eastern flank. For smaller countries outside formal defense alliances, questions that once belonged to ...

The Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program in Indonesia faces criticism for poor quality, mismanagement, and possible fraud, with delayed regulation and harmful messaging worsening public backlash.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s defense industry, rooted in its Yugoslav legacy, is quietly reemerging as a key player in Europe’s security landscape. Specializing in NATO-standard and Soviet-caliber ...

Turkey’s economic struggles arise from a bureaucratic tradition that favors state control over the creative destruction essential for capitalism. Political elites, from the Ottoman Empire to the ...

[Arab Digest thanks Christopher Davidson, a noted author and scholar for this piece. His latest book is From Sheikhs to Sultanism: Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.] Unveiled ...

India’s Aadhaar digital identity program has had explosive growth over the past 15 years, growing from a single identity card to a system encompassing nearly everyone in the country. Still, as Aadhaar ...

As the war in Ukraine grinds toward its fourth winter, a parallel conflict is being fought not in the trenches of the Donbas, but in Brussels. The weapon of choice is neither artillery nor drones, but ...

Virginia Roberts Giuffre — one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s most vocal and prominent victims — was born in Sacramento, California, in 1983, but soon moved with her family to Palm Beach ...

Initially a revolutionary guerrilla group in Colombia, the National Liberation Army, has shifted from Marxist ideology to criminal activities and alliances with Venezuela. While it does not fully meet ...