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No amount of distraction or denial can banish Jeffrey Epstein from Trump’s presidency or America’s obsession.
Turkey glorifies the Ottoman conquest but forgets the empire’s pluralist wisdom. A 1914 sultan’s ban shows a better path forward.
Trump’s surprise linkage of Syria’s Sharaa to Hezbollah forces Lebanon to confront its deepest security dilemma in years.
Why do Pakistani intellectuals speak on Palestine but freeze on Pakistan? Because courage has borders, and silence has a passport.
Conditional removal of Syria’s terrorism designation is the only path to align U.S. leverage with genuine counterterrorism reforms on the ground.
Israel’s pressure is reshaping Washington’s Iran calculus, forcing presidents to negotiate under a veto they cannot publicly admit exists.
Syria’s new government appointments reveal an Idlib-dominated staffing strategy that prioritizes revolutionary loyalty over broad-based technocratic reform.
A prime minister without a programme, a cabinet without consensus, and a state without accountability. Iraq’s politics remain unfixable.
Trump’s missions across Iran, China, Russia, and trade remain unaccomplished as 2026 exposes widening gaps between rhetoric and strategic outcomes.