MARCH 31. 2026

Putting the Art into Artemis

Our lunar future depends on culture not just technology

Timid Europe

On Sunday, March 22, three weeks into the US–Israeli war in Iran, Donald Trump received an unlikely pledge of support. The previous Friday he had taken to

What the State Department Got Wrong With the Iran War Evacuations

Ex-diplomats point to a lack of qualified senior staff and a breakdown in trust.

Born in the USA

For the Supreme Court to accept the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke birthright citizenship, it would have to repudiate the Constitution, its own precedents, and the long-standing position of all three branches of the US government.

Behind the Benchmarks: How EU Social Policy Fails Its Own Beneficiaries

EU social policy measures outputs efficiently — but the lived experience of its supposed beneficiaries tells a very different story.

A Complacent America Shrugs Off New War Technologies

From the president on down, many Americans still do not grasp the implications of drones and other threats.

Russia’s Sanctions-Busting Cryptocurrency Empire

A Kremlin-backed fintech company is linked to massive trade in dual-use goods.

Trump Wanted to Replicate His Venezuela “Success” in Iran. What Has It Even Looked Like?

Trump carried out regime change without a change in regime in Venezuela. Time will tell what that means for the country.

Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term.

Texas saw a $50B future in clean energy. Then the political winds shifted.

Clean energy brought income to ranchers and to counties buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Federal policy changes threaten that momentum.

Oceans are absorbing the Earth’s excess energy. That’s bad news for food systems.

As the planet traps more energy than it releases, global food production is on the line.

The West’s unprecedented winter could fuel a summer of disaster

Record-low snowpack and an early heatwave that brought triple-digit heat could mean a higher risk of drought and fire in coming months.

Southeast Asia’s Energy Emergency Begins

The Philippines has seen one of the world’s sharpest increase in petrol prices.

Iraq’s Uniquely Fraught Position in the Iran War

Its northern Kurdistan Region is being hit by both sides.

MARCH 30. 2026

Two Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals

The White House had said all the thousands of people arrested by ICE were “dangerous" criminals, but two thirds had no criminal record.

Trump Claims ‘Great Progress’ in Iran Peace Talks

At the same time, the White House has threatened to obliterate Tehran’s energy sector if a deal isn’t reached soon.

What Would We All Say If Iran Razed MIT Because of Military-Related Research?

Israel and the U. S. are destroying universities in Iran that have ties to military research, but scores of U. S. and Israeli schools do it.

Fierce optimism

Open access // by Benoît Bréville

The Houthis Are Now in the War—But How Deep?

Iran’s Yemeni proxy group could make a bad energy market catastrophic if it targets the Red Sea.