MARCH 13. 2026

A Bitter Education

Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in The Discovery of India that “among the many people and races who have come in contact with Indians and influenced India’s life

Iran May Become the Next Failed State — and Europe Will Pay the Price

The US-Israeli assault on Iran was launched mid-negotiation, without UN backing, making it more dangerous to international law than Iraq.

How the Iran War Could Usher in a New Era of Global Shiite Extremism

Degrading command and control over proxy groups could make them more dangerous and unpredictable.

Oregon Voters Overwhelmingly Said Yes to Limiting Money in Politics. Then Politicians Had Their Say.

Some 78% of Oregon voters approved limiting campaign contributions in 2020. Four years later, the Legislature finally adopted limits, but an advocate for tighter controls says recent changes render Oregon’s contribution limits “illusory. ”

Nevada Regulators Fine Peptide Providers at Anti-Aging Festival Where Two Women Became Critically Ill

Three individuals, along with the group accused of supplying the peptides, were fined between $5,000 and $10,000 for their involvement in an incident at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival in Las Vegas last summer.

How the humble hornwort could supercharge agriculture

Scientists have found a way to boost the efficiency of rubisco — the enzyme that powers life on Earth — and hope to transfer it to crops.

Speaking truth to power

Can democracies still function when truth itself is destabilised?

Why Europe’s Approach to Defending Democracy Is Failing

Bromides about the “center holding” miss the point.

Matthew Kroenig and Trita Parsi Debate the War in Iran

Will the campaign advance U. S. interests in the region or set them back?

MARCH 12. 2026

Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Toolkit: Drones, Missiles, and Mines

A breakdown of the tools Iran has to maintain pressure on Trump.

AIPAC Is Staying Out of Illinois Senate Race — But Its Donors Back Juliana Stratton

AIPAC is spending big in Tuesday’s Illinois House primaries. In the Senate race, its donors quietly lined up behind Stratton.

Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury

The case is a major test of the Trump administration's push to label "antifa" protesters as terrorists.

Iran’s New Supreme Leader Vows to Continue Blocking the Strait of Hormuz

Tehran escalates Gulf strikes and warns of future attacks on U. S. bases in the region.

Trump’s Last-Gasp Foreign Policy

Ill-considered overreach in Iran and elsewhere signals imminent decline.

Trump’s Efforts to Defuse the Oil Spike Aren’t Working

Big reserve releases, promises of escorts, and insurance can’t convince the market that the crisis will be over soon.

A Film of Unimaginable Horror and Unrelenting Humanity

‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is an indictment of the international system that has failed Gaza.

Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say

Unlike in Fulton County, Georgia, where actual ballots were seized, a federal grand jury subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the county’s vote.

How to Be a Pacific Power

Washington has yet to recognize that mobility is an essential part of regional security.

The War That Cracked the Postwar Order Illusion

Conflict in Ukraine has shattered the myths sustaining the Western coalition.

The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna

The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils.