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Kashmir’s Veneer Shatters
A deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir has exposed the Indian government’s claims of normalcy in the region. Tensions with Pakistan have now escalated sharply, with long-standing international agreements in jeopardy, while calls for vengeance resonate throughout Indian society.
MAGA Civil War
Key factions in the MAGA coalition feel disenfranchised and angry today. As the afterglow of Trump’s victory fades and economic turmoil sets in, what some have called the “MAGA civil war” indicates a vulnerability within Trump’s personality cult at the top of the Republican Party.
The Israeli Right’s Long March Through the Media
The settlement movement in Israel has patiently executed a strategy to take control of the country’s media landscape and reshape it in its own image. This campaign has now borne fruit, and the radicalization of Israel’s media has been evident throughout the war in Gaza.
The ‘America First’ Masquerade
The Trump administration and its supporters present their America First nationalism as a form of foreign policy realism, but then smuggle in a darker agenda.
The Phantom Far-Right Menace in Germany’s East
Germany’s recent federal election showed a sharp rise in support for the far-right AfD party, which media and political analysts have blamed on voters in the former East Germany. But the data shows a picture that is far more nuanced.
How De-Banking Became a Conservative Rallying Cry
Without cause or recourse, banks in the U.S. and abroad abruptly close individual, business and nonprofit accounts. To hear conservatives tell it, de-banking is part of a culture war against the right. But the truth is that it threatens Americans across the political spectrum.
Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone?
For Europeans watching, one thing is clear: Washington now regards Kyiv as an adversary from which concessions must be wrung and terms of conditional surrender imposed, while it sees Moscow as an ally-in-the-making and the more justifiably aggrieved party in the war of conquest Moscow started three years ago.