Satellite Imagery Reveals the Israeli Demolition of Khiam Detention Center
A researcher who spent years building a virtual reconstruction of a detention center in southern Lebanon watched satellite imagery confirm what he feared: The prison where thousands were held without charge had been razed to the ground by Israeli excavators.
How the War in Iran Reached South Asia’s Kitchens
New Delhi restaurateur Anuj Wadhwa and economist Mihir Sharma join Kwangu Liwewe Agyei on Global Insights to discuss how the Iran war is driving up fuel prices and squeezing households across South Asia.
The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq War cast a very long shadow, one that looms over the current conflict and continues to influence the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic. It created a siege mentality and the idea of “faith and firepower.” Weeks into the current war, Iran has not run out of either.
An Iranian’s Dispatch From the Digital Darkness
Journalist Nilo Tabrizy shares an essay by “Bijan,” an Iranian labor activist and former political prisoner who, during a 20-day communications blackout in January 2025, wrote about his experience in solitary confinement and being severed from the world. He has been unreachable since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began.
In Search of a Story for Syria
With the recent reincorporation of northeastern Syria under central rule, the existential risk of national dissolution that Syrians feared seems to have passed. But stitching up the bonds between communities will be a longer and more difficult task than defeating separatist militias.