Conflicts & Crises
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A New Myanmar Is Emerging: How a Stalemated Civil War Became a Victory for Beijing
After five years of war, Myanmar's rebellion is fracturing, the Tatmadaw is regaining ground, and the only real winner sits across the border in China.
Pakistan Besieged: How the Balochistan Insurgency and Afghan War Are Converging at Once
Pakistan faces a hardened Baloch insurgency, an undeclared war with Afghanistan, the TTP, and IMF dependency—all at the same time, with no clean exit.
Has Israel Bitten Off More Than It Can Chew? The Strain of a Seven-Front War
Israel's near-continuous war across seven fronts is exposing manpower shortages, interceptor depletion, and a coalition collapse over the draft and settler violence.
Iran's Sleeper Cells Weren't Real. The Alternative Is Worse.
Iran's threatened sleeper cells never materialized during the Iran War. What emerged instead was a gig-economy sabotage campaign that's harder to stop.
Will the RSF Defections End the War in Sudan?
As founding RSF commanders defect to Sudan's army with men, weapons, and intelligence, the SAF gains its best chance to break the stalemate — at a steep moral cost.
Cuba at Zero Day: How a Fuel Collapse Became Washington's Next Regime-Change Gamble
Cuba has run out of fuel as the US tightens a post-Maduro squeeze, indicts Raúl Castro, and courts his grandson for a negotiated transition.
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Thailand-Cambodia War: Why the Five-Day Conflict Revealed a Massive Military Disparity
Five-day conflict reveals stark military imbalance between Thailand and Cambodia, with Thailand's superior air power and troop numbers forcing ceasefire.
Al-Shabaab's Unstoppable Advance Threatens Mogadishu as Somalia's Defenses Crumble
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Zelensky's Anti-Corruption Law Sparks Ukraine's First Major Wartime Protests
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Thailand and Cambodia Border Conflict: Historical Grievances Erupt into Armed Clashes
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Can Syria's Transitional Leaders Be Trusted? Examining the Suwayda Violence and Questions of State Complicity
Examining whether Syria's transitional government can be trusted after ethnic violence in Suwayda killed over 1,000 and displaced 100,000 civilians.
Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: From Colonial Divide to a Burning Conflict
Cameroon, once hailed as a stable nation in Central Africa, is now engulfed in a violent struggle that threatens its unity and the lives of millions. The w