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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Is Abiy Ahmed the Most Dangerous Man in Africa?
Once hailed as a Nobel Peace laureate, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has overseen deadly civil wars that threaten to collapse the Horn of Africa.
Ukraine's Manpower Crisis: Desertion, Conscription, and the Drone War Keeping Russia at Bay
Ukraine is short roughly 100,000 troops, yet Russia's costly summer offensive has stalled. How a drone-saturated killzone is masking Kyiv's deepest weakness.
The Art of War: How Siege Warfare Shaped Human History
From ancient Megiddo to modern Mariupol, explore how siege warfare works, why it happens, and the famous sieges that defined human history.