Conflict Zones
He Paid a Smuggler in 2015. This Is What Happened.
Syrian refugee recounts his perilous 2015 journey to Europe via smugglers, and what it reveals about the migration crisis.
Stefan Tompson
Foreign InfluenceConflict Zones Armenia’s Memory at Risk
How shifting diplomacy under Nikol Pashinyan is reshaping the genocide question and Armenia’s international standing.Kyourk Arslanian
The WestConflict Zones Al Jazeera: Europe’s Next Soft Power Threat
State-funded media can be a weapon. Europe banned Russian propaganda, why let Al Jazeera spread Islamist narratives unchecked?Charlie Weimers
The WestConflict Zones Beyond the Noise: Europe’s Hard Choices for 2026
Institutionalist, Autonomist, Sovereigntist: Europe faces three paths in a changing global order.Dre Lapiello
Middle EastConflict Zones Iran’s Digital Blackouts as State Violence
Silencing a nation online is the fastest way to make violence invisible.Raghu Kondori
AfricaConflict Zones Why Are Millions Still Fleeing the Horn of Africa?
In a region wracked by war, drought, and economic collapse, millions are left in limbo, ignored by laws, stretched aid, and the world at large.Pharis Gichanga
Foreign InfluenceConflict Zones The Erdoğan Paradox: Ally or Adversary?
Turkey is indispensable to the West but under Erdoğan, its strategic value comes with growing risk and uncertainty.Dre Lapiello
- Conflict Zones Foreign Influence
Latin America: Building a New American Century
Venezuela’s collapse and a regional realignment signal a new era of stability and reform.
Kyle Moran
- Conflict Zones The West
America’s Drift Is Felt First in the Trenches of Ukraine
From HIMARS quiet in Kharkiv to calls for talks: a foreign volunteer on how U.S. hesitation is failing Ukraine and weakening American power.
Benjamin Reed
- Conflict Zones The West
Europe Must Lead: Ukraine Can’t Wait for America Anymore
Russia is accelerating. America is hesitating. If Europe doesn’t fill the gap now, the consequences will be on our doorstep.
Dre Lapiello
- Middle EastConflict Zones
Iran’s Triple Threat: Drought, Debt, and Discontent
From drought to economic meltdown, Iran faces converging crises in 2025. Citizens increasingly see regime change as the only solution.
Raghu Kondori
- AfricaConflict Zones
Can Trump’s Rapid-Fire Diplomacy Bring Peace to Sudan?
Sudan is collapsing. Trump says he can stop it. Here’s what you’re not being told.
Moataz Khalil
- Conflict Zones The West
The Peace of Exhaustion
A leaked US-brokered peace framework reveals the harsh new geometry of power: Ukraine is exhausted, Europe is fragmented, and Russia’s war machine is grinding forward.
Dre Lapiello
- Conflict Zones Foreign Influence
Intervention in Venezuela Is Inevitable
A sober assessment of the refugee emergency, the criminal takeover of Venezuelan institutions, and the collapse of diplomatic channels, arguing that intervention has shifted from possibility to necessity.
Yomar Stiven Moreno Lugo
- Conflict Zones
Venezuela’s Chavismo: How a Party Became the State
Chavismo’s rise, structure, and survival as Venezuela’s entrenched one-party authoritarian regime.
Yomar Stiven Moreno Lugo
- Conflict Zones Africa
The Forgotten Hostage
Two young Tanzanian students were murdered (one of whom was held hostage) by Hamas, yet African leaders and human rights activists stayed silent. This is the story of forgotten lives.
Thabelo Mahangani
- Middle EastConflict Zones
When Food Arrives, But Hunger Persists
V24 Exclusive: Convoys make it through but the most vulnerable still go hungry. Here’s why.
Adam Starzynski
