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Robert Reich: The Last Stand Of The Corporate Democrats – OpEd

Robert Reich: The Last Stand Of The Corporate Democrats – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Most discussions about the Democratic Party in this election cycle focus on the remarkable rise of progressive Democrats,

yesterday 10

Eurasia Review

Robert Reich

Imperial Nostalgia: Afghanistan After Five Years of Taliban Rule – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The lesson scrawled and etched across the neglected covers of history books (few read them these days) suggests

yesterday 10

Eurasia Review

Binoy Kampmark

Reporting America: America Still Wants Indian Talent, But Does it Still Want Indians? – OpEd

Reporting America: America Still Wants Indian Talent, But Does it Still Want Indians? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: For decades, America offered opportunity and Indians brought talent, ambition and enterprise. It became one of the great

yesterday 10

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Manoranjana Gupta

Trump’s Quest For ‘Victory’ Against Iran: A Mirage? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Within a few days of the much-publicized US-Iran Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) having expired, President Donald Trump announced on...

yesterday 3

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Nilofar Suhrawardy

DR Congo Receives 70,000 Ebola Vaccine Doses As Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads

Key Takeaways: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s

yesterday 5

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Un News

The Machine Can Be Tuned, The Nucleus Cannot Be Persuaded – OpEd

Key Takeaways: AI can tune an accelerator, cut downtime and make better use of scarce beam time. It cannot negotiate

yesterday 3

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Burak Oktenli

Eliminating The Strongman System: Somalia’s Unfinished Constitutional Task – OpEd

Eliminating The Strongman System: Somalia’s Unfinished Constitutional Task – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The strongman is not a Somali invention. He is a global recurrence, from Moscow to Ankara to Budapest,

yesterday 6

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Ismail H. Warsame

Hormuz Is Not Tehran’s Center Of Gravity – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Naval power can contest the chokepoint. A durable strategy must target the regime’s dependence on external crisis—and recognize

yesterday 10

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Hamid Enayat

The Next Flash Crash May Happen On A Battlefield – OpEd

The Next Flash Crash May Happen On A Battlefield – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Financial markets learned to interrupt machine-speed cascades without abandoning automation. Military AI needs the same system-level...

yesterday 4

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Burak Oktenli

Spain’s Poor Job Market Is Causing An Exodus – OpEd

By Mark Nayler Key Takeaways: Quality of life in Spain is among the highest in the world, but that isn’t enough to

yesterday 10

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Fee

Pennies Have Been Abandoned, Now What Will Be Done With Nickels? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The United States government minted its final penny in November of 2025. This came after fiat money inflation succeeded in

wednesday 4

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Adam Dick

John Hinckley Jr., Assassination Chic, And The Troubling Legacy Of The Insanity Defense – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Entertainment Weekly has previewed an interview with John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton...

wednesday 4

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K. Lloyd Billingsley

The Flock Camera Backlash Is A Very Good Sign – OpEd

By Connor O’Keeffe Key Takeaways: In a year as chaotic, violent, and economically destructive as this one has been, it

wednesday 3

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Mises

The Gloves Are Off: ICE, Electric Shock Weapons And Secret Police – OpEd

Key Takeaways: This is what comes of giving a lawless agency unlimited funds to build detention centers, terrorize communities, and

wednesday 5

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John And Nisha Whitehead

The U.S. State Department Is Celebrating Lies About The Monroe Doctrine – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The U.S. State Department has shamelessly published a video celebrating “imperialism” and “dominance” of the Western hemisphere...

wednesday 8

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David Swanson

Is Donald Trump Good For The Korean Peninsula? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: In a fit of pique, Donald Trump recently scaled back the big annual military exercise between the United

wednesday 3

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John Feffer

AI Can Find The Weird, It Cannot Tell Us What It Is – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Artificial intelligence is becoming extraordinarily good at finding unusual patterns in scientific data. The harder problem is...

wednesday 4

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Burak Oktenli

What Did Fauci Mean By ‘Game On?’ – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The release of the Fauci diaries has filled in some missing pieces. They help elucidate how the years of hell

wednesday 4

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Jeffrey A. Tucker

The Diplomatic Litmus Test For Legitimacy: ASEAN Must Decide What Comes After Junta’s Non-Compliance – OpEd

The Diplomatic Litmus Test For Legitimacy: ASEAN Must Decide What Comes After Junta’s Non-Compliance – OpEd

Key Takeaways: ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus (5PC), collectively adopted by ASEAN member states and accepted by coup leader Min Aung Hlaing

wednesday 6

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Nicholas Kong

Galkayo: When The Camera Contradicts The Speech – OpEd

Galkayo: When The Camera Contradicts The Speech – OpEd

Key Takeaways: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited southern, Galmudugh-administered Galkayo on Monday, Aug. 17, telling residents at Abdullahi...

wednesday 5

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Ismail H. Warsame

The Quiet, Solitary Residents Of Büyükada – OpEd

The Quiet, Solitary Residents Of Büyükada – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Just across from Istanbul, standing in the waters of the Marmara Sea, Büyükada—formerly known as Prinkipo—is a completely

wednesday 4

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Haluk Direskeneli

Washington Chose Coercion While Beijing Kept Talking – OpEd

Washington Chose Coercion While Beijing Kept Talking – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Five vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. None did on Sunday. The weekend before, thirty-one did.

wednesday 6

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Dr. Imran Khalid

Charlatans In Academe: When Jason Arday Went Too Far – OpEd

Charlatans In Academe: When Jason Arday Went Too Far – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The self-inflicted passing of Jason Arday this month following his resignation from the University of Cambridge is an

wednesday 8

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Binoy Kampmark

The Indus Waters Treaty Is Becoming South Asia’s Next Strategic Flashpoint – OpEd

The Indus Waters Treaty Is Becoming South Asia’s Next Strategic Flashpoint – OpEd

Key Takeaways: For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has been one of the world’s most durable

wednesday 5

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Saima Afzal

Puntland’s Strategic Value Was Recognized By Fascist Italy In 1938, Somalia Still Hasn’t Caught Up – OpEd

Puntland’s Strategic Value Was Recognized By Fascist Italy In 1938, Somalia Still Hasn’t Caught Up – OpEd

Key Takeaways: A single line in a diplomat’s diary, written 88 years ago, is a useful place to start when

wednesday 9

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Ismail H. Warsame

Syed, Sex, And The City – OpEd

Syed, Sex, And The City – OpEd

Key Takeaways: While reading a Guardian profile of Ayatollah Khamenei by Jason Burke, I stumbled across something very interesting. Ali

wednesday 4

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Aditya Chaturvedi

When Machines Search For Discoveries, Science Has To Count The Search – OpEd

When Machines Search For Discoveries, Science Has To Count The Search – OpEd

Key Takeaways: AI systems can scan millions of hypotheses before surfacing one anomaly. The statistical evidence must account for the

wednesday 5

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Burak Oktenli

From Backbone To Beast: The Super Sukhoi Transformation

From Backbone To Beast: The Super Sukhoi Transformation

Key Takeaways: India is getting ready for one of the biggest fighter aircraft upgrades it has ever attempted. The Indian

wednesday 6

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Girish Linganna

The Delusion Of Divine Insurance – OpEd

We have turned faith into a transaction we never signed. Somewhere between Scripture and self-help, we convinced ourselves that God

18.08.2026 5

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Dr. Fr. John Singarayar

Sri Lanka’s 22nd Amendment: A Problem? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Sri Lanka’s Jathika Jana Balawegaya (NPP) government gazetted the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution on 7 August 2026.

18.08.2026 6

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Dr. S. I. Keethaponcalan

Are The 2026 Primaries Building A New Antiwar Movement? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: For years, “Free Palestine” and “No War on Iran” belonged mainly to marches, campus rallies, and the margins

18.08.2026 6

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Michael Harrison

The Impossible Homecoming: Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey And The Trauma Of War – OpEd

By Sam Ben-Meir Key Takeaways: Emily Wilson begins her celebrated translation of Homer’s Odyssey with an imperative that has become

18.08.2026 6

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Idn

Iran’s Fuel Impasse: A Regime Caught Between Economic Bankruptcy And The Fear Of Uprising – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The Iranian regime is facing a paralyzing crisis that exposes the deep structural and economic bankruptcy of the

18.08.2026 7

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Sadegh Pashm-Foroush

Moscow’s 1520mm Railway Gage ‘Empire’ Long A Source Of Influence Losing Ground To China Inside Russia Itself – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Moscow officials and Russian nationalists have long referred to the 17 countries – the 12 former Soviet republics,

18.08.2026 6

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Paul Goble

You Didn’t Get Sick, You Got Enrolled – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Is the world losing its mind, or is everyone just on something? I look around and I sincerely

18.08.2026 5

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David Stockman

Middle East War Expands Into Horn Of Africa As Rival Powers Stake New Military Claims – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The war raging 600 miles across the Gulf of Aden did not stay there. It crossed the water.

18.08.2026 8

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Ismail H. Warsame

Earthquakes Shake The Ionosphere, That Doesn’t Mean It Predicts Them – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Post-earthquake ionospheric disturbances are established science. Pre-earthquake precursor claims face a harder test: they must beat...

18.08.2026 8

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Burak Oktenli

Equality Before The Law, Not Privilege By Group Membership – OpEd

By Dr. Wanjiru Njoya Key Takeaways: Ludwig von Mises defended the principle of equality before the law as it was understood within

18.08.2026 7

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Mises

An Autopsy Of The ‘Ham-Yari’ Campaign For Simay-E Azadi: Grassroots Support Versus Foreign State Patronage – OpEd

An Autopsy Of The ‘Ham-Yari’ Campaign For Simay-E Azadi: Grassroots Support Versus Foreign State Patronage – OpEd

Key Takeaways Introduction: The Clash of Two Organizational Models in Iran’s Political Landscape Recent developments in Iran’s political landscape...

18.08.2026 20

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Fara Mahmoudi

From Volume To Value: A Shared Commitment For Better Healthcare – OpEd

From Volume To Value: A Shared Commitment For Better Healthcare – OpEd

Key Takeaways Healthcare systems across the world are facing unprecedented pressure. Europe and Asia have different histories, financing models and

18.08.2026 20

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Oscar Gaspar

New Questions Surround South Korean Activists Investigated After Ukraine POW Mission – OpEd

New Questions Surround South Korean Activists Investigated After Ukraine POW Mission – OpEd

Key Takeaways What began as a seemingly routine investigation into six South Korean activists who traveled to Ukraine without government

18.08.2026 20

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Alan Callow

Iran’s Economy Faces Impasse With $127b Government Debt And Triple-Digit Inflation – OpEd

Iran’s Economy Faces Impasse With $127b Government Debt And Triple-Digit Inflation – OpEd

Key Takeaways The Iranian economy has reached an unprecedented structural deadlock, characterized by systemic exhaustion and the depletion of the

18.08.2026 20

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Shamsi Saadati

Justice In Syria Must Be More Than A Quick Fix – OpEd

Justice In Syria Must Be More Than A Quick Fix – OpEd

By Chris Doyle Key Takeaways While there was an extraordinary outpouring of joy among Syrians last week, it appeared somewhat

18.08.2026 20

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Arab News

Armenia’s Pursuit Of Equal Treatment For All Members of Russian-Led Groupings Threatens Moscow More Than Its Own Exit Would – OpEd

Armenia’s Pursuit Of Equal Treatment For All Members of Russian-Led Groupings Threatens Moscow More Than Its Own Exit Would – OpEd

Any individual, group or country which is part of a larger structure created by others which have done so to

18.08.2026 20

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Paul Goble

Which Countries Are Actually Socialist? – OpEd

Which Countries Are Actually Socialist? – OpEd

Key Takeaways Socialism is having another moment in U.S. politics. Politicians and activists increasingly describe themselves as socialist while their

18.08.2026 10

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Scott Beyer

Trump’s ‘Low-Key’ Economic Strategy Won’t Work – OpEd

Trump’s ‘Low-Key’ Economic Strategy Won’t Work – OpEd

Key Takeaways Although President Donald Trump is unable to publicly admit that “mistakes were made” in his war with Iran—as

18.08.2026 10

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Ivan Eland

Every Measurement Has A Physical Limit: Scientific AI Pretends Otherwise – OpEd

Every Measurement Has A Physical Limit: Scientific AI Pretends Otherwise – OpEd

Key Takeaways AI can produce a precise estimate even when an experiment no longer contains enough information to identify the

18.08.2026 20

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Burak Oktenli

Why The Fed Should Not Accommodate Increases In The Demand For Money – OpEd

Why The Fed Should Not Accommodate Increases In The Demand For Money – OpEd

By Frank Shostak Key Takeaways Through the ongoing process of exchange, people eventually settled on gold as their preferred medium

18.08.2026 20

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Mises

Morocco Needs A New Economic Growth Model – OpEd

By Francis Ghilès Key Takeaways The estimated 70,000 Moroccans who crossed over to the Spanish North-African enclave of Ceuta on July

16.08.2026 7

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Elcano Royal Institute

Pakistan: Smaller Administrative Units And The Promise Of Better Governance – OpEd

Key Takeaways Pakistan’s governance troubles are getting more and more tied to the sheer size and admin complexity of its

16.08.2026 10

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Amina Jabbar