The Surprising Resilience of the Iranian Regime and the Prospect of Regime Change ©"Mojtaba Khamenei and his son at the Victory of the Revolution rally", Iran, 8 June 2018. Photo by Hamed Malekpour / Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0 As a tenuous ceasefire takes hold, the aim of liberation and regime change that sat at the centre of the United States’ intervention in Iran has quietly been abandoned. Throughout the five-week conflict, defanging the deeply unpopular regime was seem

The global oil market is experiencing a severe supply shock, with crude oil prices surging to multi-year highs due to growing risk of disrupted energy flows. Since the U.S., Israel and Iran war began, oil and gold prices have been extremely volatile.

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Recipe for a Molotov Cocktail Step 1: Violate international law and attack a country under the guise of protecting civilians and neutralising the threat of a nuclear weapon that has been 2 weeks away from completion for the past 30 years.  The morning of February 28th, sirens blasted all over West Asia as the U.S. and Israel launched a series of coordinated attacks in Iran, including missiles striking a girls' primary school   in Minab that killed 165 girls, most of whom were

© Pexels by Brett Jordan When governments argue over fonts, it’s never just about style. From Washington to Islamabad, typefaces have become symbols of power, ideology, and even guilt. Some say actions speak louder than words. That may be true. But what about written words? By the same logic, does the font speak louder than the words themselves? Fonts may seem like a trivial detail in a document, yet their selection carries serious implications, from politics and economics to

How Bad Bunny's halftime show reframed debates on American identity and Puerto Rico’s place in the U.S. “¡Qué rico ser latino!” The opening words of the   2026 Super Bowl halftime show  set the tone for a memorable and impactful performance by Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, popularly known as Bad Bunny. The selected artist swiftly stole the show, overshadowing the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Being the most-watched halftime show of all time –and being almost en

Even though centuries separate them, seventeenth-century France and twenty-first-century Europe are confronted with the same question: should society place its faith in laissez-faire policies, or should the state intervene when faced with a macroeconomic problem? Across time, it seems the economy repeatedly falls into the same dilemma. In detail, throughout the 17th century, France, under the reign of Louis XIV, was involved in decades of continuous warfare, including the Th

Chile’s renewable revolution shows that sustainability leadership isn’t reserved for superpowers. Despite its modest geopolitical footprint and remote location in the far south, Chile has emerged as an unexpected leader in the global transition toward sustainable development. The South American nation has become one of the world’s most compelling laboratories for green transformation, and its strategic approach to renewable energy, environmental regulation, and resource gove

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© Polina Zimmerman Beneath the surface of the Republican Party, a struggle is underway – a fight for the future of the MAGA movement. Despite what conservatives would like you to believe, Donald Trump remains a historically unpopular President . Less than a year into his second term, over 55% of U.S. voters disapprove of their President, with Trump’s net approval ratings (-15%) trailing far behind where Barack Obama (+9%) and Joe Biden (-8%) stood at the same point in their p

Having completed his Master's here at the UvA in Economics 30 years ago, Freek’s connection to the university is strong, underscoring that many areas of the campus have remained unchanged. Janmaat’s career began in advisory positions across different ministries of the Dutch government and ultimately led to his most intensive work at the European Commission. He currently serves as the Economic Counsellor, describing himself as the “eyes and ears” of the Commission in the Nethe

Billions once flowed into dot-com companies that ended in a market-wiping crash. Now AI stands in the spotlight. Are we witnessing the next biggest innovation, or yet another bubble ready to burst?

Power and Principles- this time with NATO (specifically the EU countries). Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-bunch-of-bullet-like-objects-on-a-blue-background--gk8BqMhYrw . I. A New Era of European Defence: Motives and Obstacles How is it that the subject of European rearmament has managed to find its way into domestic conversations with no accessible change in sight?  What happens when a soldier lies in the face of adversity and is made to follow an AI-generated respons

Breaking news... or is it anything unexpected? Newly released emails contain the first direct allegations of misconduct linked to Donald Trump's involvement with the convicted sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein. What does this entail for Trump and his administration? How is Washington reacting to this?

Overview of the Mamdani policy, following his recent election.