This year’s Peace Prize, Brazil’s election results, protests in France, snap elections in Spain, danger in the Red Sea—and the Gender Tracker returns.

The US withdraws from Iraq, Morocco appoints a woman as PM, civil strife reignites in Ethiopia, Spain protests an eviction. The roundup of headlines for the week ending Oct 2.

A short cheat sheet on the happenings at the UN this week.

Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta in 2017. The mastermind behind her murder has not been brought to justice.

A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II.

Mecca Pact, Turkey-Kurds, the Hormuz and Houthis, Colombia's earthquake, Zambia votes, an interesting trip Russia's Putin took to a Japanese-claimed island—the news this week. And the Gender Tracker!

2001: A Space Odyssey's Hal is no longer theoretical. "Rogue" AI is here—largely as a result of the US-China race to dominate AI. Meanwhile, the systems meant to contain them are falling behind.

Will Iran keep the US out of Hormuz? Colombia gets a new president. The fallout from Ceuta. This week's Gender Tracker shows progress over at the NYT. And 81 years ago, the US bombed Japan.

The battle for Hormuz, personnel changes in Ukraine, AI conference in China, US efforts in Libya, Hungary ousts its president, Andy Burnham takes over as UK's prime minister. And the gender tracker!

Spain 🇪🇸 and Argentina 🇦🇷 play in the World Cup. And that's why I'm thinking about feminist foreign policy...

The US continues to target vessels in southern waters. Why?

When once-predictable political dynamics undergo a shift due to a major event, like war, public opinion generally moves as well. But in which direction?

Reeling from Iran, Trump is making moves on Cuba. But that's all it seems to be. Meanwhile, Iran is working on deals to charge ships in Hormuz. And the Gender Tracker shows... 🙄

Trump in China dominates the news, but thinking about Crimean Tatars—along with Bosnians, Narges Mohammadi and learning about masculinism. 😐

A conversation with Zsuzsanna Végh on what to expect from Hungary's new leader, especially for women.

The Moynihan Center has named fifteen writers, scholars, and practitioners to its 2026–2027 cohort of Senior Fellows.

The Middle East isn't the only place where there are massive shifts. A look at how North Korea and Japan are changing Asia. Links on Iran, OPEC, and Delcy Rodriguez's pin! And new: op-ed numbers.

The U.S. and Iran are negotiating over a three-page plan with some very sensitive elements.

Orbán is gone. But as Erdoğan’s rise and rule showed, democratic hope is not enough. Also, the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, the US-Iran push for peace, Sudan's war at 3, and Xi Jinping's rotating door.

The US-Iran ceasefire, Hungary's election, protests in Cuba, and a look at Trump's genocidal threats—32 years after the Rwandan genocide.

Women’s History Month and Black History Month are among those events no longer celebrated in the armed forces.

The war is going into its 3rd week, with a new Supreme Leader, higher oil prices, and no end insight. Also, China's new "ethnic harmony" law, Kast takes power in Chile, and the Shield of the Americas.

The questions everyone is asking about Iran—and the women who had the answers all along.

The Iraqi feminist and human rights activist was gunned down in Baghdad

My hot take on the US and Israeli strikes on Iran

Iran isn't the only emerging crisis at DoD; Hegseth has given the AI company Anthropic and ultimatum to either comply with its request to drop guardrails or else....

Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...

Trump aims to squeeze concessions out of Iran through threats of military force, but that strategy misunderstands the nature of the Iranian regime.

Years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s endurance is the story

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