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May 30, 2026, 10:13 AM

Gender-Rich and Gender-Poor Languages

There is more than one road to Dublin. Different societies can move in different linguistic directions and still converge on the same human values. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Poetess and Avtorka Languages evolve. But they do not always evolve in the same direction — even when societies claim to pursue the same values. Consider English. Once upon a time, feminine professional forms were common: poetess authoress doctoress actress Today, many...

May 28, 2026, 1:49 PM

Democracy Is Dying Under Erdogan’s Autocratic Rule

Manish Rai

The Republican People's Party (CHP), the primary secular opposition party in Turkey, is presently embroiled in a significant political and democratic crisis as a result of an unprecedented court ruling on May 21, 2026, that invalidated the political party's...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 25, 2026, 7:27 AM

Hezbollah’s Criminal Infrastructure Inside Israel

A Hezbollah supporter waves a flag with the portrait of the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in front the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah has weaponized segments of northern Israel’s criminal underworld, converting it into a durable instrument of Iranian hybrid warfare. What began as cross-border narcotics smuggling has matured into a sophisticated, multi-layered apparatus for drug trafficking, intelligence collection, weapons smuggling,...

May 24, 2026, 4:48 PM

Somalia’s Fracturing Federalism Is a Red Sea Security Problem

The political confrontation between Mogadishu and Puntland's regional administration has escalated from a chronic governance dispute into something more structurally dangerous. When Puntland President Said Abdullah Deni announced last week that he no longer recognizes Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud as...

May 23, 2026, 1:21 PM

Iran Talks Shift From Tehran to Beijing – NY to key UN Security Council Meeting

The diplomatic contacts surrounding the Iranian issue have entered a phase of strategic ambiguity. In the United States, the long Memorial Day weekend has begun, financial markets are closed, and the American political system is not expected to return...

Abdi Ali Barkhad

May 21, 2026, 10:24 PM

Is Turkey Alone Enough to Keep Hassan Sheikh in Power?

The political situation in Somalia continues to generate intense debate both within the country and across the Horn of Africa. One of the most controversial and frequently discussed questions concerns the relationship between interim President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and...

Alexander Lutsenko

May 17, 2026, 6:13 PM

After Israel, Turkey rejects Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia on PANORMITIS

There are ships that carry cargo. And there are ships that carry evidence. PANORMITIS, IMO: 9445021, now looks like the second kind. The bulk carrier left the anchorage of Turkey’s port of Iskenderun after previously failing to unload in Israel. On May...

May 15, 2026, 6:05 PM

Turkey’s Gaza Flotilla: Why a military clash is unlikely

As more than 50 vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla departed the Turkish port of Marmaris on May 14 and are now sailing toward Gaza, Israeli media is sounding the alarm. Officials fear that any interception attempt could spark...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 13, 2026, 4:09 AM

‘Indiana Trump’ Barks Again; No Bite Yet

In the brutal chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, the Spanish proverb perro que ladra no muerde—a dog that barks does not bite—now defines President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy with merciless clarity. Since the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire took effect on April 8,...

May 10, 2026, 3:53 PM

Europe Was Born When Evil Was Defeated, Not Invited to the Table

Europe Day is the story of a continent whose wars turned destruction into order, enmity into partnership, and coal and steel into peace. That is why it is dangerous: its beauty tempts us to forget that beneath the open...

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