China & Indo-Pacific
InsiderIndia’s Military Capabilities are Maturing Fast. Its Latest Security Operation Shows Why.
Evan Moloney · November 5, 2026 · 9 min read
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The UN is Leaving Western Sahara. What Happens Now?
After three decades monitoring a frozen conflict, UN peacekeepers are withdrawing from a territory Morocco annexed in 1975, leaving the Sahrawi people without international protection.
Simon Whistler · November 4, 2026
Africa
InsiderAlgeria is Undertaking its First Military Intervention in Decades. Here's What You Need to Know
After half a century of non-intervention, Algeria is sending troops abroad to fight jihadists. France learned how that can end. Algiers may be about to.
Paweł Wójcik · November 3, 2026 · 9 min read
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These Are The People Who Could Replace Vladimir Putin
Simon Whistler · September 3, 2026
Africa
Due South: Dr. Caroline Mose Talks Kenyan Youth And Elections.
Mose argues the 2024 Gen Z protests were no failure: Olkalau voters pocketed a billion shillings in bribes and rejected the ruling party anyway — a preview of what 2.6 million new voters may do in 2027.
Wilfred Waimiri · September 2, 2026 · 1h 25m
Americas
InsiderTrump Has Brought the War on Terror to the Americas
William B. Lipscomb · September 1, 2026 · 12 min read
Africa
FreeSudan’s Paramilitaries are the Best-Funded Insurgents on Earth. They’re also Losing the War.
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces are arguably the most well-funded and armed insurgency in decades. With billions of dollars in funding and near-daily weapon deliveries from the UAE, winning the civil war should in theory have been easy. But the opposite is true. The RSF is losing.
Thomas van Linge · August 31, 2026 · 11 min read
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Ethiopia on the Brink. And More.
Simon Whistler · August 28, 2026
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: Iran-Oman Power Hour.
Reports of an Iran-Oman Hormuz arrangement, a possible European strait mission, Houthi attacks on Yanbu and the Israel-Turkey rivalry in Syria.
Evan Moloney · August 28, 2026 · 1h 9m
China & Indo-Pacific
InsiderThe Taliban Won Afghanistan. Now They're Fighting Each Other
Paweł Wójcik · August 27, 2026 · 11 min read
Africa
InsiderThe Hostage Economy: How Kidnapping Funds the Sahel's Wars
Brant Philip · August 26, 2026 · 13 min read
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How the Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Became the Rebels’ Golden Opportunity.
Simon Whistler · August 25, 2026
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