Peter Thiel is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions. perspective Nic Dawes
Europe vs Big Tech: A battle for democracy? Silicon Valley and the U.S. government are positioning their frustration over European regulation as ideological, as a defense of freedom over government control. explainer Ines Vilares
The crackdown on pro-Palestinian gatherings in Germany A ban on protests is raising deep questions about who is considered part of the nation and what, exactly, Germany has learned from its history. feature Sanders Isaac Bernstein
Imagining the unimaginable annexation of Alberta Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea showed how spreading a narrative can erode sovereignty before any force is necessary: framing borders as conditional and natural resources as rightfully belonging to the powerful. Is America now doing something similar to its closest ally? perspective Natalia Antelava
An execution stayed: Why the Islamic Republic might cling to power in Iran Thousands of protesters have been killed but, as the world urges caution, the Trump administration holds back from intervening perspective Jim Muir
The Identitarians are back: How a discredited worldview dominates the global agenda In 2019, Germany formally classified a nativist movement as extremist. In 2026, the movement’s ideals are standard mainstream politics feature Josephine Lulamae
The Trump corollary: Latin America swings right Will the United States' increasingly interventionist attitude to ‘its hemisphere’ pay dividends? explainer Phineas Rueckert
Welcome to the age of exile Most exile journalism documents symptoms. We're investigating root causes: how displacement has become central to how power operates in the 21st century, how the same networks that enable resistance also enable surveillance, and why sanctuary is shrinking even as exile accelerates. perspective Natalia Antelava
Do Nigeria’s Christians need a savior? The U.S. government has threatened military intervention to prevent a ‘genocide’ in Africa’s largest democracy. But data shows that the escalating violence affects all Nigerians. explainer Olatunji Olaigbe
The Fire This Time: Can America douse the flames? The Civil War never ended. It just shape-shifted. In the midst of a bitterly divisive sociopolitical and cultural war, Americans must rebuild their burning house perspective Garry Pierre-Pierre
Meet Las Marifachas, Spain’s queer conservatives Three gay Spanish influencers are building bridges between LGBTQ+ voters and anti-immigration parties, part of a growing "homonationalist" movement fracturing Europe's progressive coalitions feature Natalie Donback
The danger of hope How to persist when disillusion sets in and effecting change can seem like a pipe dream perspective Emma Lacey-Bordeaux
What we miss when we talk about the “Middle East” Why journalism that refuses to simplify, refuses to look away from messy, contradictory realities remains essential to telling the story of conflict perspective Natalia Antelava
Bucharest Calling: MAGA goes on tour The rise of George Simion in Romania shows how an anti-globalist movement has gone global, turning "Make America Great Again" into "Make Europe Great Again" explainer Natalie Donback
