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The 19th century is a terrible guide to modern statecraft

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An aerial view of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) construction site, in Mersin, Turkiye.

Putin’s radioactive chokehold on the world

The Kremlin dominates the cross-border business of nuclear fuel and technology


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How South Africa could harness Donald Trump’s wrath

Talk of “white genocide” is baseless. But some American pressure could be helpful


Sex work in the gig economy

Sweden is banning OnlyFans content as the lines around sex work blur

Feckless Europe accepts Trump’s Lone Ranger diplomacy

It is meekly welcoming the new sheriff’s vigilante justice

Can men and women be just friends?

The answer matters more than you think