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Clutching at shahs: Iran’s would-be revolutionary
Reza Pahlavi, son of the shah deposed in the 1979 revolution, tells us he sees himself as the people’s choice to lead. We ask how that might work. Ou…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Maria-view mirror: asking Venezuelans what they want now
As Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, meets with President Donald Trump, we talk through our exclusive polling on what the country …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Independence Jay? Inflation and attacks on the Fed
More inflation numbers, more jabs by President Donald Trump at Jay Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman. We ask what the Fed is doing, should be doin…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Lowering the steaks: a Mercosur deal at last
From Argentinian beef to German cars, a freshly inked deal between the EU and a bloc of South American countries should ease trade barriers—and is a …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Strike fear: Iran’s protests and Israel
Each country fears an attack from the other: Iran may wish to distract from internal conflict, Israel to exploit it. In an interview with Prime Minis…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Shah caller: Iran’s protests are different this time
Demonstrations are growing once again—but this time the message is notably different, and the regime has little means available to calm tensions. Whe…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Oil pressure: America’s tanker seizures
It had real dramatic elements: a (slow) chase scene, faked locations, a literal false flag, a daring helicopter descent. But what is the broader pict…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
In the line of fires: LA’s ashen suburbs one year on
We return to the Los Angeles suburbs that were consumed by wildfires a year ago. The varying rebuilding efforts reveal divides in wealth, but also st…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Xi’s not there: what China’s Venezuela response reveals
The countries have a decades-long relationship—debt freely given in one direction and plenty of oil sold in the other. Yet America’s intervention has…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Nicolás caged: what next for Venezuela?
America’s National Security Strategy, released a month ago, suggested the administration’s focus was on dominance of the western hemisphere. But no o…
4 months, 4 weeks ago