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We Spoke to One of Britain's Top Generals about Drones. This is What He Had to Say.
Fronts Staff · September 21, 2026 · 12 min read
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Middle East Roundtable: War Everywhere
Fronts Staff · August 4, 2026 · 1h 6m
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The World's Top Sudan Expert Sees No End in Sight to the War
Alex de Waal traces Sudan's collapse to the broken promises of South Sudan's secession — and warns that profit-seeking patrons and glory-hungry peacemakers have made real diplomacy impossible.
Wilfred Waimiri · August 3, 2026 · 61 min read
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Algeria and Mali's Russia-Backed Rapprochement. And More.
Moscow is brokering a thaw between Algiers and Bamako after a year of downed drones and recalled ambassadors — and positioning itself as the Sahel's indispensable power broker. Plus the week's other stories.
Simon Whistler · August 1, 2026
GlobalPremium
Gen-Z Revolutions are Sweeping the World. How Should the West Deal With Them?
From Nepal to Serbia, youth-led uprisings keep toppling governments without securing lasting change — and the West's Arab Spring record shows how easily outside help can make things worse.
Henrik Hannes Herkel · July 30, 2026 · 13 min read
16:23China & Indo-PacificPremium
Can Thailand Make a Difference in the Indo-Pacific?
Thailand hedges between Washington and Beijing while political turmoil saps its clout at home. This piece examines whether Bangkok's balancing act is strategy or drift.
Simon Whistler · July 28, 2026
Africa
Due South: Professor Alex de Waal on Sudan.
The veteran AU mediator traces how South Sudan's secession broke both states, why peace diplomacy has turned kleptocratic, and why Sudan's partition may already exist in its people's minds.
Wilfred Waimiri · July 28, 2026 · 1h 13m
China & Indo-Pacific
Myanmar’s Resistance is Fracturing. Here’s What that Means
Under pressure from advancing junta troops and a growing Chinese role in the conflict, Myanmar’s many resistance groups have been increasingly at odds with each other, sparking fears the united front against the coup is starting to crumble.
Thomas van Linge · July 27, 2026 · 14 min read
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: The Road Back to War.
With Hormuz shut, Houthi strikes closing in on the Bab el-Mandeb, and oil past $100 a barrel, the panel weighs Washington's shrinking options — from a renewed blockade to a ground invasion.
Evan Moloney · July 26, 2026 · 1h 10m
17:44AmericasPremium
Briefing Room: Nicaragua Cancels Elections. And More.
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have dropped even the pretense of a vote, cementing a family dictatorship with their opponents jailed, exiled, or silenced — and the region looking away.
Simon Whistler · July 26, 2026
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