Category: World
The Oil Market Absorbed the War Shock, but Buffers Are Running Low
The largest disruption to the global oil market in decades should have sent prices soaring. But after spiking at the start of the…
SERBIA: ‘We Are Becoming an Electoral Autocracy, a System Where the Government Cannot Lose’
CIVICUS discusses the prospects for elections in Serbia with Rasa Nedeljkov, Programme Director at the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability, a…
As Gold Prices Soar, Communities Pay the Price in Poisoned Rivers, Vanishing Forests and Organized Crime
The sweltering heat inside a London conference hall did not deter Indigenous leader Jackeline Mendoza Díaz from condemning the sheer destruction of the…
Ukraine’s defense minister walked into Zelensky corruption buzzsaw
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov as part of a larger government shakeup, setting the stage for an ugly…
DoD scrambles for new drone plans as Iran shoots down costly Reapers
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission.Drones have the Pentagon turning on itself: One…
Gunboat or showboat: Can the Navy truly sustain a long war with Iran?
A powerful naval force is now concentrated from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean in support of continuing operations against the Islamic…
They pressured Carter to invade Kharg Island too. He didn’t.
The president was in a humiliating bind. The American people were obsessed with the harrowing images of blindfolded and bound hostages beamed into…
Renewed Hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz Threaten to Compound Global Supply Chain Costs
A continuation of hostilities within the Strait of Hormuz is once again threatening one of the world’s most critical supply chain arteries, posing…
Three years of War in Sudan: A Crisis the World Can’t Ignore
Three years into the war in Sudan, survivors and human rights defenders are struggling to respond to overwhelming needs amid widespread violence, displacement,…
Taliban Use Dress Code to Justify Arbitrary Arrests of Women
One morning in June, Halima (name changed), went to the market in Herat, her hometown in western Afghanistan, with her mother. She was…
