The power to control access to money is no longer the exclusive privilege of the sovereign. Increasingly, the rules governing how money is created, moves, and is held are enforced not by governments alone but by code, online networks, and protocols beyond the authority of any single nation. The U.S. …

In an article published August 15, 2024 on the website of the PFLP-affiliated Masar Badil organization, Masar Badil founder and executive committee member Khaled Barakat emphasized that since October 7, 2023, and despite “the realities of the past 22 months,” Hizbullah has enjoyed broader “popular support, especially among youth and …

It should not have been a surprise that the August 15 summit in Alaska between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump failed to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. It had long been clear that Putin was not prepared to offer any terms that would allow a credible …