Key Takeaways Persistent internal disagreements remain among Iranian regime leaders over the concessions that the regime should accept in negotiations with the United States. Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and his inner circle appear to continue to seek an agreement that meets Iranian maximalist demands …

With his shaved head, thick neck, and heavy jaw, Andrei has the look of a man built to intimidate. His professional background matches that impression. Andrei’s resume describes him as a former commander in an elite Russian airborne unit who served in “combat operations” in Chechnya, worked as a personal …

Between depopulation and cultural rediscovery, a network of organizations is attempting to restore meaning and vitality to the peripheral areas of Southeastern Europe. A reportage Almost everything in the Danube Delta unfolds horizontally, at eye level: the village houses, the boats, the faces of the boatmen who guide them. Even …