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The accounting behind the Abraham Accords

Normalisation agreements are usually described as peace deals. Read as transactions, they explain a set of events that otherwise look unrelated — a real-estate remark about Gaza, a drone war...

The accounting behind the Abraham Accords

Normalisation agreements are usually described as peace deals. Read as transactions, they explain a set of events that otherwise look unrelated — a real-estate remark about Gaza, a drone war...

Why coverage is not distributed by need

The gap between how much suffering a conflict produces and how much attention it receives is not random. It has fairly well understood causes.

Why coverage is not distributed by need

The gap between how much suffering a conflict produces and how much attention it receives is not random. It has fairly well understood causes.

Ireland: why it is on this list at all

Nobody in Ireland today is under bombardment. Putting it in a straight line with Sudan or Gaza would be dishonest. Here is the actual argument for including it.

Ireland: why it is on this list at all

Nobody in Ireland today is under bombardment. Putting it in a straight line with Sudan or Gaza would be dishonest. Here is the actual argument for including it.

Palestine: the long tradition of unarmed resist...

The Palestinian record of general strikes, boycotts and mass civil disobedience is nearly a century long. It is also the part that gets covered least.

Palestine: the long tradition of unarmed resist...

The Palestinian record of general strikes, boycotts and mass civil disobedience is nearly a century long. It is also the part that gets covered least.

Lebanon: harmed from outside and from within

Lebanon is the clearest case on this site of a population squeezed from both directions at once — by foreign militaries and by its own political class.

Lebanon: harmed from outside and from within

Lebanon is the clearest case on this site of a population squeezed from both directions at once — by foreign militaries and by its own political class.

Armenia: the arms trade behind the emptying of ...

In September 2023, more than 100,000 Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh in about a week. The weapons that made it possible have a traceable supply chain.

Armenia: the arms trade behind the emptying of ...

In September 2023, more than 100,000 Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh in about a week. The weapons that made it possible have a traceable supply chain.