Gaza still faces starvation, IPC says; 16 killed in RSF attacks on Sudan's South Kordofan; Protests erupt in Bangladesh Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 19, 2025 · 21 min read · Media
Israel secures record gas deal with Egypt and record arms deal with Germany; U.S. airstrike on another boat in Pacific kills four Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 18, 2025 · 18 min read · AI & Tech
Rahm on Trump and China: “He is the worst negotiator.” Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Dec 18, 2025 · 43 min read · China
From Darling to Discarded: Trump’s Second-Term Shift on India Various · Sinification ·Dec 18, 2025 · 32 min read · China
From street strategists to establishment pundits Zichen Wang · Pekingnology ·Dec 18, 2025 · 16 min read · China
Satellite images show RSF burning and burying thousands of bodies to hide mass killings in El-Fasher; Trump orders naval blockade of Venezuela Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 17, 2025 · 20 min read · Media
DEBATE: Is Trump a viable mediator for peace? Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 17, 2025 · 14 min read · Defense
Weekly Roundup: Rumors in Transnistria and Parliament Passes the 2026 Budget David Smith · Moldova Matters ·Dec 17, 2025 · 13 min read
How China's Preparing for the Next Pandemic Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Dec 17, 2025 · 25 min read · China
Shelter materials for 1.3 million in Gaza blocked at the border by Israel, as Israel facilitates one-way exit of 200 Palestinians from Gaza; Trump classifies fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction" Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 16, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense
No place to rest: Ukraine’s burial crisis Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 16, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense
Second Breakfast: Hegseth’s Second Strike Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Dec 16, 2025 · 13 min read · China
Sanctions and Economic Warfare in the US–China Contest: The "Renmin School" Playbook Various · Sinification ·Dec 16, 2025 · 20 min read · China
What The US Is Doing To Ukraine Is Far Worse Than Yalta Phillips P. O'Brien · Phillips P. O'Brien ·Dec 16, 2025 · 14 min read · Defense
CFR's Mike Froman on Détente 2.0 and Running a Think Tank Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Dec 15, 2025 · 41 min read · China
Israel assassinates Qassam commander in Gaza; RSF shell military hospital and advance in South Kordofan; Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile’s presidential election Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 15, 2025 · 15 min read · Defense
Weekend Update #163: Ukraine Goes From Collapsing to Liberating Kupyansk Phillips P. O'Brien · Phillips P. O'Brien ·Dec 14, 2025 · 13 min read · Defense
Mr Zelenskyy Goes to Kupiansk. Putin Huddles in Moscow. Chinese Carrier Off Japan. The Big Five, 14 December edition. Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Dec 13, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense
This Week in Democracy – Week 47: Judges and Grand Juries Block Trump Mehdi Hasan · Zeteo ·Dec 13, 2025 · 20 min read · Law & Rights
Will Ukraine face the hardest vote in decades? Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 13, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense
12 dead and 27,000 tents destroyed in Gaza storms; Report finds $1 billion in revenue from Gaza aid extortion; Trump signs order blocking state laws on AI Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 12, 2025 · 18 min read · AI & Tech
The Bonfire of the Sanities Claire Berlinski · The Cosmopolitan Globalist ·Dec 12, 2025 · 28 min read · Political Strategy
Central Economic Work Conference concludes; Five Musts and Eight Key Tasks; US-Japan-China; H200s Bill Bishop · Sinocism ·Dec 11, 2025 · 14 min read · China
Trump’s Venezuela Rhetoric Echoes Bush Sr’s 1989 Push to Oust Panama’s Noriega Jeff Stein · SpyTalk ·Dec 11, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense
The Aftermath of the 12-Day War Between Israel and Iran Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 11, 2025 · 13 min read · Media
U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela; Palestinian baby dies of exposure as winter storms ravage Gaza Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 11, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense
