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Protest, Belarus, President, Alexander Lukashenko
World Politics
August 26, 2020 | Mansur Mirovalev
Tags: corruption, European Union, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Post-Election Uproar in Belarus Leaves Russia Watching and Waiting

Reading Time: 5 minutes Factory workers strike, protesters beaten after president re-elected … again.

Vietnam
World Politics
August 17, 2020 | Jonathan Z. Larsen
Tags: heroin, Journalism, Vietnam war

Heroin, the Vietnam War, and Body Bags

Reading Time: 7 minutes Disturbing details about how US soldiers in Vietnam were destroyed, not by Communists — but by heroin.

cryptocurrency, Islamic State, Mozambique
World Politics
August 15, 2020 | Jacques Steenkamp
Tags: Islamic State, terrorism

US Seizes Cryptocurrency Amid Islamic State Attacks in Africa

Reading Time: 2 minutes The US has seized millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from terrorist accounts as insurgents continue to attack Mozambique.

Khust, Ukraine
World Politics
August 3, 2020 | Mansur Mirovalev
Tags: Hungary, Russia, Ukraine

More Separatist Rumblings Cloud Ukraine’s Future

Reading Time: 6 minutes Remote, bucolic region still subject to big-power meddling.

The Crash of Flight 3804, Daniel Dennnett
Hidden Influence, Opinion, World Politics
July 8, 2020 | William Dowell
Tags: Beirut, espionage, Middle East, oil

A Daughter Seeks the Truth About Her Father, Espionage, and Oil

Reading Time: 6 minutes Charlotte Dennett’s latest book explores America’s early intelligence forays into the Middle East.

Hong Kong, July 1, protest
Opinion, World Politics
July 4, 2020 | Graham Vink
Tags: Hong Kong

Curtain Falls on Hong Kong Democracy

Reading Time: 5 minutes As America celebrates its independence, Hong Kong residents are surrendering their own.

Larsen Saigon
World Politics
June 30, 2020 | Jonathan Z. Larsen
Tags: Journalism, Time Magazine, Vietnam war

The Captive and the Spy

Reading Time: 11 minutes A tale of intrigue during the Vietnam War that seems straight out of a Le Carré novel, but with a surprise ingredient — the stunning consequences of an act of kindness.

Mikheil Saakashvili
World Politics
April 28, 2020 | Mansur Mirovalev
Tags: Georgia, Ukraine

Can Controversial Ukrainian Fixer Appease Trump?

Reading Time: 5 minutes Political phoenix Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s former president, could become Kiev’s reform chief. Can he mend US ties poisoned by the impeachment drama?

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Donald Trump,
World Politics
January 3, 2020 | WhoWhatWhy Staff
Tags: drone strike, Iran, Qassem Soleimani, war

How Will Iran Respond After US Killing of Top General?

Reading Time: 14 minutes The assassination of Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani could trigger an escalation of violence in the Middle East. Six months ago, we told you about him… and the other men who could start a war between the US and Iran.

World Politics
December 22, 2019 | WhoWhatWhy Staff
Tags: Boris Johnson, Brexit, United Kingdom

Boris Johnson, Brexit and the UK Election — What the US Thinks

Reading Time: 3 minutes British voters handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a huge mandate. Is his victory a dramatic warning to the Democrats in 2020?

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