Category: Understanding

Understanding comes through communication, and through experience, we progress. To understand and to be understood makes our happiness on earth.

Max von Kreyfelt16/08/2026

One half keeps an eye on the other

George Orwell was wrong about one important thing when he wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in […]
Rafic Taleb16/08/2026

Fault lines of war: Iran, Lebanon, and the coming regional breakup

The war on Iran lacked a unified strategy. It began as a disagreement at the […]
Nikola Mikovic13/08/2026

The hijab question: Why Central Asia took a harder line than Russia and the West

While wearing the hijab and niqab is widespread among Muslims in the West and Russia, […]
Nadia Ahmad12/08/2026

From Mecca to the battlefield: Should David fear an Islamic Goliath?

There are moments in geopolitics when the most important thing is not what leaders say, […]
Emile Fakhoury10/08/2026

Things you will regret at 50

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that only shows up later. Not in your […]
Max von Kreyfelt07/08/2026

NATO is looking for a spy; I'm looking for the HR department

The best thing about bureaucracy is that it's always right. Until it's wrong, then suddenly […]
Ahsan Ali07/08/2026

India’s potential return to democratic hegemony

From some storms ships pass away, and from some storms it ended up damaging the […]
Nadia Ahmad05/08/2026

The resurrection of Andalusia

At dawn, the Strait of Gibraltar looked as indifferent as it had for thousands of […]
The Liberum03/08/2026

Donald Trump’s War and Peace affair with Iran

The increasingly frequent periodic statements by current U.S. President Donald Trump about “guardian” control over […]
Murielle Hebbo01/08/2026

Seven lessons the 2026 World Cup left behind

It has been a week since the final whistle of the 2026 World Cup, and […]
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