Diplomacy & International Relations

Trump reportedly wants to seize Iran’s Kharg Island. He floated the idea 40 years ago

(Middle East Institute) US President Donald Trump mulled over taking over Iran’s oil-export hub Kharg Island as a way to assert US power in...

Iran’s MEK plots a US-backed path to power from exile in Albania

(Elis Gjevori - Middle East Eye) The war on Iran has given an opposition group that has long struggled for relevance in exile a...

Iranian missiles might be testing Nato air defences in Turkey to target crucial radar base

(Ragip Soylu - Middle East Eye) Iranian missiles may have been testing Turkish airspace over the past week to target a crucial Nato radar...

Worlds In Brief (11 March 2026 am)

China (Suranjana Tewari - BBC) China's leaders are trying something new to revive the country's slowing economy: encouraging people to spend more. At this year's...

USA – Cuba: verso una soluzione morbida

(Maria Eva Pedrerol) L’amministrazione Trump starebbe per annunciare a breve un accordo economico con Cuba. Lo ha rivelato USA Today. Mentre il Medio Oriente è...

Iran war could cause millions to flee, but who will take them?

(Tasha Kheiriddin - GZero) As missiles rain down on the Middle East, concerns about a humanitarian emergency are beginning to mount. Hundreds of thousands...

Russia-linked hackers appear on Iran war’s cyber front, but their impact is murky

(David DiMolfetta - Defense One) Apparent Russia-linked hacking collectives backing Iran have been observed joining the cyber activity unfolding alongside the U.S.-Israel war against...

Medio Oriente, undicesimo giorno di guerra

(Carlo Rebecchi)  All’undicesimo giorno di guerra, Donald Trump assicura che il conflitto con l’Iran “è praticamente finito”, “stiamo schiacciando il nemico”, e ci scherza sopra:...

Trump e Putin cercano una exit strategy

(Marzia Giglioli) Squillano i telefoni del Cremlino e della Casa Bianca: da una parte Putin, dall'altra Trump. Una telefonata di oltre un'ora, incentrata sul conflitto in...

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