Recently, Shiite clerics in Bahrain were arrested, while Baloch and Kurdish religious figures were assassinated in Iran.

Europe’s relationship with China is often discussed through investment, trade and industrial policy. However, the success ...

In the September 2026 episode of FO Exclusive, Atul Singh and Glenn Carle examine September’s key developments, ...

The Devil’s Advocate conducts a canonization inquiry in reverse, applying it to today’s political leaders. Marco Rubio’s ...

As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...

Andrew Tate is often seen as a major influence on toxic masculinity among young men. However, a survey of 1,100 respondents in the UK, US and Australia indicates his real-world impact is minimal, with ...

The 1979 Iranian Revolution birthed a nuanced and intricate ideology, with the doctrine of Wilayat al-Faqih (Guardianship of the Jurist) at its core. This doctrine confers absolute authority to the ...

When Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, the media filled with breathless headlines about the collapse of democracy. Trump’s victory was certainly the collapse of something, but ...

There’s a version of this story that gets told as celebrity gossip. Baby mama drama. Rich man, young woman, texts leaked on stream. That version is easier to dismiss, and the people it implicates are ...

Professor and economist George Akerlof transformed modern economics by showing how imperfect information, social norms, fairness and identity shape individual behavior and market outcomes. This essay ...

FIFA, the world governing organization of association football (soccer), recently announced that its quadrennial tournament, the World Cup, will be staged in Saudi Arabia in 2034. The birthplace of ...