Hondurasgate: leaked audio links Asfura, Hernández, Trump, Milei, Netanyahu in anti-left plot

By Jamie Wiseman* – Reporting Democracy While Tisza’s landslide election victory offers an opportunity to rejuvenate press freedom after 16 years of backsliding, unwinding Fidesz’s media capture model will be complex, but essential for achieving wider democratic reform. The end…

By Ramzy Baroud* – Middle East Monitor (MEMO) The European Union is the “chief of all cowards,” Amnesty International declared in a searing statement issued on April 21. The condemnation was a direct response to the European bloc’s systemic failure to sever ties with Israel…

By Anas Abdoun* – Al Jazeera The move reflects a widening confrontation with Saudi Arabia and a fundamental realignment of alliances. For decades, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) functioned as far more than an oil cartel.

By Alon Ben Meir* – https://alonben-meir.com/  Trump’s threats and maximalist demands ignore Iran’s history, security fears, and distrust of Washington. A durable agreement requires time, restraint, and professional diplomacy—not bombast, coercion, and calls for unconditional…

By Liana Fix* and Michael Kimmage** – Foreign Affairs How Trump Misread Europe. President Donald Trump, who distrusted the transatlantic relationship in his first term, has tried to refashion it in his second.

By Joshua Scheer* – SheerPost Jeffrey Sachs doesn’t raise his voice — he doesn’t have to. In this wide‑ranging conversation with Tucker Carlson, Sachs lays out a devastating, historically grounded indictment of U.S. foreign policy, the manufactured “Iran threat,” and the…