Opinion


Iran is a large, silent prison – and federalism is the only way to break out - opinion

An Iranian woman votes at a polling station in Tehran on March 2, 2012.

Aleppo’s forgotten victims: How the West abandoned the Kurds in their time of need - opinion

A solidarity protest organized denouncing attacks on Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo, with demonstrators holding Kurdish flags and placards reading Stop the genocide of Kurds in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, takes place in, Athens, Greece, on January 11, 2026.

A tale of two snatches: A libertarian take on Trump’s Venezuela gambit - opinion

An activist holds a poster that reads ‘Condemns Donald Trump’s military aggression in Venezuela’, during an anti-US protest, after the US struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 6, 2026.