Five developments that changed who can act, who can block and what institutions can do. This permanent edition preserves the briefing as it appeared for the week.
At the UN, Western and Arab governments increasingly framed Palestinian statehood not as a symbolic endpoint but as a basis for trade restrictions, sanctions and pressure over settlements.
Read the analysis →European governments are increasing defence spending, but the harder preparedness test increasingly concerns drones, infrastructure, industrial capacity, civil resilience and whether institutions can respond quickly to hybrid attacks.
Read the analysis →Near-complete official results give United Russia 355 of 450 State Duma seats, while the registered anti-war Yabloko party secured only a small regional foothold.
Read the analysis →Six months of conflict have left Washington confronting pressure across Hormuz, the Red Sea, Gulf alliances and the diplomatic stage at the United Nations.
Read the analysis →Warnings from researchers and leaders at major AI companies are intensifying the argument over whether frontier development is moving faster than institutions can safely govern it.
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