Analysis

One Kilometre Across the Tumen

Russia and North Korea opened their first road bridge on September 7. The same week the US began trilateral exercises with South Korea and Japan. Behind the bridge: 12,000 Korean troops in Ukraine, a mutual defence pact, Russian missile technology.

Sep 10, 2026 6 min read

Analysis

Amir-Mohammad Was Four

A US munition struck a wedding in Kuhestak on September 1 and killed five people including a four-year-old boy. Reuters, the BBC and the AP independently confirmed it was a US weapon.

Analysis

The 200,000

The WFP halved food assistance to 200,000 West Bank Palestinians on September 2. Not because Israel blocked it. Because the US led donor governments in cutting the funding. Less than $20 a month per person. A decision, with 200,000 faces.

Analysis

What the MOU Produced

The Islamabad Memorandum lasted 75 days. Iran used them to restructure the IRGC and appoint hardliners. The war resumed August 30 with a new policy: tanker for tanker. The pause produced preparation, not peace.

Analysis

Forget About Going Back

Nine years after the exodus, one million Rohingya are in Cox's Bazar on $7 food rations. More are still crossing from Myanmar. The world's attention is on the Strait of Hormuz. Nobody is talking pragmatically about that.

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