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In-depth examination of foreign policy, diplomacy and geopolitical events — argued, evidenced and grounded in genuine domain knowledge. Every Analysis piece makes one significant argument about a developing story and explains not just what happened but what it reveals about power, accountability and the international order. This is where the daily verdict gives way to the structural forces underneath it.

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Analysis

Refugees the West Made

The displacement crisis the West calls a refugee problem began in Berlin in 1884. It ran through the Nakba, the Cold War and the War on Terror. The bill has been presented many times by the people paying it. The West has never paid.