2026

MALTA: ‘Young people see the value in protecting women’s health over enforcing religious doctrine’

Natalie Psaila Stabile | MALTA

JAPAN: ‘Popular sovereignty means little if Japan is bound by US military decisions’

Koichi Nakano | JAPAN

CONFLICT | CRISIS

NIGER: ‘Every external critical voice is exploited as evidence of imperialism’

anonymous | NIGER

LEBANON: ‘The postponement of the election can’t be treated as a break from democratic responsibility’

Dayana El Baba | LEBANON

PERU: ‘If authorities once again ignore the popular will, accumulated discontent could trigger a new outbreak’

anonymous | PERU

TIMOR-LESTE: ‘When young people organise, even security forces have to listen’

anonymous | TIMOR-LESTE

TOGO: ‘The connection between economic hardship and politics drove people to the streets’

Esso-Dong Kongah | TOGO

ESWATINI: ‘US deportees remain locked up in a maximum-security prison without due process’

Sibusiso Nhlabatsi | ESWATINI

SOUTHERN AFRICA

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ‘A strong Secretary-General could revive the UN, but a weak one could oversee its destruction’

Aditi Gorur | UNITED STATES

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION: ‘China feels emboldened to globalise its political red lines’

Barbora Bukovská | UNITED KINGDOM