This week we cover some of the latest developments in the Ukraine war, a high-profile peace agreement between Rwanda and the DRC, and the latest North American trade talks drama surrounding Canada’s digital services tax.

This week we cover the US military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities; a new economic deal between Russia and the Myanmar junta; and a new wave of political instability in Thailand.

What is Israel trying to achieve in Iran, and what might get in the way of realizing these goals?

This week we cover the Israel-Iran war: its impact on nuclear proliferation, potential blowback for President Trump’s tariff policy, ramifications for the Ukraine war, and how the war might have brought Voice of America back from the brink.

This week we cover the first global city at risk of completely running out of water in Kabul, new US-China trade talks, the Wagner Group’s withdrawal from Mali, and geopolitical fallout from the Musk-Trump breakup.

This week we cover a simmering political crisis in Bosnia, attempts to revive the Canadian armed forces, the US-mediated DRC-Rwanda peace process, and France’s diplomatic pitch to Southeast Asia.

This week we cover hotter-than-expected inflation in Japan, a disastrous destroyer launch in North Korea, new Trump tariffs aimed at the European Union, and a massive drone and missile offensive against Ukraine.

This week we cover a FSIN report sounding the alarm on global hunger across a number of geopolitical flashpoints, Trump’s welcoming of Syria back into the international fold, efforts by London and Brussels to reboot relations, and a high stakes US visit by the president of South Africa. 

This week we cover India-Pakistan Kashmir tensions, a major diplomatic win for the Myanmar junta, the first of many expected US trade deals, and diplomatic and strategic posturing ahead of a potential new round of Ukraine peace talks. 

This week we cover an OPEC+ production hike, a string of bad news in Washington’s fight against the Houthis, a new breakthrough in drone warfare, potential causes and political fallout from the Iberian blackout, and Algeria’s new mobilization law.