Asha Lindqvist
Istanbul's consulate attack exposes the delusion of diplomatic immunity
Turkey's mass arrests after gunmen targeted Israel's Istanbul mission won't solve the problem: states that weaponise grievance reap what they sow.
Europe's sanctions ritual, now with feeling
The EU's 'toughest ever' package against Russia exposes the bloc's preference for incrementalism over shock.
Mexico's managerial merry-go-round spins again—and solves nothing
Miguel Herrera's return to the national team is a admission that Mexican football has run out of ideas.
Four years in, Ukraine is a rounding error
The invasion that shocked the world in 2022 has vanished from the news cycle — yet the war grinds on.
Four years on, Ukraine still bleeds—and the world has moved on
The war that began on 24 February 2022 has become a fixture of European geopolitics, not a crisis demanding resolution.
Mexico's football federation picks continuity over imagination
Miguel Herrera's return to the national team shows a federation that would rather recycle managers than confront its structural failures.
Istanbul's consulate attack exposes the fiction of Turkish-Israeli security trust
Both governments called it terrorism, yet nearly 200 arrests and conflicting casualty reports reveal how little Ankara and Jerusalem actually share intelligence.
Mindanao's deadly fault line strikes again—fifty years on, nothing learned
The Cotabato Trench killed thousands in the 1970s. Now it has claimed at least 41 more lives. Why is the same seam still catching the Philippines unprepared?
The Istanbul consulate attack marks a dangerous new phase in Middle East conflict
When regional powers abandon restraint for visible, deniable violence on diplomatic soil, the rules of engagement have fundamentally changed.