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Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary victory is the latest win for progressives challenging establishment-backed Democrats – live
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STATEVERA — Politics, power and the forces shaping the international system.
Politics
Trump team pushes to block court order giving BBC access to financial records
Politics
Top Democrats set aside qualms and embrace progressive Abdul El-Sayed
Security
Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’, says interior minister
Diplomacy
Ousted Bangladeshi leader vows to return from exile despite facing a death sentence
The Journal
Signed analysis and reference
Original analysis written for Statevera byZeynep Doruk.Read the archive →
Geopolitics
The New Balance of Power in the Middle East
How shifting alliances, military pressure and economic constraints are quietly redrawing the regional order — and why the old certainties no longer hold.
Security
How NATO Is Relearning Deterrence
After three years of war on its eastern flank, the alliance is rediscovering a doctrine it once thought solved: making aggression against any member too costly to attempt.
Diplomacy
Ankara's Pivot: Turkey Between Moscow and Brussels
Turkey has turned its position between Russia and the West from a vulnerability into a strategy. The question is how long the balancing act can survive a hardening of both fronts.
Theory
Comparative Advantage and the Theory of International Trade
An academic summary of trade theory from Ricardo to the new trade theory — why states trade, who wins and loses, and what the theories say about tariffs and supply chains.
Economy
The Sanctions Paradox: Why Economic Statecraft Is Blunter Than It Looks
Sanctions are the default instrument of great-power pressure. Their record suggests they change behaviour less often than they transform the structure of world trade.
