World Politics Archive
Archives for March 2026


Gas — and lots of others things — are still getting more expensive.


He’s wanted regime change for 20 years. But not like this.


The MAGA civil war over the Iran war is opening up new and old religious and political feuds.


Are US-Iran negotiations going anywhere?


Why the Trump administration is gamifying war.


It may not be possible to TACO out of this one.


The drone math giving Iran an edge, explained.


Shifting goals and asymmetric leverage make a clean victory elusive — for all countries involved.


And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.


The Mideast energy truce is breaking down.


4 billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.


Iranians are still trying to work, study, and parent under the constant threat of both airstrikes and regime violence.




Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are testing the moral and ethical limits of betting.


Antiwar antisemitism is still antisemitism.