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If Critical AI Fails, Who Keeps The Country Running? – OpEd

If Critical AI Fails, Who Keeps The Country Running? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Governments disagree about the probability of catastrophic AI failures. They can still fund the people, systems and tested

yesterday 4

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Ketuanan Melayu: Malaysia’s Long-Running Trauma – OpEd

Ketuanan Melayu: Malaysia’s Long-Running Trauma – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The first step in treating any trauma is understanding how it came about. Doctors describe three kinds. Acute

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Lim Teck Ghee

Moscow Patriarchate Sets Rules For Those In ‘Ukrainian Schismatic Structures’ Who Want To Join ROC MP – OpEd

Moscow Patriarchate Sets Rules For Those In ‘Ukrainian Schismatic Structures’ Who Want To Join ROC MP – OpEd

Key Takeaways: In response to requests from its priests in Russian-occupied portions of Ukraine, the Moscow Patriarchate has adopted rules

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Paul Goble

The Software Is Authentic, That Does Not Mean It Is Safe – OpEd

The Software Is Authentic, That Does Not Mean It Is Safe – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As governments strengthen software supply-chain security, digital signatures, verified build histories and hardware attestations must...

yesterday 3

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

BrahMos Reborn: The Scramjet, The Wave Rider, And The Next Frontier – OpEd

BrahMos Reborn: The Scramjet, The Wave Rider, And The Next Frontier – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Somewhere over the Indian Ocean, a Sukhoi-30 fighter streaks across the sky with a BrahMos tucked under its

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Girish Linganna

Will Iran Will Be Trump’s Vietnam? – OpEd

Will Iran Will Be Trump’s Vietnam? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Seven months into open hostilities with Iran, the conflict shows no clear path to any resolution. What began

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Murray Hunter

The Perils Of Appeasement: Could Bab El-Mandeb Be The Price Of A Deal With Iran? – OpEd

The Perils Of Appeasement: Could Bab El-Mandeb Be The Price Of A Deal With Iran? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: A diplomatic opening, or the beginnings of a bargain? On 23 October, foreign ministers from Türkiye, Egypt, Pakistan

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Amb. Prof. Mohamed A. Qubaty

Time To Call Out The ‘Enemies Of Allah’ – OpEd

Time To Call Out The ‘Enemies Of Allah’ – OpEd

Key Takeaways: They call themselves “Ansar Allah,” meaning “Supporters of God.” Their reality, however, could not be further from the

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Arab News

A Surveilled Country Is Not A Free Country – OpEd

A Surveilled Country Is Not A Free Country – OpEd

Key Takeaways: If you currently live in the United States, I regret to inform you that you no longer live

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Daniel Nuccio

The UN Wants To Govern AI, It Can Barely Govern Itself – OpEd

The UN Wants To Govern AI, It Can Barely Govern Itself – OpEd

By Jabulani Chibaya Key Takeaways: This week in New York, under the banner “Restoring trust, managing transformation,” the world’s diplomats

yesterday 2

Eurasia Review

Mises

Faith That Sees The Unseen Suffering – OpEd

Faith That Sees The Unseen Suffering – OpEd

Key Takeaways: (UCA News) — Pope Leo XIV has repeatedly warned against a faith that is busy with activities but

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Dr. Fr. John Singarayar

Zohran Mamdani Leveraged The UN General Assembly Week To Advance NYC Housing – OpEd

Zohran Mamdani Leveraged The UN General Assembly Week To Advance NYC Housing – OpEd

Key Takeaways: For some, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to uphold human rights and facilitate the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

previous day 3

Eurasia Review

Daniel Falcone

Saving Lives In North Korea – Book Review

Saving Lives In North Korea – Book Review

Key Takeaways: For everyone who has worked in and around North Korea, Kathi Zellweger has been a role model. As

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

John Feffer

Why Doesn’t The US Implement Its Treaties? – OpEd

Why Doesn’t The US Implement Its Treaties? – OpEd

By Jonathan Power Key Takeaways: The US Senate—usually the Republican members—rejects multilateral treaties as if it were a sport. Others

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Idn

Iran’s Regime Intensifies Persecution Of PMOI Political Prisoners And Their Families – OpEd

Iran’s Regime Intensifies Persecution Of PMOI Political Prisoners And Their Families – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Iran’s regime continues to intensify its campaign against people associated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran...

previous day 9

Eurasia Review

Mahin Horri

When Digital Trust Fails, Society Still Has To Function – OpEd

When Digital Trust Fails, Society Still Has To Function – OpEd

Key Takeaways: From hospitals and payment networks to utilities, governments need to know which essential services can still be trusted

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

The EU Stubbornly Continues Its Russian Energy Dependency – OpEd

The EU Stubbornly Continues Its Russian Energy Dependency – OpEd

By Andrew Moran Key Takeaways: The world is approaching the five-year mark of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Eastern European

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Liberty Nation

Operation ‘Dawn Of Yemen’ – OpEd

Operation ‘Dawn Of Yemen’ – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Early in September the Houthis launched a rapid and unexpected offensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. They captured

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Neville Teller

Statistical Bamboozlement With Shingles Vaccines – OpEd

Statistical Bamboozlement With Shingles Vaccines – OpEd

Key Takeaways: In this skill-testing question, tell me which of these statements is true: Answer: both are true. Guess which

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Alan Cassels

How To Create The Most Destructive Financial Bubble In History: Unleash The Finance Quants – OpEd

How To Create The Most Destructive Financial Bubble In History: Unleash The Finance Quants – OpEd

By Kevin E. Villani Key Takeaways: Private market discipline is dynamic: prices adjust continuously as participants update their perceptions. Public

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Mises

Afghanistan Under The Taliban And The Erosion Of Accountability – OpEd

Afghanistan Under The Taliban And The Erosion Of Accountability – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The recent news about the allegedly armed attack on a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) staff

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Amina Jabbar

Robert Reich: Why America Hates The Billionaire Barons Of Big Tech – OpEd

Robert Reich: Why America Hates The Billionaire Barons Of Big Tech – OpEd

Key Takeaways: One of few silver linings of these dark Trump times is that much of what had been hidden

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Robert Reich

Naresh Yadav’s 2011 Fight For Noida’s Farmers Finds Renewed Relevance As Land Reforms Advance – OpEd

Naresh Yadav’s 2011 Fight For Noida’s Farmers Finds Renewed Relevance As Land Reforms Advance – OpEd

Key Takeaways: From Sorkha’s farmers’ movement to the changing legal framework for land use, Naresh Yadav’s early advocacy deserves recognition

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Kritant Mishra

Indonesia’s Rp400 Trillion Bet On The Last Mile Of Credit – OpEd

Indonesia’s Rp400 Trillion Bet On The Last Mile Of Credit – OpEd

Key Takeaways: On October 22, in a convention hall at JIExpo Kemayoran in Jakarta, President Prabowo Subianto handed symbolic loan

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Rabiul Misa

United Nations At 81: The Clouds That Bring Rain, But Not Always – OpEd

United Nations At 81: The Clouds That Bring Rain, But Not Always – OpEd

Key Takeaways: An imperfect institution, the United Nations remains indispensable to peace, human dignity and global cooperation. Clouds gather in

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Bikash Narayan Mishra

Lessons From Dhaka: Power, Survival, And The Bay Of Bengal Conversation 2026 – OpEd

Lessons From Dhaka: Power, Survival, And The Bay Of Bengal Conversation 2026 – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As the world enters a period of mounting geopolitical uncertainty, policymakers, scholars, and strategists are increasingly grappling...

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

A. Jathindra

Ukrainian Drone Firsts Since Russia’s Invasion: From Deep Strikes To Evacuating Wounded – OpEd

Ukrainian Drone Firsts Since Russia’s Invasion: From Deep Strikes To Evacuating Wounded – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The Ukraine-Russia War has become a testing ground for a new generation of unmanned warfare. From drones that

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Patial Rc

ASEAN’s Haze Accountability Challenge – OpEd

ASEAN’s Haze Accountability Challenge – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Transboundary haze affecting Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore continues to be one of the persistent environmental and governance...

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Simon Hutagalung

From Mapping Infrastructure To Measuring Connectivity: The Evolution Of Corridor Research In Africa – OpEd

From Mapping Infrastructure To Measuring Connectivity: The Evolution Of Corridor Research In Africa – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Development corridors are more than transport routes. They are integrated economic ecosystems connecting production centres to...

previous day 9

Eurasia Review

Danilo Desiderio

The World Shares Its Software, It Does Not Share The Ability To Fix It – OpEd

The World Shares Its Software, It Does Not Share The Ability To Fix It – OpEd

Key Takeaways: PHP2Shell triggered warnings from Washington to Singapore. The code was global; the capacity to locate, repair and safely

previous day 2

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

What AI Detection Misses In Wartime Misinformation – OpEd

What AI Detection Misses In Wartime Misinformation – OpEd

Key Takeaways: A convincing wartime falsehood does not require a fabricated image. Sometimes the photograph is real, the footage is

thursday 2

Eurasia Review

Mohamed Soufan

Rethinking The Transmission Of Macroprudential Policy In Indonesia – OpEd

Rethinking The Transmission Of Macroprudential Policy In Indonesia – OpEd

Key Takeaways: On October 21, Bank Indonesia held its policy rate at 5.75 percent and cut banks’ reserve requirements in

thursday 10

Eurasia Review

Rabiul Misa

Building A CERN Beyond Earth Will Take More Than A Bigger Ring – OpEd

Building A CERN Beyond Earth Will Take More Than A Bigger Ring – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Astronauts flew around the Moon this year, and Europe is deciding on its next great collider. A particle

thursday 2

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

Is CoreWeave’s Very Bad Week The Beginning Of The End Of The AI Bubble? – OpEd

Is CoreWeave’s Very Bad Week The Beginning Of The End Of The AI Bubble? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Last week was a minor earthquake in the AI world, and DeepSeek’s latest release could mean an even

thursday 4

Eurasia Review

Dean Baker

The Next AI Incident May Have No Hacker – OpEd

The Next AI Incident May Have No Hacker – OpEd

Key Takeaways: A British evaluation exposed autonomous agents acting beyond their instructions. New U.S. guidance makes that a distinct incident

thursday 3

Eurasia Review

Burak Oktenli

What Ambassador Lipton’s Meeting With Mayor Duterte Means For The Philippines – OpEd

What Ambassador Lipton’s Meeting With Mayor Duterte Means For The Philippines – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Though the recent meeting between United States Ambassador Lee Lipton and Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte may

thursday 4

Eurasia Review

Rommel C. Banlaoi

Grounding A Giant: Inside HAL’s Disqualification From The AMCA Stealth Project – OpEd

Grounding A Giant: Inside HAL’s Disqualification From The AMCA Stealth Project – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Somewhere on a drawing board in Bengaluru sits the shape of India’s most ambitious aircraft yet: the Advanced

thursday 2

Eurasia Review

Girish Linganna

Some Pinocchios Are Criticizing President Trump For Saying ‘Shylock’ – OpEd

Some Pinocchios Are Criticizing President Trump For Saying ‘Shylock’ – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The name of Shylock, a character in William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice has long been embraced

thursday 2

Eurasia Review

Adam Dick

The Cost Of Europe’s Steel Wall – OpEd

The Cost Of Europe’s Steel Wall – OpEd

By Cláudia Ascensão Nunes Key Takeaways: Steel tariffs protect producers at the expense of the businesses that depend on them.

thursday 3

Eurasia Review

Fee

No, Miserly Retirees Are Not Tanking The Economy – OpEd

No, Miserly Retirees Are Not Tanking The Economy – OpEd

By William L. Anderson Key Takeaways: An enduring myth in American politics is that wealthy people—and especially billionaires—are hoarding their

thursday 2

Eurasia Review

Mises

Federal Intervention In KP: Restoring Security, Governance And Development – OpEd

Federal Intervention In KP: Restoring Security, Governance And Development – OpEd

Key Takeaways: On 11 October 2026, the federal government announced Governor’s Rule in the whole province and a state of

21.10.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Ahmad Khan

Morocco’s Strategic Bet On Water, Climate And Economic Resilience – OpEd

Morocco’s Strategic Bet On Water, Climate And Economic Resilience – OpEd

Key Takeaways: As water scarcity, climate change and infrastructure vulnerabilities reshape the global economy, Morocco’s decision to bring...

21.10.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Said Temsamani

Attempted Assassinations: The Attack On Helen Haines – OpEd

Attempted Assassinations: The Attack On Helen Haines – OpEd

Key Takeaways: It is not a good time to be a politician. Prices are rising with extortionate speed. Foolish wars

21.10.2026 4

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Binoy Kampmark

Robert Reich: Enough With The False Equivalencies – OpEd

Robert Reich: Enough With The False Equivalencies – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The venerable New York Times — the “gray lady” of American journalism that not only determines what’s news

21.10.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Robert Reich

Remembering Epic Battle Of Altun Kupri (Prde) – OpEd

Remembering Epic Battle Of Altun Kupri (Prde) – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The renowned battle of Altun Kupri, also known as Prde in Kurdish, was fought between Kurdish Peshmerga forces

21.10.2026 4

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Manish Rai

Can Coal-Reliant Australia And Turkey Deliver A Fossil-Free Future At COP31? – OpEd

Can Coal-Reliant Australia And Turkey Deliver A Fossil-Free Future At COP31? – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will

21.10.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Dr. Nejat Tamzok

Iran’s Protests Reveal A Growing Struggle For The Right To A Dignified Life – OpEd

Iran’s Protests Reveal A Growing Struggle For The Right To A Dignified Life – OpEd

Key Takeaways: Why should retirees who spent their lives working have to march to demand the pensions and benefits they

21.10.2026 5

Eurasia Review

Shamsi Saadati

Shaken Bourse, Sturdy Banks: Ring-Fencing Indonesia’s Financial System – OpEd

Shaken Bourse, Sturdy Banks: Ring-Fencing Indonesia’s Financial System – OpEd

Key Takeaways: On Jakarta’s trading floors, October has felt like an earthquake. On October 15, MSCI opened a consultation on

21.10.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Rabiul Misa

The Troops Have Left But Has Iraq Become Independent? – OpEd

The Troops Have Left But Has Iraq Become Independent? – OpEd

By Zaid M. Belbagi Key Takeaways: The enduring paradox of Iraqi sovereignty was exposed again last week. The final US-led

21.10.2026 3

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Arab News

The Victim’s Dilemma: The Fallacy Of The Strong State In Times Of War – OpEd

The Victim’s Dilemma: The Fallacy Of The Strong State In Times Of War – OpEd

By Maksym Vlasenko Key Takeaways: Aggressive interstate war aims at seizing territory, subjugating populations, and establishing political control. By...

21.10.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Mises