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#3341: How Central Banks Fight Currency Speculation
The Bank of Israel just spent $801M to weaken the shekel. Here's how and why.
#3339: How Do You Actually Seize Enriched Uranium?
Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and a Georgia sting — the surprising history of removing highly enriched uranium from states.
#3318: Oslo Accords: The 5-Year Deal That Lasted 33 Years
How a temporary 1993 agreement still governs Palestinian life in 2026 — from Area A, B, C to tax flows and settlements.
#3317: The Invisible Line: Settlements Beyond the Green Line
Why international law says settlements are illegal, and how Israel justifies them.
#3296: How Israel and Azerbaijan Built a $5B Alliance
Israel gets oil and intel; Azerbaijan gets drones and defense tech. A look at their unlikely partnership.
#3281: The Triple Squeeze: Housing, Food, and Wages
Housing, food, and wages are compressing the middle class from three directions at once.
#3244: What the Fading American Dream Actually Measures
Absolute mobility fell from 90% to 50% in four decades. Here's how economists actually measure it.
#3236: Jerusalem's Hidden Strengths: Beyond the Poverty Stats
What if Jerusalem's biggest problems are actually its greatest untapped advantages? A fresh look at the city's future.
#3214: The Hidden No-Man's Lands Inside Every Border Fence
Border fences are rarely built on the actual border. Here's why that creates accidental buffer zones worldwide.
#3181: When Lawyers Speak for Nations: The Fiction of One Voice
How do lawyers claim to speak for millions who disagree? The strange fiction behind international law.
#3162: Sovereign SATCOM: Inside the Military's Orbital Arms Race
Why the US, Russia, and China each build their own military satellite networks — and how WGS, Blagovest, and Tiantong compare.
#3140: How Governments Arm Militias Without Leaving Fingerprints
From direct supply to crypto wallets — the four models governments use to arm proxies and the control mechanisms that try to prevent blowback.
#3110: Saving Jerusalem: 6 Policies to Reverse Decline
What would you do if you ran Jerusalem with a mandate for prosperity? Six concrete policies to fix a city in crisis.
#3085: Why Jerusalem Feels Unsteered While Its Mayor Keeps Winning
Jerusalem's secular voters are leaving in droves. Why does the mayor keep winning?
#3025: The EU's Foreign Policy Paradox: A Conductor Without an Orchestra
The EU has a foreign minister who can't command anyone. How does foreign policy actually get made in Brussels?
#3003: How Texas Became Texas: Empire, Republic, Statehood
From Spanish mission outpost to independent republic to US state — the unique path that shaped Texas governance.
#3000: The 94%: Canada's Empty North
94% of Canadian territory has zero permanent residents. How does a modern state govern the other 97%?
#2983: The Night-Watchman State: Theory vs Reality
Which democracies come closest to the libertarian minimum state? And which lean hardest into state control?
#2951: Herzl's Unbuilt Utopia: The Man Behind the Dream
The secular dandy who founded modern Zionism — and the state he imagined vs. what got built.
#2932: Who Actually Owns Your Home? The Wild World of Nested Leases
How four layers of leases can leave homeowners legally owning nothing when the top lease expires.
#2931: David Ben-Gurion: The Man Behind the Myth
The neurotic insomniac who read Plato at dawn, built a state, and shaped Israel's DNA.
#2927: Housing vs. Financial Assets — The Global Experiment
Jerusalem's ghost towers, Vancouver's empty homes tax, and Singapore's radical approach to separating shelter from speculation.
#2880: Israel-Greece-Cyprus: The Alliance That Outlasted Its Pipeline
How three eastern Mediterranean countries built a durable partnership around gas, electricity, and a shared strategic interest.
#2813: How Jerusalem Day Went From Thanksgiving to Sovereignty Display
The holiday began as a rabbinic day of thanks. Now 70,000 people march through the Muslim Quarter. How did it shift?