Diplomat salary report – 2024

☝️ That’s the question on everyone’s lips, and one possible answer actually emerged during Iran’s last collapse in 1979: a theory of revolutions from Harvard’s Theda Skocpol. Skocpol later reflected on where her theory (more agrarian-peasant focused) went wide, but it still offers a useful guide, so let’s break it down and adapt it a […]

Now that we’ve briefed you on the initial aftermath of Trump’s brazen move to capture Maduro, it’s time we swan-dive chin-first into the shallow end of a bigger debate still playing out: will Trump’s Venezuela gambit now embolden other autocrats, or deter them? Let’s break down the two main camps, shall we? So come join […]

While you were already soft-pedalling your 2026 resolutions, it turns out Donald Trump was approving Operation Absolute Resolve, before watching live from Mar-a-Lago as US cyber ops plunged Caracas into darkness, 150 US military aircraft circled above, and Delta Force troops nabbed Maduro and his wife as they fled to a saferoom in Tiuna base. […]

The Jewish community’s Hanukkah flyer invited locals to “fill Bondi with joy and light.” Instead, father-son duo Sajid (50) and Naveed (24) Akram opened fire in an attack that’s left at least 16 dead (including Sajid) and ~50 more in hospital. So let’s get you up to speed on eight of the reasons why this […]