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  1. 30 Apr
    The Moscow Handshake: Iran and Russia Redraw the Map
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  2. 30 Apr
    The Strait at the Center of Everything: Hormuz, Iranian Law, and the Architecture of a Bottleneck
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 10 min
  3. 30 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting and the Digital Aftermath That Followed
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north_america · 7 min
  4. 30 Apr
    Beijing's AI Red Line: Why China Blocked Meta's $2 Billion Manus Deal
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · tech · 9 min
  5. 29 Apr
    The WHCD Shooter's Game and the Digital Mob That Followed
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 7 min
  6. 29 Apr
    Putin's Tehran Gambit: How Iran-Russia Alignment Is Reshaping the Middle East's Strategic Landscape
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  7. 29 Apr
    Iran's Russia Pivot: How Stalled Nuclear Talks Are Reshaping the Gulf's Strategic Map
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  8. 29 Apr
    China's Manus Veto Exposes the Fracture Lines in Global AI Governance
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 9 min
  9. 29 Apr
    Bahrain's Citizenship Strip: Sovereignty, Sectarian Politics, and the Cost of Dissent
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  10. 28 Apr
    Trump's Iran Blockade: How a Frozen Ceasefire Is Reshaping the Global Oil Order
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  11. 28 Apr
    Merz's Peace Calculus: Berlin's Territorial Admission and the Fractured Logic of Ukraine's EU Path
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 7 min
  12. 28 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, the Indie Developer, and the Algorithm of Blame
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  13. 28 Apr
    Beijing's AI Red Line: What Meta's Manus Veto Reveals About the New Tech Cold War
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 7 min
  14. 27 Apr
    When the Shooter Reads Your Name: Trump, Political Violence, and the Limits of the Tough-Guy Frame
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · united-states · 10 min
  15. 27 Apr
    The Bullet That Missed the Correspondents: Assassination, Spectacle, and the Fragile Architecture of American Public Life
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 8 min
  16. 27 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became a Target: What We Know About the White House Shooting
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  17. 27 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became a Political Flashpoint
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  18. 27 Apr
    The Night the White House Press Corps Refused to Scatter: Correspondents Dinner, the Bullet, and the Narrative That Followed
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  19. 27 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became a Scene from America's Gun Violence Archive
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 9 min
  20. 27 Apr
    The White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: Power, Public Space, and the Digital Mob That Followed
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 5 min
  21. 27 Apr
    The Breaking Point: How US-Iran Peace Talks Unraveled — and What It Means for $100 Oil
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 9 min
  22. 27 Apr
    The Deal That Wasn't: How US-Iran Peace Talks Collapsed and What It Means for Oil Markets
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Global Markets · 7 min
  23. 27 Apr
    The Diplomacy That Wasn't: Oil Markets Reprice as US-Iran Talks Stall
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  24. 27 Apr
    How the US-Iran War Sank American Fishing — and What It Says About Dollar Decline
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
  25. 27 Apr
    Trump, the Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, and the Architecture of Political Response
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
  26. 27 Apr
    Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner Was Cancelled After Gunfire. Forty-Eight Hours Later, He Wanted to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 8 min
  27. 27 Apr
    The durability test: King Charles, Trump, and the protocol of crisis in the US-UK special relationship
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  28. 27 Apr
    Trump's Manifesto Defense: What the WHCA Shooting Reveals About Political Theatre and Media Framing
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  29. 27 Apr
    The Last Meme: Trump, Memecoin Wealth, and the Party That Won't End
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 min
  30. 27 Apr
    The Perpetual Campaign: How Trump Built a Presidency Out of Performance
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  31. 27 Apr
    The Politics of the Survivable Bullet: Trump, Spectacle, and the Architecture of Presidential Narrative
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · US · 7 min
  32. 27 Apr
    Trump’s Prison Rhetoric and the 60 Minutes Manifesto Question: What the Interview Reveals About Media and Power in 2026
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · united-states · 6 min
  33. 27 Apr
    Tokyo's Quiet Reckoning: Ishiba, Takaichi, and the Fault Lines in Japan's US-First Doctrine
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 7 min
  34. 27 Apr
    Trump vs. 60 Minutes: The CBS Interview, the Shooter's Manifesto, and a President Who Decides What News Is Fit to Print
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · United States · 8 min
  35. 27 Apr
    Trump Denies Epstein Case Details as White House Dinner Shooter Confesses Targeting Him
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 10 min
  36. 27 Apr
    Starmer's Sovereign Line: What the Prime Minister's 'Not In Our Interests' Doctrine Reveals About Britain's Calculated Restraint
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · uk · 7 min
  37. 27 Apr
    The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Is No Longer a Question of If, but What Comes Next
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 9 min
  38. 27 Apr
    The Surveillance Turn in Transport Policy — From Buenos Aires to Detroit, Accountability Meets Architecture
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 min
  39. 27 Apr
    Settler Tension and the Architecture of Jerusalem's Next Crisis
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 10 min
  40. 27 Apr
    The Rename Machine: Trump, ICE, and the Politics of Linguistic Rehabilitation
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
  41. 27 Apr
    Eternal Russia: How Putin's Resilience Narrative Masks an Economy Under Pressure
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 9 min
  42. 27 Apr
    Putin and Araghchi: Inside the Iran-Russia Strategic Partnership That Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules of the Middle East
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  43. 27 Apr
    Putin Meets Araghchi in St. Petersburg: What the Iran-Russia Alignment Reveals About a Fracturing Order
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe,middle-east · 7 min
  44. 27 Apr
    How Poland's #Latwogang Became a Cultural and Charitable Phenomenon
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 7 min
  45. 27 Apr
    The Poland Channel: How Social Media Reshaped Charitable Giving and What It Reveals About Civic Power
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 7 min
  46. 27 Apr
    The Quiet Power of PLN 150 Million: How Polish Grassroots Giving Rewrote the Rules of Civic Philanthropy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 9 min
  47. 27 Apr
    Pezeshkian's Freedom Day Message to South Africa Reveals Tehran's Multipolar Diplomatic Play
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 7 min
  48. 27 Apr
    Musk v. Altman: The OpenAI Trial That Will Define Silicon Valley's Future
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · US · 6 min
  49. 27 Apr
    Merz's Iran Verdict Is the Sound of a Transatlantic Alliance Cracking
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 8 min
  50. 27 Apr
    Merz's Iran Question: The German Chancellor's Risky Diplomatic Tightrope
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 7 min
  51. 27 Apr
    The Escalation Ladder: Drone Strikes and Helicopter Fire Test the Limits of the Lebanon Ceasefire
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  52. 27 Apr
    London Synagogue Attacks: Twenty-Six Detained as Counter-Terrorism Police Pursue Suspected Jewish Community Assaults
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 min
  53. 27 Apr
    Road to Nowhere: The Kirkuk–Sulaimaniyah Highway and Iraq's Chronic Safety Crisis
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  54. 27 Apr
    How latwogang broke PLN 150 million: Poland's viral cancer fundraiser and the limits of institutional medicine
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 9 min
  55. 27 Apr
    The Quiet Philanthropy of the Latwogang: How a Polish Gaming Community Rewrote the Rules of Charity
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 7 min
  56. 27 Apr
    Inside Israel's Lebanon Strikes: The Ceasefire That Never Was
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
  57. 27 Apr
    Inside Israel's Southern Lebanon Campaign: Infrastructure Destruction, Ceasefire Collapse, and the Strategic Logic That Eludes the Wires
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  58. 27 Apr
    Iran's Russia Pivot: Why Araghchi's St. Petersburg Visit Signals a Diplomatic Rupture With the West
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Europe · 7 min
  59. 27 Apr
    Iran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: What Tehran's Offer Reveals About the Limits of Maximum Pressure
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 8 min
  60. 27 Apr
    Iran's Three-Stage Offer and the Hormuz Paradox: Why the First Step Is Also the Last
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  61. 27 Apr
    Iran's Diplomatic Gambit: How a Peace Proposal Moved Markets From Bitcoin to Circuit Boards
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  62. 27 Apr
    How Iran's Hormuz Gambit Exposes the Fault Lines Between Dollar Hegemony and the New Monetary Order
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 8 min
  63. 27 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: What Tehran's Deal Proposal Reveals About the Shape of Middle East Diplomacy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  64. 27 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Tehran's Proposal and the Architecture of Gulf Deterrence
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  65. 27 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Why the Strait No One Can Afford to Lose Is Now the World's Most Dangerous Chokepoint
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 8 min
  66. 27 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Tehran Offers War-End Deal With Nuclear Silence
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 6 min
  67. 27 Apr
    Iran's Top Diplomat Arrives in St. Petersburg as Tehran Deepens Russia Ties
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
  68. 27 Apr
    Iran's Araghchi Lands in Moscow: What the Putin Handshake Signals About Shifting Alignments
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  69. 27 Apr
    Hezbollah's Qassem Declares 'Resistance' Will Not Surrender Weapons in First Major Policy Address Since Ceasefire Talks
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
  70. 27 Apr
    The State and the Party: Hezbollah's Declaration and the Fracture in Lebanese Sovereignty
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
  71. 27 Apr
    The Hormuz Gambit: How Iran's Strait Demand Is Reshaping the Nuclear Timeline
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  72. 27 Apr
    The Strait That Runs the World Economy Just Ground to a Halt
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  73. 27 Apr
    Hezbollah's Kassem Tells Israel It Faces an Impasse. The Footage Suggests Otherwise
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 9 min
  74. 27 Apr
    The Gulf's Winning Hand: How Qatar and the UAE Are Shaping the New Middle Eastern Order
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
  75. 27 Apr
    Fertiliser Wars: How the Iran Conflict Is Reshaping Global Food Security
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  76. 27 Apr
    Fragile Cities: How Property Bubbles and Urban Warfare Are Reshaping Lives from Tokyo to Kharkiv
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 10 min
  77. 27 Apr
    DeepSeek's Price-Cut Gambit Exposes the Limits of AI's Cost-Deflation Story
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 7 min
  78. 27 Apr
    The Diplomacy That Wasn't: Oil Markets and the Anatomy of a Stalled Iran Deal
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  79. 27 Apr
    The Drone War's Arithmetic: Ukraine's Air Defence Edge and the Patriot Shortage That Could Unravel It
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 8 min
  80. 27 Apr
    The Ethereum Foundation's $40 Million Exit: What the 17,000 ETH Unstaking Reveals About Institutional Crypto Governance
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 min
  81. 27 Apr
    The 20th Package: What the EU's Sanctions Hammer Reveals About the Limits of Economic Coercion Against Russia
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 min
  82. 27 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Went Silent: What We Know and What Remains Unclear
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  83. 27 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting and the Fracturing of Washington's Protective Myths
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  84. 27 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting and the Long Shadow of Online Harassment
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · US · 7 min
  85. 27 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became a Target: Political Violence and the Press in America
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 9 min
  86. 27 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting and the Politics of Resilience
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · USA · 9 min
  87. 27 Apr
    Crypto's Geopolitical Turn: How Bitcoin Learned to Watch Iran
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 7 min
  88. 27 Apr
    China's AI Sovereignty Line: What Meta's $2bn Manus Block Reveals About Beijing's Tech Gatekeeping
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 8 min
  89. 27 Apr
    China's Manus Veto Exposes the Fragile Architecture of US Tech Deals in Xi’s Era
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 8 min
  90. 27 Apr
    China's Nano Preservation Suit and the Lufeng Dinosaur Eggs: Science, Strategy, and the Stakes of Fossil Heritage
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 6 min
  91. 27 Apr
    How China built an economic pressure toolkit that Trump's tariff truce can't contain
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 6 min
  92. 27 Apr
    When Capital Flees Both the Ledger and the Lane
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 min
  93. 27 Apr
    Beijing's Long Game: How China Used the Trade Truce to Build Economic Leverage
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 7 min
  94. 27 Apr
    Araghchi's Moscow Gambit: Iran Navigates a Diplomatic Maze as US Talks Stall
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 9 min
  95. 27 Apr
    Araghchi's Moscow Pilgrimage: What Iran's Diplomatic Offensive Signals for the Region
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  96. 26 Apr
    Shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: What We Know About the Incident, the Shooter, and the Security Response
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 9 min
  97. 26 Apr
    The Night Shots Rang Out: What the White House Correspondents' Dinner Incident Reveals About Threat Communication in Washington
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  98. 26 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Met Internet Culture: How a Shooting Became a Review-Bombing
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 min
  99. 26 Apr
    The Night the Press Dinner Became a Target: Violence, Security, and Political Ritual in Washington
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  100. 26 Apr
    When Security Meets Symbol: The White House Correspondents' Dinner That Wasn't
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 6 min
  101. 26 Apr
    Shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Tests the Capital's Blurred Lines Between Journalism and Power
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  102. 26 Apr
    Security Breached: The White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting and What It Reveals About Political Event Risk
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  103. 26 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became the Story: Trump, Fox News, and a Hoax at the White House
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 11 min
  104. 26 Apr
    Security Breach at White House Correspondents' Dinner: What We Know
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 5 min
  105. 26 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner, the Crypto President, and the Security Contradiction
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  106. 26 Apr
    Washington Hilton shooting reshapes US-Iran war footing — Trump survives, doubles down
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  107. 26 Apr
    The Washington Hilton Shooting: What We Know About the WHCD Suspect and the Fractured Security Picture
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 7 min
  108. 26 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Fell Silent: Covering an Attack on American Democracy
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 8 min
  109. 26 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: How a Security Breach Became a Political Spectacle
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 10 min
  110. 26 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became a Breaking News Event: Trump Evacuated, Truth Delayed
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  111. 26 Apr
    The Quiet Architecture of Financial Sovereignty: Uzbekistan's Cash Ban and the New Geopolitics of Digital Money
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · central-asia · 9 min
  112. 26 Apr
    Trump and Vance evacuated from White House Correspondents' Dinner after shooting incident
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 min
  113. 26 Apr
    Trump's Victory Claim Meets Iran's Meme Army: How AI-Generated Propaganda Is Reshaping the Information War
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 8 min
  114. 26 Apr
    The Performance of Survival: Trump, Political Violence, and the Theater of the Invulnerable
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  115. 26 Apr
    Trump's Three-Day Ultimatum and the Limits of Economic Coercion Against Iran
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
  116. 26 Apr
    Trump's Three-Day Ultimatum: Inside the Conflicting Signals on Iran
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  117. 26 Apr
    Trump's Ukraine Diplomacy: Between Phone Calls and a Peace Plan
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 7 min
  118. 26 Apr
    Trump Survives Assassination Attempt at White House Correspondents' Dinner
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 6 min
  119. 26 Apr
    The Trump Shooting: What We Know About the Attempt, the Security Failures, and What Comes Next
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  120. 26 Apr
    The Trump Shooting: What We Know, What We Don't, and Why It Matters
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 6 min
  121. 26 Apr
    Trump Survives Shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner, Reschedules Event
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 8 min
  122. 26 Apr
    Trump survived an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Washington is still processing what it means.
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 9 min
  123. 26 Apr
    Trump Survives Second Assassination Attempt as Suspect Identified as California Teacher
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 7 min
  124. 26 Apr
    Trump's Second Chance: Assassination, Markets, and the Iran Option
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 8 min
  125. 26 Apr
    The Anatomy of an Attempt: What the Trump Shooting Tells Us About American Political Violence
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 min
  126. 26 Apr
    The Trump Shooting, the Arena of Violence, and the Normalization of Risk
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 9 min
  127. 26 Apr
    Trump Shooting Assessment: Security Failure, Political Calculus, and a $51 Million Disclaimer
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · AMERICAS · 6 min
  128. 26 Apr
    The Shooting, the Bond Purchase, and the Casino: What Trump's Survival Tells Us About Political Violence in America
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 6 min
  129. 26 Apr
    Trump Shooting Incident at Florida Dinner Raises Security Questions as Iran Link Dismissed
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  130. 26 Apr
    Trump Rushed Off Stage as Gunfire Erupts at White House Correspondents' Dinner
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
  131. 26 Apr
    Trump, the Manifesto, and the Architecture of Targeted Violence
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  132. 26 Apr
    The Trump Press Dinner Shooting: What We Know and What Remains Unresolved
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America · 9 min
  133. 26 Apr
    Trump's Nuclear Ultimatum: What a U.S. Strike on Iran Actually Looks Like
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  134. 26 Apr
    Trump Jokes About WHCA Shooter: 'NFL Should Sign Him Up'
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  135. 26 Apr
    Trump's Memecoin Economy: Inside the $TRUMP Crash and What It Reveals About Presidential Branding
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  136. 26 Apr
    Trump Evacuated From White House Correspondents' Dinner After Reported Gunfire, Orders Event to Continue
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 6 min
  137. 26 Apr
    Trump evacuated from White House Correspondents' Dinner after shots fired at Washington hotel
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  138. 26 Apr
    Trump, the Gallery, and the Bullet: What the Trump Shooting Episode Reveals About Political Violence and Media Fragmentation
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  139. 26 Apr
    Trump Evacuated From Journalists' Dinner After Reported Security Incident
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 6 min
  140. 26 Apr
    The Casino Metaphor: What Trump's Rhetoric Reveals About the Fracturing of the Global Economic Order
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  141. 26 Apr
    Trump's Crypto Gambit: How Political Branding Became the World's Most Volatile Asset
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · AMERICAS · 5 min
  142. 26 Apr
    Trump Declares Victory Over Iran While Tehran Anchors Its Position
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
  143. 26 Apr
    Trump's $51 Million Bond Purchase and the Casino Economy He Built
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 9 min
  144. 26 Apr
    Trump's $51 Million Bond Play and the Casino Metaphor That Reveals Everything
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · united-states · 6 min
  145. 26 Apr
    Tehran's Quiet Diplomacy: Iran's Regional Charm Offensive in the Shadow of Nuclear Talks
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  146. 26 Apr
    The Fall and the Silence: Trump, Cognitive Decline, and the GOP's Reckoning
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  147. 26 Apr
    The Price of Plenty: RFK Jr., the Twenty-Percent Beef, and the Gap Between Policy and the Grocery Aisle
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  148. 26 Apr
    The St. Petersburg Signal: What Araghchi's Moscow Trip Reveals About Iran's Strategic Rebalancing
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe:middle-east · 6 min
  149. 26 Apr
    Surrounded in the Sand: What the Battle for Kidal Reveals About Russia's African Footprint
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 8 min
  150. 26 Apr
    Shots at the Correspondents' Dinner: What We Know About the White House Attack
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  151. 26 Apr
    Shots Fired: Trump, the Press, and the Politics of Fear at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 6 min
  152. 26 Apr
    Shots Fired at Washington Hilton: Trump Evacuated, Suspect in Custody, Fundraiser Rescheduled
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  153. 26 Apr
    Shots Fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: What We Know
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  154. 26 Apr
    Shooter Dead After Gunfire Erupts at White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  155. 26 Apr
    The Shooter and the Frame: How Political Violence Becomes Partisan Spectacle
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
  156. 26 Apr
    The Night They Shot at the Correspondents' Dinner — and Trump Rebuilt the Story in 48 Hours
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 min
  157. 26 Apr
    Shot at the Correspondents' Dinner: What the Washington Hilton Attack Reveals About Political Violence and the Press
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  158. 26 Apr
    Shot at the Correspondents' Dinner: What the Washington Hilton Attack Reveals
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  159. 26 Apr
    The Shot, the Image, and the Signal: How Trump's Social Truth Became the World's Front Page
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · united-states-iran · 9 min
  160. 26 Apr
    Shots at the Hilton: The White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting and the Fracturing of American Ritual
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  161. 26 Apr
    Shots at the Correspondents' Dinner: What the WHCD Attack Reveals About Security, Spectacle, and the Presidency
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  162. 26 Apr
    The Sub-Two Marathon: What Sabastian Sawe's London Record Reveals About the Limits of Athletic Performance
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · united-kingdom · 7 min
  163. 26 Apr
    When Security Met Journalism: The White House Correspondents' Dinner Under Pressure
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  164. 26 Apr
    Russia Decorates North Korean Troops, Formalises Long-Term Military Partnership with Pyongyang
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 7 min
  165. 26 Apr
    Putin's Envoy Reaches Kim in Pyongyang: What the Moscow-Pyongyang Axis Tells Us About the Fractured Order
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 8 min
  166. 26 Apr
    The Quiet Breakdown of US-Iran Diplomacy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  167. 26 Apr
    The Quiet Rise of Saffron: How a Traditional Spice Is Reshaping the Mental Health Economy
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 9 min
  168. 26 Apr
    Poland's Charity Machine: How Crowdfunding Became Healthcare Infrastructure
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 min
  169. 26 Apr
    The 9% Solution: How Prediction Markets Are Quietly Pricing Trump's Credibility Gap
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 7 min
  170. 26 Apr
    Pogacar and the New Calculus of Cycling Dominance
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min
  171. 26 Apr
    The PLN 150 Million Moment: How Poland's Cancer Fundraising Wave Rewrote the Rules of Digital Philanthropy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min
  172. 26 Apr
    Oman Hosts Araghchi as Gulf Monarchies Chart a Middle Course Between Washington and Tehran
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  173. 26 Apr
    Netanyahu Orders Expanded Strikes on Lebanon as Regional War Footing Deepens
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  174. 26 Apr
    The New Geography of Wealth: How Political Risk Became the Primary Variable in Where the Rich Choose to Be
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 8 min
  175. 26 Apr
    The Martyr Playbook: Trump's Legal Defense Strategy in April 2026
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 10 min
  176. 26 Apr
    Muscat's Quiet Diplomacy: Oman Offers a Bridge as Gulf States Hedge on Iran
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 6 min
  177. 26 Apr
    Inside Mali's Gao Offensive: How the State's Defensive Push Exposed Fractures in the Jihadi Advance
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Africa · 7 min
  178. 26 Apr
    Mali's Fractured Front: What the Gao Repulse Tells Us About Jihadi Stalemate in the Sahel
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · africa · 9 min
  179. 26 Apr
    The Helicopter Over Kidal: What Mali Tells Us About the Costs of Russia's African Venture
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 7 min
  180. 26 Apr
    The Leverage Illusion: How Washington's Iran Strategy Ran Out of Road
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  181. 26 Apr
    The Day Japan Broadcast Its Own Dependence: War, Energy, and the Anime That Won't Stay Fiction
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Asia · 7 min
  182. 26 Apr
    Israeli Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon Enter Second Day of Sustained Bombardment
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  183. 26 Apr
    Israeli Attacks on Southern Lebanon Test Fragile Ceasefire as Evacuation Orders Expand
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  184. 26 Apr
    The Plea Deal That Isn't: How Israel's Iran-Lebanon Ceasefires May Reshape Netanyahu's Political Future
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
  185. 26 Apr
    The Admission Tel Aviv Cannot Unsay: Why Israel's 'No Military Solution' on Hezbollah Changes Everything
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  186. 26 Apr
    Iron Curtain Undrawn: Israel's Unprecedented Deployment of Air Defense to the UAE
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  187. 26 Apr
    Iron Dome in the Gulf: Inside Israel's First Foreign Deployment of Its Landmark Air Defense System
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 10 min
  188. 26 Apr
    Iran's Chokepoint: How the Strait of Hormuz Became the Islamic Republic's Greatest Strategic Asset
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  189. 26 Apr
    The Hardware on Display: Iran, America, and the Geometry of Pressure
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 min
  190. 26 Apr
    Iran Signals Nuclear Resolve as US Pressure Mounts and Market Odds Widen
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
  191. 26 Apr
    Iran and Qatar Talk Regional De-escalation — But Whose Mediation Holds?
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
  192. 26 Apr
    The Seizure, the Strait, and the World's Dinner Table: How Iran's Hormuz Grip Threatens Global Food Security
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  193. 26 Apr
    Iran's Dual Signal: Air Defenses and Diplomatic Overtures Test the Limits of Regional Trust
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 10 min
  194. 26 Apr
    Iran's Araghchi Takes the Shuttle: Muscat, Islamabad, Moscow — and the Shape of a Diplomatic Week
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  195. 26 Apr
    Iran's Calculus of Contraction: Economy, Enrichment, and the Diplomacy That Wasn't
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 9 min
  196. 26 Apr
    Iran's Display of Destroyed US Hardware and the Diplomacy That Isn't Coming
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
  197. 26 Apr
    Iran Plays Both Sides: Araghchi's Dual-Track Diplomacy Tests the Limits of Western and Gulf Engagement
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 10 min
  198. 26 Apr
    The Hormuz Poker: Trump, the Strike Zone, and the Market That Is Betting Against Peace
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  199. 26 Apr
    The Drone That Changed the Border: Hezbollah's Al-Taiba Strike and the New Arithmetic of attrition
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  200. 26 Apr
    Drone vs Tank: Hezbollah's Precision Strike and the New Calculus of Armored Warfare
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 10 min
  201. 26 Apr
    Gunfire at the Correspondents' Dinner: What the Shooting Reveals About Press Freedom in the Age of Trump
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · United States · 6 min
  202. 26 Apr
    Gunfire at the Correspondents' Dinner: How the Press's Annual Celebration Became a Security Crisis
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 8 min
  203. 26 Apr
    Gunshots at the WHCD: What the Washington Shooting Tells Us About Political Violence in America
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 10 min
  204. 26 Apr
    When 'Fake' Becomes a Four-Letter Word: Fox News, the Correspondents' Dinner, and the Cost of Premature Correction
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 9 min
  205. 26 Apr
    The Fall of Kidal: Russia's Africa Corps Retreat Exposes the Limits of Mercenary Power
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 8 min
  206. 26 Apr
    Ethereum Foundation Cash-Out vs. Bitcoin Whale Accumulation: A Tale of Two Crypto Institutions
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 7 min
  207. 26 Apr
    The Drone at Beit Lif: How Commercial FPV Technology is Rewriting the Rules of Asymmetric Warfare
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  208. 26 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: What We Know and What the Response Reveals
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 8 min
  209. 26 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Came to the White House: Violence, Press Freedom, and the Politics of the Pulpit
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 8 min
  210. 26 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became a Crime Scene
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · AMERICAS · 7 min
  211. 26 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting and the Architecture of American Political Theatre
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 10 min
  212. 26 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: What We Know, What We Don't, and Why It Matters
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  213. 26 Apr
    The Correspondents' Dinner That Wasn't: Trump, the Muted Journalist, and the Mechanics of Controlled Spectacle
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 8 min
  214. 26 Apr
    The Night the Correspondents' Dinner Became a Sealed Room
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  215. 26 Apr
    The Night They Shot at the Image: What the White House Correspondents' Dinner Attack Reveals
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · North America · 6 min
  216. 26 Apr
    Colombia's Fractured Peace: Bomb Attack and the Dissidents Challenging Gustavo Petro's Reconciliation
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  217. 26 Apr
    The Moon in Beijing's Hands: How China Quietly Rewrote the Rules of Lunar Exploration
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 8 min
  218. 26 Apr
    China's Tech Investment Firewall: How Beijing Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Capital
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 8 min
  219. 26 Apr
    Ceasefire Under Strain: Inside the Southern Lebanon Security Incident of 26 April 2026
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
  220. 26 Apr
    Chaos at the Correspondents' Dinner: What the Telegram Wire Captured in Real Time
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  221. 26 Apr
    Ceasefire in Name Only: Hezbollah, Lebanon, and the Fraying Israel Agreement
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 7 min
  222. 26 Apr
    Ceasefire in Name Only: How Israel and Hezbollah Are Fighting a Shadow War on the Lebanon Border
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  223. 26 Apr
    The Bullet and the Ballot: What the Las Vegas Gala Shooting Means for Trump 2.0
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 11 min
  224. 26 Apr
    The Bullet, the Blockade, and the King: What the Trump Shooting Reveals About Washington's Geopolitical Calculus
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north america | middle east | united kingdom · 8 min
  225. 26 Apr
    A Bullet at the Correspondents' Dinner: What the White House Shooting Tells Us About Journalism Under Siege
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 10 min
  226. 26 Apr
    The Weight of a Threat: Assassination Attempts, Political Violence, and the Erosion of American Security Norms
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  227. 26 Apr
    The Ballroom and the Bullet: How a Shooting Became a Policy Argument
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  228. 26 Apr
    Acting US Attorney General Signals Charges Imminent in High-Profile Shooting Case
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 5 min
  229. 25 Apr
    What the White House Flag Mishap Reveals About Diplomatic Ceremony in the Age of Attention
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 8 min
  230. 25 Apr
    Trump Sends Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for Iran Talks — A Diplomatic Gambit or Familiar Playbook?
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / South Asia · 5 min
  231. 25 Apr
    Zelensky's Baku Gambit: What Ukraine's Azerbaijan Visit Tells Us About Kyiv's Post-Moscow Diplomatic Map
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 7 min
  232. 25 Apr
    Uzbekistan's Digital Gambit: How Tashkent Is Trying to Tax Its Own Shadow
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · central-asia · 7 min
  233. 25 Apr
    Wall Street Is Pricing In a Soft Landing. Tehran Isn't Cooperating.
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  234. 25 Apr
    Warren's Warning: Americans Bearing the Cost of Washington's Iran Hardline Pivot
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 min
  235. 25 Apr
    Washington's Oil Sanctions and Beijing's Rebuff: A New Front in US-China Economic Warfare
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · east-asia|americas · 8 min
  236. 25 Apr
    The President, the Memecoin Lords, and the Ayatollah's Phone Number
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · US / Middle East · 8 min
  237. 25 Apr
    The President at the Press Dinner, the DOJ in Court, and the Shrinking State
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 min
  238. 25 Apr
    Trump Scraps Pakistan Iran Trip: What the Sudden Reversal Tells Us About Washington's Diplomatic Rhythm
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  239. 25 Apr
    The Pond and the Prosecutor: How Trump's Second Term Turns Governance Into Performance
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  240. 25 Apr
    The Spending Paradox: What Warren's Critique Reveals About Trump's Second-Term Economics
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  241. 25 Apr
    Trump's Islamabad Cancellation and the Fragile Architecture of US-Iran Back-Channel Talks
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  242. 25 Apr
    The Collapse of the Oman Talks: What Trump's Iran U-Turn Reveals About American Leverage
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MIDDLE_EAST · 7 min
  243. 25 Apr
    The Collapsed Canal: What Trump's Iran-Talks Cancellation Tells Us About 2026 Diplomatic Architecture
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  244. 25 Apr
    The Law-and-Order Paradox: How Trump's DOJ Cuts Are Reshaping American Enforcement Capacity
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  245. 25 Apr
    Trump Cancels Pakistan Trip for Iran Talks Envoys: What the Diplomatic Pullback Signals
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  246. 25 Apr
    We Won Everything: Trump Cancels Pakistan-Iran Talks, Iran Responds Within Minutes
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  247. 25 Apr
    Trump Cancels Witkoff-Kushner Islamabad Mission, Leaving Iran Peace Track in limbo
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  248. 25 Apr
    The Constitutional Crisis No One Planned For: Trump's Bid to Strip Courts of Immigration Review Power
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north_america · 8 min
  249. 25 Apr
    The Empty Chair in Islamabad: Trump Cancels Iran Talks, and the Deal That Wasn't
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  250. 25 Apr
    Courtroom Losses and Execution Revivals: How Trump's Border Agenda Is Being Tested in Parallel
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 9 min
  251. 25 Apr
    The Casino Republic: How Markets Bet on Governance and What It Says About the American Moment
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 6 min
  252. 25 Apr
    Tehran and Islamabad's Quiet Diplomacy: What Araghchi's Islamabad Visit Signals
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south-asia mena · 8 min
  253. 25 Apr
    The Sucking Sound: Howard Lutnick, Dependency Language, and the Politics of Economic Blame
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  254. 25 Apr
    The Sucking Sound: Wall Street, Government Dependency, and the Architecture of Double Standards
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 8 min
  255. 25 Apr
    Tehran's Main Airport Reopens — What the First Flights Out of IKA Tell Us About Iran's Recovery
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
  256. 25 Apr
    The Chokepoint: Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Architecture of Energy Coercion
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
  257. 25 Apr
    The State Department Webpage That Rewrote the Script on U.S.-Iran Relations
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MIDDLE_EAST · 7 min
  258. 25 Apr
    The Sanctions Collision: Washington Tightens the Net on Iranian Oil Trade as Beijing Pushes Back
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · east-asia · 10 min
  259. 25 Apr
    The Sanctions Gap: How Washington's Iranian Oil Crackdown Is Accelerating a Parallel Trade Architecture
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 8 min
  260. 25 Apr
    Polish Streamers and the Shadow Market: How Influencers Became Gatekeepers for Illegal Gambling
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 6 min
  261. 25 Apr
    The Pentagon's NATO Reckoning: Punishing Allies Over Iran Support
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 9 min
  262. 25 Apr
    How Pakistan's Diplomatic Balancing Act Is Breaking Islamabad's Back Streets
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia · 7 min
  263. 25 Apr
    Pakistan's Quiet Bid to Reclaim Its Diplomatic Middle Ground Between Tehran and Washington
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south-asia · 6 min
  264. 25 Apr
    Pakistan's Diplomatic Bridge: Inside Iran's Islamabad Mediation Gambit
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south_asia · 6 min
  265. 25 Apr
    Oil Markets Brace as US-Iran Diplomacy Collapses, Trump Cites 'All the Cards'
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 7 min
  266. 25 Apr
    The Politics of Diagnosis: What Netanyahu's Prostate Cancer Disclosure Tells Us About Israel's Power Architecture
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 8 min
  267. 25 Apr
    Netanyahu's Washington Gambit: What a May Summit Would Mean for Lebanon and the Broader Middle East
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
  268. 25 Apr
    The Calculus Behind Netanyahu's Cancer Disclosure
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  269. 25 Apr
    Netanyahu's Diagnosis and the Washington Gambit
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  270. 25 Apr
    The Maximum Pressure Paradox: How Trump's Iran Talks Collapsed Before They Began
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MIDDLE EAST · 8 min
  271. 25 Apr
    The Reckoning: Friedrich Merz and Germany's Unfinished Structural Debate
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 10 min
  272. 25 Apr
    Gunfire at the Gate: Mali's Fracturing Military and the Battle for Bamako's Future
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · west africa · 8 min
  273. 25 Apr
    The Market Is Up. The Firing Squad Is Back. The Cognitive War Has Begun.
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 6 min
  274. 25 Apr
    Lebanon's Hidden War: Anatomy of a Conflict the World Forgot
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
  275. 25 Apr
    Kyiv Under Drone Pressure: A Day of Alerts and Civilian Harm in Ukraine's Capital
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · eastern europe · 5 min
  276. 25 Apr
    The Khatam al-Anbiya Warning: Inside Iran's Naval Threat Architecture
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
  277. 25 Apr
    The Kushner Trip and the Quiet Death of the Iran Deal Framework
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  278. 25 Apr
    Israeli Strikes on Southern Lebanon Expose Fragility of November Ceasefire Framework
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
  279. 25 Apr
    Israeli Strike Deep in Lebanon Tests the Limits of a Ceasefire Never Built to Last
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 9 min
  280. 25 Apr
    Israeli Strikes on Southern Lebanon Test Fragile Ceasefire as Civilian Casualties Mount
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  281. 25 Apr
    Israeli Airstrike on Southern Lebanon Settlement Tests Ceasefire Architecture
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  282. 25 Apr
    Israeli Airstrikes Resume in Southern Lebanon as Netanyahu Cites Security Demands, Cancer Diagnosis Disclosed
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  283. 25 Apr
    Israeli Air Defenses Intercept 'Suspicious Aerial Target' Near Southern Lebanon Position
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
  284. 25 Apr
    The Teeth of the Statement: IRGC's POW-Camp Declaration and the Architecture of Iranian Deterrence
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  285. 25 Apr
    The Gap Between Planes: What Islamabad's Diplomatic Cross-Traffic Tells Us About the Iran Ceasefire
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · South Asia / Middle East · 7 min
  286. 25 Apr
    Iran Warns US Over Naval Blockade as Base Damage Disclosures Sharpen Gulf Tensions
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
  287. 25 Apr
    Iran Rejects 'Maximalist Demands' as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  288. 25 Apr
    Iran Vows Resilience After Infrastructure Strikes, State Media Reports
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
  289. 25 Apr
    The Nuclear Bargain: Iran's Electricity Record and the 43% Calculus of Uranium Surrender
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 10 min
  290. 25 Apr
    Iran's Nuclear Red Line: Why Khamenei's Position May Survive Any Diplomatic Opening
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
  291. 25 Apr
    Iran's Ministry of Intelligence Reports Arrest of Alleged Israeli Spy, 15 Others
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 7 min
  292. 25 Apr
    Iran's Deterrence Dilemma: Air Defenses, Empty Threats, and the Nuclear Crossroads
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
  293. 25 Apr
    The Precision of Desperation: Iran and the Diplomatic Opening That May Not Hold
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  294. 25 Apr
    Iran's Diplomatic Shuttle: Araghchi's Islamabad Circuit and the Ceasefire Calculus
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · south_asia · 6 min
  295. 25 Apr
    The Limits of Maximum Pressure: Iran, American Power, and the War That Wasn't
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  296. 25 Apr
    Inside the PLN 20 Million Fundraiser That Rewrote Polish Civic Charity
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 min
  297. 25 Apr
    The Hormuz Warning: Inside Iran's Calculated Leverage at the World's Most Contested Waterway
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  298. 25 Apr
    The Narrow Strait: How Hormuz Became the World's Most Dangerous Chokepoint
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  299. 25 Apr
    Google’s $40 Billion Anthropic Bet Is the Stakes-raising Shot Heard Round AI
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · US · 7 min
  300. 25 Apr
    The Great Disconnect: Wall Street's Record Highs and Washington's Chaos Machine
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · US · 9 min
  301. 25 Apr
    The Geometry of Fear: Capital Flight, Political Risk, and the New Geography of Wealth in America
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 7 min
  302. 25 Apr
    Dollar Diplomacy and Executive Overreach: How the Iran Conflict is Stress-Testing Washington'stoolkit
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · united-states,middle-east,gulf · 7 min
  303. 25 Apr
    The Dollar's War: How U.S.-Iran Hostilities Are Testing Global Finance's Backbone
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · GLOBAL · 9 min
  304. 25 Apr
    The Dollar's Edge: How Washington's Latest Oil Sanctions Signal a New Phase of Financial Warfare
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · North America / Middle East · 7 min
  305. 25 Apr
    The DOJ Is Cutting 4,000 Jobs While Bringing Back Firing Squads. That Is the Story.
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 6 min
  306. 25 Apr
    Crypto Freeze and Ceasefire Collapse: Inside the Breakdown of US-Iran Peace Talks
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 min
  307. 25 Apr
    Crypto, Sanctions, and the New Geometry of Iran Diplomacy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 9 min
  308. 25 Apr
    The Contradiction at the Center of the DOGE Era
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · united-states · 6 min
  309. 25 Apr
    The Creator's Cause: How Polish Influencers Rewrote the Rules of Philanthropy
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 7 min
  310. 25 Apr
    The AI Deployment Gap: How China Is Quietly Winning the Race to Scale Artificial Intelligence in Mobility and Medicine
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 7 min
  311. 25 Apr
    China's Auto Pivot: From Factory Floor to Tech Sovereignty
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 8 min
  312. 25 Apr
    China's Quiet Pivot: How BYD and Beijing Are Building an EV Empire Beyond American Reach
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · CHINA · GLOBAL · 7 min
  313. 25 Apr
    The Casino Presidency: Trump, Bonds, and the Financialization of Political Power
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · AMERICAS · 9 min
  314. 25 Apr
    Ceasefire Architecture and Sovereign Survival: What Two April Headlines Reveal About the Limits of International Law
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
  315. 25 Apr
    Border Erasure: How Israel's Southern Lebanon Operations Are Reshaping the Ground
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 7 min
  316. 25 Apr
    The Body Politic: Health, Power, and the Fog of Middle East Conflict
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
  317. 25 Apr
    The Art of the Iran Ultimatum: Inside Trump's Contradictory Negotiating Position
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 11 min
  318. 25 Apr
    Baku Gambit: Ukraine's Conditional Offer to Talk — and What It Tells Us About the Diplomatic Moment
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 8 min
  319. 25 Apr
    Baku's Balancing Act: Azerbaijan and Ukraine Signal Defense-Industry Partnership
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 4 min
  320. 25 Apr
    Iran's Araghchi Lands in Islamabad as Washington Reaches for a Back-Channel Tehran Handshake
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 8 min
  321. 25 Apr
    Iran's Diplomatic Shuttle: What Araghchi's Islamabad Trip Tells Us About Tehran's Regional Strategy
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 6 min
  322. 23 Apr
    How Vietnam and South Korea Are Quietly Redrawing the Map of Indo-Pacific Industrial Power
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 10 min
  323. 23 Apr
    The Two-Speed AI Economy: How Microsoft's Labor Pivot Exposes a Workforce at Inflection Point
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 9 min
  324. 23 Apr
    Third Carrier, One Signal: Why the USS George H.W. Bush's CENTCOM Arrival Matters
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 7 min
  325. 23 Apr
    Trump Declares Hormuz Blockade. Tehran's Response Will Define the Strait's Future.
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
  326. 23 Apr
    Tesla's Cash Bet: Musk's Empire of Interlocking Ambitions
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 8 min
  327. 23 Apr
    Seoul's Fault Lines: South Korea Reckons With Military Scandal, Auto Retreat, and a Nuclear Gambit in Vietnam
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 8 min
  328. 23 Apr
    Khamenei Resurfaces With Unity Message as Reports Circulate of Delegation to IRGC Generals
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min
  329. 23 Apr
    How America Learned to Stop Asking: Iran, the UN, and the Quiet Erosion of Arab Sovereignty
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  330. 23 Apr
    The Iran Ceasefire That Wasn't: How Markets Are Pricing a War With No End Date
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  331. 23 Apr
    How the Iran Conflict Is Accelerating China's Clean Energy Export Machine
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 8 min
  332. 23 Apr
    The Iran Crisis and the Architecture of Economic Fragility
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 8 min
  333. 23 Apr
    Hormuz Gambit: Iran's Ship Seizures and the Fractured Logic of Trump's Iran Strategy
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 min
  334. 23 Apr
    Gulf in the Talks: Iran's Strait Gambit and the Fragile Architecture of US-Iran Diplomatic Engagement
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
  335. 23 Apr
    The Death of a Witness: Amal al-Khalil and the Erasure of Local Record
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 8 min
  336. 23 Apr
    The Crosshairs and the Keyboard: How Israel's War on Gaza Became a War on Witnesses
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 8 min
  337. 22 Apr
    The Arsenal Drain: How the US-Iran Clash Depleted America's Missile Stockpile and What Comes Next
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 6 min
  338. 22 Apr
    Trump's Hormuz Gambit: The Ceasefire, the Strait, and the Architecture of Coercive Diplomacy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  339. 22 Apr
    Trump, Iran, and the Islamabad Gambit: What the Second Round of Talks Actually Means
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 8 min
  340. 22 Apr
    The Ceasefire Contradiction: Trump, Tehran, and the Illusion of Leverage in the Gulf
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East | United States · 8 min
  341. 22 Apr
    Phelan Out: The Sudden Exit of America's Navy Secretary and What It Tells Us About the Second Trump administration's Civilian Military Cabinet
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  342. 22 Apr
    Pentagon's Navy Secretary Exit Deepens Defense Leadership Vacuum
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 6 min
  343. 22 Apr
    The Oil Ceiling: How Two Months of War With Iran Breached the West's Energy Floor
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  344. 22 Apr
    The Blueprint: How the 2026 National Defense Strategy Locked In a Decade of Controlled Wars Before the Iran Ceasefire Broke
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 11 min
  345. 22 Apr
    Justin Sun Sues World Liberty Financial: Inside the Fracture Between Trump Crypto and a Tethered Ally
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 7 min
  346. 22 Apr
    Iran's IRGC Seizes Two Container Ships in the Strait of Hormuz
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 10 min
  347. 22 Apr
    The Strait at the Center of the Storm: Hormuz, the Ceasefire, and the Architecture of Coercion
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 9 min
  348. 22 Apr
    How the Iran Ceasefire Gamble Put Condoms on a Price Collision Course
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min
  349. 22 Apr
    Eight Women and a Deal: How Trump Bent the Iran Negotiations Around a Death Row Moment
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 9 min
  350. 22 Apr
    The Condom and the Missile: How Middle East Conflict Is Stress-Testing Global Supply Chains
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 10 min
  351. 22 Apr
    The Ceasefire and the Ultimatum: Inside Washington's Tightrope Over Iran
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  352. 22 Apr
    The Arsenal Running Dry: How America's Missile Stockpile Became the Hidden Front of the Iran War
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  353. 21 Apr
    The Bombast Calculus: What Trump's Vietnam Remark and Iran Ultimatums Reveal About His Negotiation Playbook
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
  354. 21 Apr
    The Ceasefire That Wasn't: How Trump's Iran Pause Became a Power Reset
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  355. 21 Apr
    Trump, Iran, and the Fragile Ceasefire That Isn't Holding
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 8 min
  356. 21 Apr
    Tehran's Resilience Problem: Why Maximum Pressure Is Running Out of Leverage
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 9 min
  357. 21 Apr
    The Sanctions Paradox: How Asia Is Buying Iranian Oil While Washington Talks War
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  358. 21 Apr
    Pakistan's Diplomatic Gambit: How Islamabad Brokered Trump's Iran Ceasefire Extension
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia · 8 min
  359. 21 Apr
    John Ternus and the Apple Succession: What the Hardware Chief's Rise Means for Silicon Valley's Most Valuable Company
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 8 min
  360. 21 Apr
    John Ternus Takes the Wheel: What Tim Cook's Exit Means for Apple and the Post-Jobs Era
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · US · 9 min
  361. 21 Apr
    Iran's IRGC Puts Forces on War Footing as Khatam al-Anbiya Warns of 100% Readiness
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
  362. 21 Apr
    The Oil Clause: How Hungary and Slovakia Broke the EU's Ukraine Deadlock
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 7 min
  363. 21 Apr
    Escalation, Leverage, and the Market Signal: What the Iran War Is Teaching Us About This Administration
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · US / MENA · 7 min
  364. 21 Apr
    China's Dual-Engine Gambit: How Beijing Is outmaneuvering the West in Cars and Energy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 7 min
  365. 21 Apr
    China's Dual Challenge: How Beijing Is Rewriting the Rules of the Global Auto and Energy Order
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 8 min
  366. 21 Apr
    Apple's Quiet Succession: John Ternus and the End of Cook's Long Reign
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · AMERICAS · 9 min
  367. 21 Apr
    Apple’s Quiet Revolution: John Ternus and the End of the Operator Era
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · united-states · 8 min
  368. 21 Apr
    John Ternus and the Apple Succession: What a Hardware Man's CEO Tenure Tells Us About Silicon Valley's Next Chapter
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 9 min
  369. 21 Apr
    Apple's Quiet Revolution: John Ternus and the Hardware Bet That Defines a New Era
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 10 min
  370. 21 Apr
    Apple's Cook Era Ends: What John Ternus Takes Over
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · united-states · 7 min
  371. 20 Apr
    Naval Flashpoint: How the US-Iran Vessel Seizure Pushed Oil Above $100 and Exposed Cyber Vulnerabilities
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  372. 20 Apr
    The JCPOA Shadow: Why Trump's Iran Deal Logic Borrowed From Its Predecessor
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 7 min
  373. 20 Apr
    Tehran's Red Line: Why Iran Walked Away From the Oman's Talks Table
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  374. 20 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Closed Before. This Time the Calculation Is Different.
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  375. 20 Apr
    Seizing the Ship: How Washington's Iranian Vessel Intercept Pushed Oil Markets to the Brink
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
  376. 20 Apr
    Oil, Bitcoin, and the Dollar: How Iran's Standoff With Washington Is Rewriting the Energy Order
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  377. 20 Apr
    Modi and Lee Jae-myung Seek a New Economic Architecture as Asia Redistributes Its Loyalties
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia · 8 min
  378. 20 Apr
    John Ternus Takes the Reins: What Tim Cook's Departure Means for Apple's Next Chapter
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north_america · 7 min
  379. 20 Apr
    John Ternus Takes the Helm at Apple: The Hardware Chief Who Will Define the Post-Cook Era
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 8 min
  380. 20 Apr
    Israeli Media's Quiet Admission: What Channel 12's Iran Ceasefire Report Reveals
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  381. 20 Apr
    Iran's Uranium Denial and the Architecture of a Stalled Nuclear Deal
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 min
  382. 20 Apr
    Iran Boycotts Islamabad Talks as Trump's Ceasefire Deadline Nears
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 9 min
  383. 20 Apr
    The Day Diplomacy Died: Iran, Oil, and the Market Signals That Predicted Everything
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 8 min
  384. 20 Apr
    The Hormuz Flashpoint: How a Maritime Chokepoint Became the World's Most Dangerous Rupture
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  385. 20 Apr
    The Strait at the Center of the World
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
  386. 20 Apr
    John Ternus Takes the Helm: What Apple's CEO Transition Means for the Post-Jobs Era
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · United States · 6 min
  387. 20 Apr
    The Arleigh Burke's Shadow: How a Single US Warship Seizure Reshaped the Gulf of Oman Equation
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 9 min
  388. 19 Apr
    US Navy Destroyer Fires on Iranian Cargo Ship in Gulf of Oman: What We Know
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 9 min
  389. 19 Apr
    Trump's Great Ally Doctrine: How a Single Phrase Rewrites the Rules of an Illegal Occupation
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / United States · 12 min
  390. 19 Apr
    Trump's Alliance Doctrine: What 'Great Ally' Rhetoric Reveals About US Foreign Policy Direction
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 7 min
  391. 19 Apr
    The Strait at the Center of the World: Hormuz, Bitcoin, and the Fracturing of the Petrodollar Order
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  392. 19 Apr
    The Mythos Files: Inside Washington's Scramble to Get Ahead of the Next AI Model
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 8 min
  393. 19 Apr
    Iran Vows Retaliation After U.S. Seizure of Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf of Oman
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  394. 19 Apr
    The Islamabad Gambit: Trump, Iran, and the Nuclear Brinkmanship That Has No Good Exit
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 8 min
  395. 19 Apr
    Iran's Revolutionary Justice: Tehran's Extraordinary Legal Architecture and the War on Due Process
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · MENA · 8 min
  396. 19 Apr
    Iran's Nuclear Moment: How Tehran Is Reframing the Sovereignty Question
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 7 min
  397. 19 Apr
    Iran Warns Pakistan of Decisive Response to U.S. Aggression as Naval Blockade Escalates
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia · 6 min
  398. 19 Apr
    Iran Rules Out New Negotiations as US Naval Blockade Tightens — With Back-Channel Talks Through Pakistan Still Alive
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
  399. 19 Apr
    Iran's Asymmetric Warfare Doctrine and the Strategic Failure of American Calculation
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 10 min
  400. 19 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz Has Become a Financial Weapon — And Bitcoin Is Feeling the Pressure
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 9 min
  401. 19 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz Gambit: How Iran's Energy Leverage Exposes Western Sanctions Architecture
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 9 min
  402. 19 Apr
    The Strait at the Center of Everything: Hormuz, Bitcoin, and the Architecture of Coercive Diplomacy
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 8 min
  403. 19 Apr
    Eight Children, One Night: Domestic Violence, Gun Policy, and the Politics of Attention
    long-reads · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 7 min
  404. 19 Apr
    The Drone Factory at the End of the World: Ukraine's Precision Campaign Against Russian UAV Production
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 8 min
  405. 19 Apr
    The Casualty Reports from Southern Lebanon Reveal a Propaganda Asymmetry the Western Press Will Not Name
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 10 min
  406. 18 Apr
    The Vatican's Moral Witness vs. American Unilateralism: Pope Leo XIV and the Fracturing of a Familiar Diplomatic Order
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Vatican City / United States / Africa · 8 min
  407. 18 Apr
    The Silicon Shield, Rehoused: How TSMC's Arizona Fabs and the H20 Licence Regime Are Quietly Rewriting the Geography of US-China Tech
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 14 min
  408. 18 Apr
    The Drone and the Barrel: How Ukraine's Refinery Campaign Is Rewiring the Crude Market Faster Than Three Years of Sanctions
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 14 min
  409. 18 Apr
    Tehran's Shadow War in Kurdistan: IRGC Drone Strikes and the Limits of Sovereignty
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Iraq / Iran · 10 min
  410. 18 Apr
    The Strait and the Lie: How Washington's 'Deal Diplomacy' Collapsed Iran's Patience and Revived Hormuz Tensions
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 8 min
  411. 18 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz Reopens a Cold Chapter: Iran's Calculated Closure and the Anatomy of US-Iranese Confrontation
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East/Gulf · 11 min
  412. 18 Apr
    The Propaganda of Peacekeeping: France, UNIFIL, and the Framing of Resistance in Lebanon
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 10 min
  413. 18 Apr
    Operation Epic Fury and the Fracturing of Dollar Unilateralism: What the Seizure of Iranian Vessels Reveals About American Decline
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 7 min
  414. 18 Apr
    After the Handover: How the BIS Walked Away From mBridge and the Global South Inherited a Settlement System
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global South · 13 min
  415. 18 Apr
    The Mossadegh Inheritance: Why the 2026 Blockade of Iranian Oil Is Being Fought on a Legal Terrain Drawn in 1951
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Iran / Global · 12 min
  416. 18 Apr
    Kyiv Supermarket Attack Tests Western Media's Moral Arithmetic in Time of Asymmetric Conflict
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Ukraine · 8 min
  417. 18 Apr
    Kyiv Siege Tests the Boundaries of Western Attention in an Era of Competing Crises
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · eastern-europe · 8 min
  418. 18 Apr
    Kyiv Under Fire: The Information Architecture of a Hostage Crisis in Wartime Ukraine
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Eastern Europe · 9 min
  419. 18 Apr
    Kyiv Shooting Exposes Fault Lines in How Western Media Covers Violence During Wartime
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe · 8 min
  420. 18 Apr
    The Kyiv Shooting, Information Chaos, and the Propaganda Filters Governing Western Coverage of Ukraine
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Ukraine / Eastern Europe · 9 min
  421. 18 Apr
    Kyiv Shooting Exposes the Propaganda Model: How Western Media Frames Urban Violence Through a Geopolitical Lens
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Ukraine / Global · 9 min
  422. 18 Apr
    The Kyiv Shooter and the Weapon That Shouldn't Have Been: Weapon Registration, State Control, and the Architecture of Security Failure in Wartime Ukraine
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe · Ukraine · 8 min
  423. 18 Apr
    Iran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Strategic Leverage or Genuine Diplomacy?
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 9 min
  424. 18 Apr
    Iran's Naval Red Line: How Tehran Weaponized Maritime Law in the Ceasefire Standoff
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 min
  425. 18 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: How Tehran's Strategic Posturing Exposes Western Media's Hypocrisy on Freedom of Navigation
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 9 min
  426. 18 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Hegemony, Negotiation, and the Multipolar Challengers
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 7 min
  427. 18 Apr
    The Humanity-Verification Regime: Iris Scans on Tinder, Mythos in the Hacker's Harness, and the Quiet Build-Out of an AI-Age Identity Layer
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / Tech · 12 min
  428. 18 Apr
    The Chokepoint and the Carve-Out: How Washington Bombed One Oil Producer and Subsidised the Other in the Same Week
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 13 min
  429. 18 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz Gambit: How Iran's Energy Chokepoint Diplomacy Exposes the Limits of Dollar Hegemony
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 8 min
  430. 18 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz and the Anatomy of Diplomatic Failure: Why America's Coercive Calculus Against Iran Routinely Collapses
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / United States · 8 min
  431. 18 Apr
    Hormuz in the Crosshairs: Iran's Strategic Chokepoint Gambit and the Fracturing of Dollar-Age Maritime Order
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 9 min
  432. 18 Apr
    The Hormuz Gambit: Coercive Diplomacy, Economic Survival, and the Limits of American Leverage in the Persian Gulf
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · North America · 9 min
  433. 18 Apr
    Hormuz, Bitcoin, and the Fracturing of Dollar Hegemony: Iran's Strategic Gambit
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East/Global · 9 min
  434. 18 Apr
    Gulf Economies at the Crossroads: How the Iran Conflict Exposes Decades of Food Dependency
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 8 min
  435. 18 Apr
    The Docket and the Bulldozer: How Six Months of 'Ceasefire' Became a Case Study in International Law's Enforcement Gap
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 15 min
  436. 18 Apr
    The Heating Goes Off in Dublin, the Constitution Goes In Play in Budapest: Europe's Cost-of-Living Revolt Reaches Its Arrighi Moment
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe · 11 min
  437. 18 Apr
    The Death in Ghandouriya: UNIFIL's Legitimacy Crisis and the Propaganda Model of Peacekeeping
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 10 min
  438. 18 Apr
    Dawn Watch at Point Echo: The Pilot, the Underwriter, and the Market-Maker on the Morning Iran Took the Strait Back
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Persian Gulf / Global · 12 min
  439. 18 Apr
    The Cuba Consensus That Wasn't: Why Madrid, Mexico and Brasília Chose Joint-Statement Diplomacy Over Washington's Reform Ultimatum
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Latin America / Global · 11 min
  440. 18 Apr
    The Logic of Coercive Diplomacy: How Washington's Maximum Pressure Against Iran Reshapes Global Power Alignments
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 8 min
  441. 18 Apr
    Guns, Debt, and the Bond Vigilante Fiction: How Three Newspaper Essays Exposed the Collapse of European Fiscal Imagination
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe · 11 min
  442. 18 Apr
    The Asymmetry of Intelligence Revelations: Why the World Heard About Iran's Counter-Intelligence Bust While Western Media Buried Similar American Operations
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 5 min
  443. 18 Apr
    The Logic of Coercive Diplomacy: America's Naval Blockade of Iran and the Fracturing of International Order
    long-reads · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 7 min