We discuss Qatar’s diplomatic strategy as the Gulf state positions itself as a key player in global conflict resolution. Plus: Joe Biden sounds the alarm over the growing power of “oligarchy” in the US, Keir Starmer visits Ukraine and Andrew Mueller’s letter from Melbourne.

How would the US pulling troops from the Gulf shift regional power dynamics?
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Is the Geordie Howe International Bridge a symbol of all that’s going wrong between the US and Canada?
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Press freedoms in Afghanistan on the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover
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