Explainers
Understand the present through the past.
Research-driven answers to the questions shaping the world today.
Middle East / North America
Why have Iran and the United States been enemies for decades?
How the 1953 coup, the Shah, the 1979 revolution, sanctions and the nuclear dispute turned Iran and the United States from partners into adversaries.
Pakistan / South Asia
How did Imran Khan's relationship with Pakistan's establishment break down?
A documented account of political alignment, institutional conflict, elections, courts and imprisonment in Pakistan.