Viewed in 2026 on international affairs

Hello everyone!

This post aims to compile all the links to articles, news reports, and posts I've viewed about international affairs in 2026.

I hope you find it useful!

Martin G. B. Bittencourt

America

Instagram: Former CIA Brian Beckhorn on why the USA is not after Venezuela because of oil

The Economist: Gangsters in El Salvador are terrified of strongman Nayib Bukele

The Economist: David Owen argues that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both too old to be president

The Economist: Latin America’s new hard right: Bukele, Milei, Kast and Bolsonaro

Instagram: Trump's first year in numbers

The Economist: America’s elite universities are bloated, complacent, and illiberal

The Economist: Why affirmative action in American universities had to go

The Economist: Nicolás Maduro’s sham election: the sequel

The Economist: Plenty of circumstantial evidence at Donald Trump’s trial

The Economist: America’s reckless borrowing is a danger to its economy—and the world’s

Europe

The Economist: Belarus prepares for another fraudulent election

The Economist: The secret behind the world’s happiest country

The Economist: A short history of Russia and Ukraine

The Economist: Why France has made abortion a constitutional right

The Economist: Russians go to the polls in a sham election for their president

Asia

The Economist: The real problem with the UN’s agency for Palestinians

The Economist: Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation

The Economist: A short history of India in eight maps

The Economist: Why Japan’s economy remains a warning to others

The Economist: Yamini Aiyar laments the damage done to Indian democracy under Narendra Modi

The Economist: The war-crimes case against the leaders of Israel and Hamas is flawed

The Economist: Singapore has achieved astounding economic success

The Economist: Colin Huang, China’s richest man

Africa

The Economist: Ugandan judges uphold a draconian anti-gay law

The Economist: Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem

Oceania

The Economist: Why do Australians live so long?

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