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Gail Omvedt challenged hierarchal ideas—not just by incisively calling them out but also by bringing her organizational skills to the front lines of several peasant, feminist, anti-caste, trade union, and worker struggles in India.https://buff.ly/3k6Ht5z 

New authoritarian regimes often emerge after coups, along with higher levels of state-sanctioned violence. The current rule of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a glaring case in point.https://buff.ly/3lh5upC 

As Germany braces for election disinformation, a growing conspiracy movement is likely to spread false narratives about the results—with echoes of Trump.https://buff.ly/2Xt9eMS 

This summer, the Nigerian president banned Twitter in his country. Now, that ban shows no signs of ending, and Nigerians are struggling:https://buff.ly/3z3xt17 

The informal deal offers common ground with Beijing and a blow to Myanmar’s hopes of legitimacy.https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/13/myanmar-united-nations-china-biden-general-assembly/ …

"Could we have done things differently? ... Should we have pushed harder for a political settlement earlier? Yes, I reflect on those, and I will reflect on them for some time to come," Zalmay Khalilzad, longtime U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, told FP.https://buff.ly/3Eh2bI1 

In the Middle East, Russia and China are opportunists, not revisionists, writes @Hoffman8Jon.https://buff.ly/2Z1X5PC 

What's happening with the USA Gymnastics team right now is emblematic of an emerging fissure between athletes and the national federations they represent.https://buff.ly/3Bwo3xv 

In Afghanistan, Pakistan wants to ensure any footprint of India—deprived of a friendly government in Kabul for the first time in decades—is small.https://buff.ly/3z96YHJ 

What does the possibility of a rehashed U.S.-Iran nuclear deal mean for Israel? @nerizilber has more in an interview with Benny Gantz:https://buff.ly/39bO88i 

The United States may have lost Afghanistan, but whether this is Iran’s gain is hardly clear, writes Kevjn Lim.https://buff.ly/3tMSHiD 

Russia and China have fewer qualms about working with the Taliban on ideological grounds than the West does, as long as they keep their ideology within their own borders.https://buff.ly/2VCX9nw 

Putin is branding his most influential political enemies and critics “foreign agents,” a move that has allowed him to harass and intimidate activists.https://buff.ly/3EgShWx 

After years of financial troubles, Portugal’s economy now has many reasons to be optimistic, writes Michael Moran.https://buff.ly/3nrjLD8 

By holding on to a relationship with the United States that was regarded as far more special in London than in Washington, Britain forfeited its chance to take a leading role in Europe and shape its institutions, argues Ian Buruma.https://buff.ly/3Ec9RuZ 

Women have been segregated in schools and are denied access to certain fields of study; some women said this includes journalism. Others have been verbally abused for going outside without a male guardian. This is life under the Taliban.https://buff.ly/3EjNZ0S 

As the Taliban unleash their own particular brand of Islamism in Afghanistan, it’s inevitable that Pakistan will also become more radicalized, argues FP’s @anchalvohra.https://buff.ly/3E93YyG 

If people had known on Sept. 12, 2001, what they know in 2021, would they have promoted democracy?https://buff.ly/3nKckqv 

This week's international news quiz: the U.N. General Assembly, big elections in Germany, and defense partnerships new and old.https://buff.ly/3hHXflQ 

The Biden administration is hoping to secure more U.S. military basing rights in the region, FP's @JackDetsch and @RobbieGramer report.https://buff.ly/3CjNTo4