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Inside CSW70: What the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women Revealed About a Fracturing World

A firsthand report from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), revealing the gap between global commitments and reality across peace, justice, technology, and funding.

By Olga Nesterova • 7 min read

Daily Brief

ONEST Brief: Hormuz Opens Carefully, Europe Prepares for NATO, and the Iran Deal Meets Reality

Hormuz Is Moving Again, But the Dispute Is Shifting Oman has established a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the International Maritime Organization. The move comes as maritime traffic begins cautiously returning. Three previously stranded supertankers passed through the Strait on Tuesday, while seven empty

By Olga Nesterova • 6 min read

Daily Brief

ONEST Brief: NATO Tensions, Iran’s Regional Outreach, and Europe’s New East-West Corridor

Trump’s dispute with Italy expands ahead of a tense NATO meeting, Iran promotes a new regional security architecture, the EU invests in routes bypassing Russia, and Ukraine presses allies for firm air defense delivery dates. Meloni Tries to Close the Dispute as NATO Defends Europe’s Role Italian Prime

By Olga Nesterova • 9 min read

News

Treasury Chief Unveils New U.S. Economic Doctrine as Private Companies Quietly Become National Infrastructure

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a keynote address at the Economic Club of New York's America 250 Gala Dinner on Tuesday to outline what he called a new doctrine of American economic statecraft, arguing that economic policy, technology, finance and supply chains should be treated as instruments of

By Olga Nesterova • 3 min read

Daily Brief

ONEST Brief: Iran Talks Move Markets, Starmer Steps Down, and Europe Opens the Door to the Taliban

The United States and Iran left Switzerland without a final agreement, but Washington is already presenting the talks as a diplomatic victory. Britain is preparing for its seventh prime minister in a decade. And Europe’s new focus on deportations has brought Taliban officials to Brussels for the first EU-

By Olga Nesterova • 10 min read

Daily Brief

The Switzerland Talks Descend Into Threats, Snubs and Contradictions

The United States and Iran arrived in Switzerland for talks intended to move their memorandum of understanding toward implementation. Instead, the Lake Lucerne Summit exposed how little the parties appear to agree on — including whether negotiations are still functioning, whether the Strait of Hormuz is open, what the agreement requires

By Olga Nesterova • 8 min read

Deep Dive

Europe Just Rewrote Its Deportation System

The EU approves offshore "return hubs", longer entry bans and bloc-wide deportation enforcement — marking one of the biggest shifts in European migration policy in decades.

By Olga Nesterova • 5 min read