An International Women’s Day special, plus Trump’s new world disorder, Starmer’s arms race, clampdown in Turkey, and more in this month’s Counterfire freesheet
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Analysis
US Airstrike on 12,000-seat Azadi Hall, March 2026/ Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
22 Jul 2026
Trump comes under pressure as US bases pounded
Opinion
Ukrainian FPV drone with fiber-optic communication channel. Source: АрміяІнформ - Wikicommon / cropped from original / CC BY 4.0
16 Jul 2026
Game of drones: or has Ukraine really turned the tide?
Analysis
Donald Trump speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaking at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey / Public Domain
16 Jul 2026
The price of war
Opinion
Trump and Infantino in the White House. Photo: White House / Public Domain
15 Jul 2026
Fifa World Cup a travesty
Analysis
Andy Burnham, Sharon Graham and Gary Smith
15 Jul 2026