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Maria Butina: Is time on Russia's side?

Oliver McTernan: Is peace in the Middle East an impossible dream?

Maria Corina Machado: Can Venezuela's fortunes change?

Taro Kono: Can Japan reboot itself for the 21st Century?

Syed Zafar Islam: Will Narendra Modi change course?

Ohad Tal: Is Israel gearing up for a multi-front war?

The whistleblowers

Garry Conille: What can he do for Haiti?

Chris Ruddy: Is Trump's team worried?

Ian Goldin: Is migration a drag or a driver of progress?

Pavel Latushka: Can change in Belarus only come with change in Moscow?

Shannon Watts: Will the votes of white women swing the Trump-Harris race?

Karuna Nundy: Human rights and justice in India

Olha Stefanishyna: Does Ukraine's Russia offensive make sense?

Nicola Procaccini: How has hard-right rule changed Italy?

Neil Lawrence: Being human in the age of the machine

Andris Sprūds: Is Latvia on a war footing?

Motaz Azaiza: Photographing Gaza

Rev Andrey Kordochkin: Putin and the Church

Fawzia Koofi: Women's rights in Afghanistan

Senator Lindsey Graham: Will Trump return to the White House?

Balázs Orbán: Has Hungary's government created a template for far-right movements?

Philippe Lazzarini: Is UNRWA's mission in Gaza impossible?

James Earl Jones: An incredible journey

Oliviero Toscani: Photography with a social conscience

Imaan Mazari-Hazir: Seeking justice for Pakistan's disappeared

Martin Griffiths: Can the humanitarian system survive?

Ingrid Newkirk: Will humans ever go animal-free?

Amin Salam: Can all-out war be averted in Lebanon?

María Corina Machado: Defending democracy in Venezuela