The Cradle
The Cradle is an online news magazine covering West Asian geopolitics from within.
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Gotta scan 'em all: How Pokémon Go turned its players into Pentagon cartographers
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on The Cradle website and is republished here for Substack readers.
For nine years, Pokémon Go asked its players to go outside and “catch ‘em all.” Millions of children and their...
'ECONOMIC D-DAY': Can US Sanctions Achieve What War Could Not?
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Lebanon’s amnesty bargain leaves justice behind
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on The Cradle website and is republished here for Substack readers.
The general amnesty law passed by Lebanon’s parliament on 12 August 2026 has been presented as a humanitarian r...
Iran’s steel Silk Road breaks the maritime siege
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on The Cradle website and is republished here for Substack readers.
In recent weeks, the dusty railyards of Xi’an and the dry ports of Tehran have hummed with unusual activity. Fr...
The corridors remaking West Asia
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on The Cradle website and is republished here for Substack readers.
The alliance map stretching across West and South Asia is no longer drawn by geography or sectarian alignment a...
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