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Peacekeeping missions rarely have the mandate the name implies. What consent, mandates, and robust rules of engagement actually let a mission do, and what they can't.

A flat line on a chart moves markets more than almost any other single indicator. How to read a bond curve's shape, not just whether it's inverted.

A narrow window of light, a near-empty city, and a small tradition of photographers who show up for it anyway. Notes on what actually happens between night and morning.