Syria: New Beginnings
Last week, after decades of struggle, millions displaced, and many hundreds of thousands dead, the brutal Assad dictatorship in Syria was overthrown. A coalition of rebel forces, led by the… Read more »
Category: International Politics
Trump’s Victory: What it Means for the World
Whenever decisions like this are made, I always find myself making excuses to be optimistic. With Brexit, I reasoned that cooler heads in Parliament would prevail and a workable deal… Read more »
“Safety” of Rwanda: A Lie in Our Law
As has been set out clearly in this blog recently, and as anyone with a remote amount of sense can tell, Rishi Sunak’s five priorities are not going well. One… Read more »
Navalny Dead: The Hero Russia Needed
Russia has lost another part of its soul. Alexei Navalny, the leading figure of resistance against Vladimir Putin within Russia, has been proclaimed dead by the Russian state prison service,… Read more »
2024: The Year We Save the World?
Happy New Year! 2024 is shaping up to be a doozie. It will be a year of elections, with 50 countries going to the polls to select new leaders and… Read more »
COP28: A Step Forward, Far Too Short
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, was held this year in Dubai, between 30 November and 13 December. Holding a summit to address the climate crisis in the… Read more »
G20 2023, New Delhi
The 18th G20 Summit was held in New Delhi last week, on the 9th and 10th of September. The G20 is always an intriguing event to witness; more inclusive than… Read more »
Niger: The Coup Belt’s Buckle
In the evening of the 26th of July, elements of Niger’s armed forces seized power from President Mohamed Bazoum in a short and bloodless coup d’état. Led by General Abdourahamane… Read more »
War in Sudan: East Africa Unravels Further
Sudan, a nation that has long been gripped by political instability and violent episodes, has become embroiled in a destructive internal conflict that has already claimed many innocent lives. Much… Read more »
NATO’s 31st: A New Iron Curtain?
NATO has this week welcomed its newest member state, with Finland becoming the thirty-first nation to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Finland, a nation which has maintained strategic neutrality since… Read more »