What are ‘midterm elections’? Americans go to the polls on Tuesday 6 November for the ‘midterm elections.’ ‘Midterm’ means that these are elections that take place in the middle of the President’s four-year term of […]
The inspiring and very true story written by a colleague of mine, Peter Apps, a columnist for Reuters. I first met him at a talk he gave on the Future of War at Chatham House and he was by far the […]
How do elections in Sweden work? Sweden holds parliamentary elections every four years. There is only one chamber in the Swedish parliament (the Rijksdag), so these results decide who forms the government – there are […]
‘I do not think the Russian general staff is so naive as to think this is a definite long term alliance. There will naturally be mutual wariness’. (Alexander Gabuev, chair of the Rusia in the […]
On Tuesday Economist Simon Wren-Lewis retweeted a post from the Stumbling and Mumbling blog, written by Chris Dillow, entitled ‘The BBC’s Bias Against Understanding’. The blog post tackles the broadcaster’s ‘preference for reporting splits and divisions […]
Colin Kaepernick, an NFL player already well-known amongst fans of American football, became famous and infamous simultaneously, depending on who you speak to, for his ‘take a knee’ protest that incensed US President Donald Trump. […]
All eyes are on the general election taking place in Sweden this weekend as the wave of populism sweeping the EU threatens to break over the country long seen as THE example of progressive culture. […]
Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump officially recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, throwing more petrol onto the perpetual fire burning between the Palestinians (who also believe the city historically belongs to Palestine) […]
On 2 August the Bank of England announced that the base rate, i.e. the rate of interest at which it lends money to the commercial banks, would go up from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 […]
On Tuesday Judge John Russo, frustrated by a defendant’s refusal to stay silent when asked several times, instructed that his mouth be covered with duct tape. I first saw this video when a friend showed […]
