Russia have been amassing a large number of troops on its border with Ukraine for some time. In December, Putin sent a list of demands to President Biden asking him for assurances that NATO would […]
Make Me Aware has noted some key election moments in 2021 (Source: Council of Foreign Relations – CFR ) Austria – Sebastian Kurz resigned as Chancellor in October 21 after a corruption scandal. Alexander Schallenberg, a […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
The Trump administration decided this week to impose sanctions on Turkey, one of their NATO allies. This is the first time, ever, that the US has hit one of its NATO allies with sanctions. The […]
‘The wind of freedom’ has blown across Zimbabwe Nelson Mnangagwa during his campaign trail for the July 2018 elections The elections in Zimbabwe were scheduled for yesterday, Monday 30th July 2018: the first elections without […]
I am sitting on the train on the way back from a James Taylor concert in Cardiff last night: a really enjoyable evening with my family listening to music that I grew up with. Today’s […]
Yesterday, US President Donald Trump met with Russian premier Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. The summit has been the subject of intense speculation and came ‘on the heels of a European trip for Trump that […]
Why did Boris resign? According to his rather long winded resignation letter, (published on his twitter feed), Boris believed that the UK was heading for a ‘semi-Brexit’ in which the UK would have to kowtow […]
NATO’s annual summit will take place in Brussels on 11 – 12 July 2018. Thereafter Donald Trump will arrive for his UK visit on Friday 13 July and will then fly to Helsinki to hold […]
