‘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 […]
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 […]
‘When I talk with young activists from Hong Kong, they are increasingly demoralised. They have taken to the streets to call for their democratic rights but have been met with repression; repression facilitated by colonial […]
The Group of 7 met this weekend for their annual summit in Quebec. It will have been hard to miss. Global leaders had managed, over the course of the weekend, to come up with wording […]
The clock is ticking on Angela Merkel as she struggles to negotiate a coalition and form a government. Germany has been without a formal governing body since September. TIMELINE OF POLITICAL EVENTS FROM ELECTION DAY […]
The formerly safe Republican seat of Alabama has been lost to Democrat Doug Jones in a high-octane twist in this Senate race. As the night progressed it seemed that the self-styled cowboy, Republican Roy Moore, […]
The Centenary of The Russian Revolution: What have we learned? The Economist wrote that Russian Premier, Vladimir Putin, “like a tsar, has buttressed his power through repression and military conflict”. Putin has suppressed political opposition […]
Pictured above: Current President and leader of the MPLA, Jose Eduardo dos Santos (on the left), welcomes his candidate for Angola’s new President: Joao Lourenco (on the right). On Wednesday this week, elections took place […]
Well, naughty V3, if you discount Slovakia, as they are not considered to be flouting the EU imposed refugee quotas; Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are though. According to the FT, if they don’t […]
