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Sorry Labour, Andy Burnham Will Not Save You
It’s been a brutal few weeks for the Labour Party. Starmer’s post-summer “relaunch” lasted all of 48 hours before the wheels fell off....
Kapil Deshpande
Sep 20, 20254 min read


Labour Is Trying To Find Another Angela Rayner, It Probably Won’t
Most politicians try, desperately, to be normal - and most politicians fail at being normal. Our leaders and elected representatives...
Will Allen
Sep 19, 20254 min read


The EU’s Fatal Inertia: How Delay Turns A Regional War Global
A peaceful sky is worth fighting for, and while Ukrainian air defence has been duelling Russian and Iranian drones since the beginning of...
Danylo Nikiforov
Sep 17, 20256 min read


The Godfather, Are Some Men Taking It Too Far? How The Chief Of Slovak Intelligence Services’ Tattoo Opens A Tumultuous Debate
Late last month, the director of the Slovak Intelligence Service, Pavol Gašpar, was involved in a car accident that left a 14-year-old...
Petra Pavlovicova
Sep 11, 20254 min read


Soft-Launching a Scapegoat: Trump’s Fed Fixation
In light of Donald Trump’s recent firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook , it pays to recall that Trump’s Fed fixation actually began earlier...
Sebastian Smith
Sep 6, 20254 min read


What Do We Mean When We Say ‘It’s 2025’?
Variations of the phrase ‘it’s X year’, a common expression used by the more progressive-minded, are used either in response to bigoted...
Andres De Miguel
Sep 4, 20255 min read


Alliance in Flux: The Complex Reality of Sino-Russian Partnership
As China's grandest military parade approaches, Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed his attendance at this commemoration of...
Ming Wa (Chris) Guan
Sep 1, 20253 min read


The Shifting Sands of Sovereignty for the UK Government
In the UK today, something of an authoritarian turn in the government has been observed. According to Civicus Monitor, as of December...
Charles Cann
Aug 31, 20254 min read


Behind Flashy Pledges Lies Reform UK’s Great Immigration Bluff
The seismic emergence of immigration as the UK’s most prominent political issue is catalysing Reform’s exponential successes as a firmly...
Joey Gwinn
Aug 30, 20257 min read


Bolivia Has Said, Enough Is Enough
The elections held in Bolivia on August 17 marked a historic turning point. For the first time in two decades, the country took a...
Victor Elizondo
Aug 29, 20254 min read


The Most Critical Stage In Syria's Future: Negotiations On The Status Of The Syrian Democratic Forces And The Kurds
Introduction The current negotiations between the Syrian Interim Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are not merely about...
Emrah Roni Mira
Aug 28, 202510 min read


Boycott Dubai: Western Tourism Falls Out Of Love With The UAE
The shift in international perception of the United Arab Emirates that has occurred in the last two decades is a result of perhaps one of...
Gemma Gradwell
Aug 27, 20253 min read


Make America Healthy Again - Weaponising Mental Health Against The Homeless And The Poor
‘Make America healthy again’ is Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s mantra as Donald Trump’s secretary of health. And just as well, given that America...
Viktor Schlatte
Aug 26, 20254 min read


Western Foreign Policy is a TRIPP: “Near Abroad” Status and the Future of Armenia
As the back and forth of the Russo-Ukrainian War continues to come in waves through our news outlets, cracks in the Putin War Machine are...
Zach Rogers
Aug 25, 20254 min read


Trump’s New Russia Sanctions Expose How The West Continues To Fund Putin’s War Machine
The persistence of the West’s continuing gluttony for Russian hydrocarbons doesn’t just counteract our aid but is utterly shameful. Why...
Joey Gwinn
Aug 24, 20256 min read


Tax, Stagnate, Repeat: Britain Can’t Afford Rachel Reeves
By now, you may have heard the phrase "Iron Chancellor" used to describe Rachel Reeves. It has been whispered – sometimes with...
Kapil Deshpande
Aug 23, 20254 min read


What The Radical Feminism Of South Korea’s 4B Online Movement Has To Teach Us
The 4B movement originated in South Korea in the late 2010s and proposes that women refuse to engage in dating, marriage, sex, or having...
Anoushka Singh
Aug 22, 20253 min read


The Trial That Could Tilt Moldova
The imprisonment of Evghenia Guțul, the governor of Moldova’s autonomous Gagauzia region, has ignited new tensions in a country firmly at...
Will Kingston-Cox & Patrick René Haasler
Aug 21, 202510 min read


What Happens When Democratic Allies Become Threats? Dutch Intelligence And Israeli Interference
Whether Israel is a democracy or not has been the subject of fierce debate since October 7. According to Freedom House , Israel possesses a Global Freedom Score of 73/100. This far exceeds other Middle Eastern nations with Lebanon and Jordan being the next freest countries in the region while not even surpassing a score of 40/100. Israel, however, still lags behind its European and North American allies. Within the past few weeks, the Netherlands has included Israel for the
James Andrew Calderon
Aug 20, 20254 min read


Eyes On 2028: The Race For President Begins Again
Less than 1,500 days away, the race for the 2028 US Presidential election is already on its way. Between Trump briefly teasing a third...
Isabel Rodriguez
Aug 19, 20254 min read
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