Uncategorized The Brief: Issue 57 12 Nov 202511 Nov 2025 Europe: Cyprus' new role in Gaza talks Theo Brighton Donald Trump poses for a photo with world leaders at a summit on ending the war in Gaza. (The White House)…
The Brief The Brief: Issue 56 8 Oct 2025 UN Conference: Here's what you may have missed Isabel Batt The UN’s 80th General Assembly was held in NYC this September. The general debate saw all 193 UN member states…
The Brief The Brief: Issue 55 24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025 Asia: "To vote for your Prime Minister, react to the message below" Gavin Southway Protests in Nepal are the latest in a series across Asia this decade. (Wikimedia Commons, CC-SA-4.0)…
The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty-Four 2 May 2025 Africa France Out, Russia In? Burkina Faso’s Shift in Global Alliancesby Kaila Nkufo Men in the Burkinese capital Ouagadougou posing with the Russian flag. (Image Credit: Chérif Konaté, Wikimedia Commons).…
Writing Competition March 2025 Entry: Turkmenistan 26 Apr 2025 The 'Cult of Personality' in Turkmenistanby Mhairi Buchanan A golden statue of former President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov in Ashgabat. (Image Credit: Dan Lundberg, Flickr). A “cult of personality” is…
Writing Competition March 2025 Entry: DR Congo 26 Apr 2025 M23's Gambit: The UN’s Struggle for Peace in the DRCby Kaila Nkufo MONUSCO peacekeepers in North Kivu province in 2012. (Image Credit: MONUSCO Photos, Wikimedia Commons.) M23's escalation and the…
Writing Competition March 2025 Runner-Up 26 Apr 2025 Debrief on the Uyghur: Media Coverage vs. Current Realitiesby Archisha Gupta A 2008 protest in San Francisco calling for freedom for the Uyghurs and Tibet. (Image Credit: John Martinez Pavliga,…
Writing Competition March 2025 Competition Winner 26 Apr 202526 Apr 2025 Behind the Glittering Allure of Ghana’s Illicit Gold-Mining Industry: Examining the Dire Repercussions of ‘Galamsey’by Emily Georgiadis A 'galamsey' worker mining for gold. (Image Credit: Kawtey, Wikimedia Commons). Ghana stands…
The Debrief The Debrief: Issue Fifteen 4 Apr 20254 Apr 2025 Canada heads to the polls amidst the spectre of Trumpby Daniel Cramphorn New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 17 March 2025.…
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