The Debrief The Debrief: Issue Fourteen 3 Apr 2025 The profitability and availability of forced labour in Kyrgyzstanby Gavin Southway Image Credit: Ninara, Wikimedia Commons. The mountains of Kyrgyzstan provide a beautiful backdrop for a story. Cloud-crested mountains roll…
The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty-Three 2 Apr 2025 North America Defeat for Elon Musk as liberal justice wins Wisconsin Supreme Court raceby Daniel Cramphorn The interior of the Wisconsin Supreme Court room. (Image Credit: Royalbroil, Wikimedia Commons). The…
The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty-Two 5 Mar 2025 A New Challenge? New Political Party Founded by Bangladeshi Studentsby Ralph Woods The logo of the National Citizens Party. (Image Credit: National Citizens Party, Wikimedia Commons). A new party has…
The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty-One 14 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 South America Eruption of violence in Catatumbo displaces thousands as rebel conflict returns to Colombiaby Joe Langham The logo for the Ejército de Liberación Nacional. (Image Credit: National Liberation Army,…
The Brief The Brief: Issue Fifty 16 Dec 2024 South America Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro charged over attempts to subvert 2022 electionby Daniel Cramphorn Bolsonarist rioters on the roof of the National Congress Building in Brasilia on 8…
The Debrief The Debrief: Issue Thirteen 3 Dec 2024 Ukraine's winter ahead: Why Biden's latest weapons shipments could spell the war's endby Joe Langham An apartment block in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, destroyed by Russian bombing in 2022. Image Credit:…
The Debrief The Debrief: Issue Twelve 26 Nov 2024 Olaf Scholz’s beleaguered government collapsesby Daniel Cramphorn York Global Affairs’ Editor-in-Chief Daniel Cramphorn traces the long decline and fall of Germany’s governing coalition, as well as the prospects for the…
The Brief The Brief: Issue Forty-Nine 23 Nov 202423 Nov 2024 Europe Irish election: Country heads to the pollsby Ralph Woods Graph showing opinion polling since the last Irish general election (Image Credit: BSMisEditing, Wikimedia) Two weeks ago Irish Taoiseach, Simon…
The Debrief The Debrief: Issue Eleven 10 Nov 202410 Nov 2024 With protests, a hurricane, and power outages, what's next for Cuba?by Gavin Southway Cuba hasn’t had it easy recently. It’s undergone its worst economic crisis since the ‘Special Period’ of…