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).…
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 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 Brief The Brief: Issue Forty-Eight 7 Nov 20247 Nov 2024 Europe Alleged Russian interference affects Moldova EU Referendumby Isabel Batt Map of the results - blue represents ‘Yes’, brown represents ‘No’. (Image Credit: Dashin24, Wikimedia Commons) Moldova held a key…
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