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 Debrief The Debrief 16 – Why Europe’s post-Trump populist wave may not be here to stay 7 Oct 20256 Oct 2025 I write this Debrief after the success of Andrej Babiš in the Czech Republic in October 2025. The former leader from 2017 to 2021, he’s a billionaire who sells red…
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-six 11 Mar 202412 Mar 2024 Africa Bloodshed in three villages as rebel violence escalatesby Nadia Ronnoco Image Credit: Priad123456789 (Wikimedia Commons) Around 170 people in three villages across the north of Burkina Faso have been…
The Brief the brief: issue forty-five 26 Feb 202426 Feb 2024 Africa Donkey skin trade to be abolished across the continentby Freddie Weaver Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.) African state leaders have agreed to a landmark decision to ban…
The Brief the brief: issue forty-two 27 Nov 202327 Nov 2023 Africa Uniting the East: Somalia joins the East African Communityby Neo Allert Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.) African regional integration seems to be making its comeback with the…
The Brief the brief: issue forty- one 13 Nov 202316 Nov 2023 Africa Remembering forgotten conflicts: the third civil war in Sudan by Neo Allert Image credit: Željko Heimer (wikipedia) With so many wars and armed conflicts plaguing the world it is…
The Brief the brief: issue forty 30 Oct 202331 Oct 2023 Africa The rematch of the decade: Weah vs Boakaiby Neo Allert Image credit: Oona Räisänen (wikipedia) Liberia’s 2023 general election has been in full steam since the polling stations opened…
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