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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 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 thirty-eight

7 Mar 2023
Africa Crucial Forest conservation conference in Gabon discusses the fate one of the world’s most important areasby Harvey Young image credit: Aymatth2 (Wikimedia Commons)  The One Forest Summit, one of…
The Debrief

the debrief: issue ten

16 Feb 202316 Feb 2023
Third terms the charm: Lula’s first month backby Eleanor Austin image credit: Luiz79 (Wikimedia Commons) Since his inauguration on 1 January 2023, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s homecoming has been…
The Brief

the brief: issue thirty-five

14 Feb 202314 Feb 2023
Africa The bear and the lion: Sergey Lavrov visits Bamakoby Neo Allert image credit: Sertion (Wikimedia Commons) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov embarked on a two-day trip to Mali last…
The Brief

the brief: issue thirty-four

7 Feb 2023
Africa ‘May hope and peace dwell in South Sudan’ – Pope Francis urges to put an end to violence in South Sudanby Neo Allert image credit: Steinsplitter (Wikimedia Commons) On…
The Brief

the brief: issue thirty-three

30 Jan 2023
Africa Burkina Faso pivots towards Russia as French troops and ambassador ordered to leaveby Harvey Young image credit: TUBS (Wikimedia Commons) On 23 January, Burkina Faso’s ruling military Junta ordered…
The Brief

the brief: issue thirty-one

29 Nov 202229 Nov 2022
Africa Unrest breaks out on Mayotteby Herb Alexander image credit: TUBS (Wikimedia Commons) The small Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte has been engulfed by civil disorder in recent weeks, with…

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