The Debrief The Debrief 17 – What the Thai King’s Visit to China Signals for the West 16 Dec 2025 King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand was invited by President Xi Jinping of China, to a state visit to mark 50 years since both countries established diplomatic ties for the first…
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 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 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,…
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