In recent days, global attention has focused on reports that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has been captured by US forces and transferred out of Venezuela to face prosecution. Such an operation represents one of […]
President Trump remains deeply unpopular across the majority of Europe’s political class, cultural elite, and media ecosystem. Increasingly, however, Europeans now seem to be agreeing with him. On topics such as defence, energy, trade, borders, and national […]
Most people assume the number of countries in the world is a matter of fact – 195, 197 or 193 depending on which trivia book they memorised. But under any kind of […]
Japan – one of the world’s leading economies and the largest foreign holder of US Treasury debt – is entering a phase of rising interest rates following three decades of ultra-low borrowing […]
New Delhi and Moscow just plotted a new course together. Bilateral trade will hit $100 billion by 2030, Russian energy deliveries will be “uninterrupted”, defence co-production will be expanded on Indian soil, […]
Somaliland has been fighting for independence from Somalia for decades, but still no country formally acknowledges its sovereignty. The US, however, looks increasingly like it will consider recognising the East African state […]
President Trump has just made one of the most aggressive federal interventions in Washington DC’s recent past. Described as “liberation day in DC”, the president has seized control of the city’s police […]