Leisha Sabharwal: Young eco-warrior making waves for Mother Earth

Meet Leisha Sabharwal, a 10-year-old girl with...

V-Dem Report 2024: A political hatchet job in the name of research

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John Dobson

Vladimir Putin’s Sham Election

The farce began last December when Artyom Zhoga, a highly decorated ‘colonel’ suddenly pleaded with Vladimir Putin in front of the TV cameras to...

IT’S BIDEN AGAINST TRUMP IN AMERICA’S STRANGE FORM OF DEMOCRACY

Two geriatric candidates are vying for the White House in an undemocratic system. Democracy in America? “Bah! Humbug!” Ebenezer Scrooge would say. This iconic fictional...

Unending: Can Russia afford to win the war in Ukraine?

Putin is trying to finance the war, maintain social spending and avoid soaring inflation all at once; ‘an impossible trilemma’, according to experts. Here’s an...

Why did the Kremlin order the death of Alexei Navalny?

Alexei Navalny has now joined the long list of Putin critics who have paid a high price for dissent. “Do you think Vladimir Putin is...

Two years on, stalemate in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine two years ago has been a disaster for both sides. OK I was wrong. Like almost every other commentator,...

Is Nuclear Kim preparing for War?

He has the capability to reach all of South Korea and virtually all of Japan with his missiles and potentially 50 or 60 nuclear...

Pakistan’s elections are being rigged by the military

Pakistan’s powerful military has adopted Putin’s playbook by keeping the popular former Prime Minister Imran Khan out of the elections for the foreseeable future. It’s...

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS ISRAEL’S BIGGEST PROBLEM

He obstructs a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem, and by attempting to reduce the powers of the judiciary he scorns international law. On Friday,...

Who are the Houthis and why are they such a threat?

Houthi attacks are having a major effect on global supply chains which today are highly orchestrated. Nine weeks ago today, the crew of the Bahamas...

Angry Israel rejects accusations of genocide

Israel rejected the case as ‘baseless’, insisting that its forces are operating in Gaza according to law. To accuse any country of genocide is a...

HOW IRAN IS USING ITS PROXIES TO AVOID A WAR WITH ISRAEL

The war in Gaza has given Iran the opportunity to showcase the capacity of its newly restructured network of allied militias, or proxies, which...

KEY ELECTIONS TO WATCH IN A MOMENTOUS 2024

At a time when the globe faces perhaps its most tumultuous geopolitical year, the results will help determine who controls and directs the world...

WILL 2024 BE THE YEAR RUSSIA WINS?

What a difference a year makes. The dawn of 2023 saw a confident Ukraine, having against all odds fought back against Russia’s illegal invasion....

IS ISRAEL ATTEMPTING TO ETHNICALLY CLEANSE PALESTINIANS FROM GAZA?

It’s difficult not to be emotionally overwhelmed when you visit a Nazi extermination camp. I’ve visited two: Auschwitz and Majdanek, both in Poland. Along...

ARGENTINA SNUBS BRICS AS ITS FIREBRAND POPULIST LEADER TAKES POWER

Milei has already begun to backtrack on some of the key proposals of complete dollarisation and shutting down Argentina’s central bank, arguing that it...

WHY POPULISTS ARE CHEERING AROUND EUROPE

The prime driver for radical-right parties in Europe is immigration, legal and illegal. If current trends persist, Europe will receive more than a million...

AS HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED, IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF ISRAEL’S WAR WITH HAMAS?

Some hope surfaced when a limited hostage deal was announced that would involve a four-day pause in fighting, the first cessation since Israel launched...

THE HAMAS SHEIKH WHO FOOLED ISRAEL

Instead of trying to curb Gaza’s Islamists from the outset, Israel for years tolerated, and in some cases encouraged them as a counterweight to...

Gaza, largest prison on Earth but key to Israel’s future

Imagine living with 2.3 million people on a patch of land just 26 miles long and 8 miles wide, surrounded by an impenetrable fence...

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA ON THE BRINK

Both inside and outside America, neutral observers find it hard to understand how such a person as Donald Trump, who still refuses to accept...

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA ON THE BRINK

Both inside and outside America, neutral observers find it hard to understand how such a person as Donald Trump, who still refuses to accept...

RUMBLINGS OF ANOTHER WAR IN THE BALKANS?

There is an old proverb that goes “Bad things come in threes”—if an unfortunate event has already occurred twice, a third one is likely...

POLAND’S ELECTION RESULTS ARE PUTTING A SMILE ON THE EU’S FACE

Since 2015, an ongoing dispute between the EU and the Polish government over its lack of respect for democratic values raised questions over whether...

POLAND’S ELECTION RESULTS ARE PUTTING A SMILE ON THE EU’S FACE

LONDON While wars in Ukraine and Israel are grabbing headlines, something of huge importance for the future of the European Union (EU) has occurred in...

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE GIFT FOR HAMAS AND IRAN

Israel’s security services failed to put together an accurate picture from the limited intelligence they were receiving, based on what was a misconception surrounding...

VLADIMIR PUTIN’S PLAN IS NOT WORKING AND COULD DESTROY RUSSIA

Putin’s crass error in invading Ukraine has already led to NATO uniting as never before, an event which doubled NATO’s border with Russia. LONDON If you...

ABANDONED BY RUSSIA, ARMENIANS AGAIN FACE ETHNIC CLEANSING OR EVEN GENOCIDE

In the past week the world has unquestionably witnessed the vast ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. LONDON You have to feel for the Armenians....

Heroic Hungarians fighting fortheir country: Ukraine

There are currently approximately 400 Hungarians on the Ukranian front line and to date 31 have died for their country. LONDON Think of ethnic minorities in...

Three years on: Abraham Accords progress, Saudi membership elusive

London Three years ago, something extraordinary happened. On 15 September 2020, a small group of people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House...

TENSIONS RISING IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC BETWEEN JAPAN AND RUSSIA

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has resulted in Japan’s security environment becoming as severe as it has ever been since the end of WWII. Tokyo...

‘My enemies tend to die’ is the scary message from Prigozhin’s ‘accident’

“Putin never forgets”, said British-American businessman Bill Browder, “Prigozhin made Putin look weak and for Putin, that’s the ultimate sin.” LONDON “Does one need to be...

BUILDING BRICS BIGGER

Several developing countries view BRICS as an alternative to global bodies dominated by the West and hope that membership will unlock benefits such as...

Xi’s policies hobbling China’s economy

London “China’s economy is a ticking time bomb,” said President Joe Biden last week at a political fundraising event in the American state of Utah....

Why Israeli unicorns are fighting for their country’s democracy

For the pastseven months, Israel has been locked in a political crisis, creating uncertainty that is doing little to inspire confidence in the future...

Drones are tipping Russia’s war in favour of Ukraine

Ukraine has in the past year carried out at least 11 drone attacks on Russian ships, its naval base in Sevastopol as well as...

WHAT NEXT FOR RUSSIA’S YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN AND WAGNER?

Whether or not Prigozhin survives his new home in Belarus, few have doubts that the Wagner Group will endure this latest crisis. Wagner continues...

What next for Russia’s Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner?

Whether or not Prigozhin survives his new home in Belarus, few have doubts that the Wagner Group will endure this latest crisis. London “The Wagnerites are...

A rare voice of reason in Israel’s divided society

It’s Ruth Wasserman Lande’s call for greater mutual respect among the divided community that has the biggest significance in Israel today. London ‘Crazy”, he said, “just...

WELL DONE VLAD, YOU’VE BECOME NATO’S GREATEST ASSET

Putin argued that he couldn’t accept the threat of NATO on Russia’s borders if Ukraine became a member, but the result of his catastrophic...

PRIGOZHIN’S INSURRECTION WAS A GAME-CHANGER FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN

London Last Saturday was one of those days when Russia-watchers were glued to their smartphones. As armoured vehicles appeared on the streets of Moscow, Yevgeny...

FORMER PAK PM IMRAN KHAN FEARS FOR HIS LIFE

If Imran Khan is jailed and he and his party are no longer available as a channel for dissent, the people of Pakistan will...

WHY NARCO-STATE SYRIA CAMEIN FROM THE COLD

The Arab League has recognised that Syria has become a ‘narco-country’, spreading deadly drugs across neighbouring borders, and wants this to stop. Last month, the...

WHY NARCO-STATE SYRIA CAME IN FROM THE COLD

Last month, the for- eign ministers of Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordon met in the Jordanian capital Amman to discuss how to...

CHINA IS TAKING ADVANTAGEOF RUSSIA’S WEAKNESS

While Russia faces increasing international isolation, it has a wealthy and willing trading partner in China So now we know. While Moscow is engaged in...

Is President Putin preparingto annex Belarus?

The free world was alarmed in April this year when Putin made global headlines by announcing an agreement with Minsk to station Russian tactical...

Erdogan Faces Toughest Challenge Amid Turkey’s Economic Crisis

Born in humble circumstances in February 1954, Erdogan was active in Islamic circles for two decades after graduation before joining the pro-Islamist Welfare Party...

DRONE ATTACK ON THE KREMLIN, BUT PRIGOZHIN COULD BE A GREATER DANGER

On Wednesday, Moscow accused Ukraine of attacking the Kremlin with drones in an attempt to kill President Putin, the most serious allegation that Russia...

SUDAN IS IMPORTANT TO RUSSIA FOR ITS WAR IN UKRAINE

The Kremlin’s relationship with Hemedti developed rapidly after his forces took control of gold mines in Sudan’s Darfur district in November 2017. When two military...

KARA-MURZA TRIAL CONFIRMS THAT RUSSIA’s CIVIL SOCIETY IS DEAD

Married with three children, 41-year-old Kara-Murza has for many years been a thorn in President Vladimir Putin’s side. On Monday, Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza...

Why Israel is on edge

The latest escalation came after Israeli police twice raided the al-Aqsa mosque early this month as worshippers barricaded themselves into the mosque’s compound to...

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