Ukraine war: Putin’s plan to fire up Zaporizhzhia power plant risks massive nuclear disaster
Apr 25, 2024 06:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
Recent reports of a series of drone strikes on Ukraines Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) have demonstrated the serious safety and security concerns at Europes largest nuclear power station. It has not been confirmed...
Apr 25, 2024 06:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Russias invasion of Ukraine has put the countrys nuclear facilities at considerable risk. For example, on April 7 a drone attacked Ukraines Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. This attack on the largest nuclear power plant...
Ukraine war: $60 billion in US military aid a major morale boost but no certain path to victory
Apr 23, 2024 08:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
It took months of delays and desperate pleas from Ukraine, but the US House of Representatives has finally passed a bill authorising US$60 billion (50 billion) worth of military aid to Ukraine. The bill is still subject...
How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?
Apr 22, 2024 03:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When big questions about American foreign policy collide with an election, its rarely good news for a sitting president. Like many leaders before him, US President Joe Biden has had some of these questions thrust on...
Oman serves as a crucial back channel between Iran and the US as tensions flare in the Middle East
Apr 19, 2024 06:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
Prior to launching a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel on April 13, 2024, Iran reportedly got word to Washington that its response to an earlier strike on its embassy compound in Syria would seek to avoid major...
An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons programme is unlikely – here’s why
Apr 19, 2024 06:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Israels prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to retaliate against Iran for the unprecedented aerial assault on April 13. He has made it clear that we will make our own decisions, and the state of Israel will do...
Ukraine is losing the war and the west faces a stark choice
Apr 18, 2024 06:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ukraine is now experiencing a level of existential threat comparable only to the situation immediately after the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. But in contrast to then, improvements are unlikely at least...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight