ISIS-K’s attack in Moscow risks escalating the Russia-Ukraine war
Mar 25, 2024 05:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
A music concert in suburban Moscow became the scene of a bloody terrorist attack on March 22 as gunmen with automatic weapons and Molotov cocktails killed more than 130 people and injured dozens more. Immediately after...
Mar 22, 2024 11:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
The crisis in Gaza transcends mere statistics to reveal a deep human tragedy that continues to escalate. According to the latest figures from the Gaza health ministry, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 30,000...
Vladimir Putin’s gold strategy explains why sanctions against Russia have failed
Mar 19, 2024 11:33 am UTC| Politics Economy
There are more than 16,000 sanctions imposed against Russia. Yet the Russian economy and war machine grew by 3.6 per cent in 2023 and is projected to grow another 2.6 in 2024. Nearly six per cent of Russias gross...
Ukraine war: a warning for Kyiv’s western allies from the failed Polish uprising of 1830-31
Mar 16, 2024 07:20 am UTC| Insights & Views
It has been reported that the US president, Joe Biden, has managed to scrape together US$300 million (235 million) as an emergency measure to supply the Ukraine military with at least some ammunition as it struggles to...
Ukraine war: Pope Francis should learn from his WWII predecessor’s mistakes in appeasing fascism
Mar 13, 2024 10:54 am UTC| Insights & Views
Pope Francis has provoked fury by suggesting in a television interview that Ukraine should find the courage to raise the white flag. Speaking to the Italian-language Swiss public broadcaster RSI, he added: When you see...
A US with fewer allies threatens global security
Mar 07, 2024 07:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
At a recent election rally in South Carolina, Donald Trump said he would encourage aggressors such as Russia to do whatever the hell they want to Nato allies he considers to have not met their financial...
Mar 06, 2024 23:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The African Union (AU) comes in for a lot of criticism. Most recently this is from within its own ranks. The AU Commission chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, set out his frustrations after an AU summit in February 2024. The...
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