Ukraine war: Pentagon leaks paint gloomy picture of long war that can’t be won but must not be lost
Apr 14, 2023 14:17 pm UTC| Politics
Classified Pentagon documents leaked last week paint a grim picture of the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. While it may well be the most significant national security breach since the Snowden leaks of US National...
Ukraine recap: downbeat US intelligence leak suggests no end in sight for the misery of this war
Apr 14, 2023 14:10 pm UTC| Politics
What we know or think we know about the progress of the war in Ukraine over the past few days has come courtesy of leaked Pentagon documents which appear to cover, in some detail, a wide range of issues around the...
Apr 13, 2023 15:24 pm UTC| Politics
The on-again, off-again talks between Iran and western powers over Tehrans nuclear program have stalled yet again due to disagreements between the two sides. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has blamed Iran for...
Tragedies, not accidents: Tougher Canadian and U.S. border policies will cost more lives
Apr 12, 2023 12:40 pm UTC| Politics
A fire recently broke out at a detention centre in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexico-United States border. The blaze killed 38 men and injured another 29 from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia....
As tensions escalate in the Middle East, can all-out war be averted?
Apr 12, 2023 03:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Violence has again erupted in the Middle East during one of the holiest times of year for both Jews and Muslims. In recent days, militants in southern Lebanon have fired a large number of rockets at Israel in response...
Ukraine war: the lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process
Apr 10, 2023 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the French and Chinese presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping, were discussing the need for more constructive international engagement to end the war in Ukraine, it emerged this week that Ukraine, too, was open to...
Finland, NATO and the evolving new world order – what small nations know
Apr 06, 2023 07:45 am UTC| Politics
In the world of geopolitics, great powers make, break and play by their own rules. Smaller states largely have to make do with adjusting to the world as determined by others. Which is why the decision by Finland a...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects