As I write this article, Brazil has recorded more than 2 million cases of Covid-19, just behind the US total number of cases. Despite this already high number, every week…

Espionage and counterespionage have been essential tools of statecraft for centuries and intelligence agencies have been battling one another for decades. But what recent espionage cases suggest is that the…

The release of the much anticipated ‘Russia Report’ by the UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was met with a rather flat response. There was no smoking gun linking…

I do not know about you, but it occurred to me back in March that there were two viruses gripping the country. One had inserted itself via the usual methods…

Polish President Andrzej Duda’s first term is about to end. According to our constitutional system, the President is the Commander-in-Chief who – in accordance with the government – is also…

Can you imagine 73 pre-school children being murdered every day in Hungary? Would such a tragedy only affect parents? It is easy to quickly say no to both questions. But…

There has been a disturbing apathy in the Western world. What should be a major and continuing news story across national and international networks has been ignored or shunted into…

The Western Balkans, have long been described by historians, diplomats, and political analysts as the “powder keg of Europe” – a region often on the periphery of mainstream European political…