Does the retreat of Afghan forces in the absence of UK and US forces dictate an error in judgement of British and American foreign, security and defence practitioners? Of course…
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It is quite clear that the Western world wishes to forge closer ties with India. Boris Johnson has gone so far as to invite Narendra Modi, his Indian counterpart to…
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In January 2020, as tensions were mounting in the Middle East following the assassination of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani by the United States, the world looked as though it might…
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For centuries, Afghanistan has been seen as the last untamed frontier. From the geopolitical struggle between Tsarist Russia and the British Empire in the 19th Century, to the long drawn…
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Are we waking to the dawn of a new Cold War? Are we staring at the creation of a new bi-polar world? Or maybe multi-polar world? Are these tremors precursors…
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Covid-19 has created one of the most critical conditions for Western leadership for centuries. The free world has experienced a true lack of leadership which seems to have been exploited…
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For several weeks now, Russia has been massing its forces on the border with Ukraine. A steady stream of footage has shown armoured vehicles, heavy artillery, tanks and troop transports…
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Tensions are rising in the Gulf with Iran on one side, and Saudi Arabia and their Arab allies on the other. After a decade of neglect, international attention is once…
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There was some good news over the weekend, as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was finally released from her five year prison sentence (recently served in house arrest) in Iran on spying charges.…
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The White House has a new resident, the Democratic Party’s Joe Biden. Despite Trump’s public reaction to the election result and his unconventional approach to foreign policy and domestic politics…