Since the final declaration of his victory in the race for the White House, President-elect Joe Biden has been ringing the leaders of the western world. His first call was…
foreign policy
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If elections were held in Israel, Donald Trump would have won with a solid majority. After all, during his presidency, he moved the American Embassy to Jerusalem, recognised Israeli sovereignty…
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Many political journalists and commentators frequently label Donald Trump as an isolationist, something that is completely inaccurate. According to Alexander de Conde, even the first US administration did not follow…
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The calling of a Defence Review is never propitious. While such audits are necessary to better address changing risks and threats, the dozen or so that have taken place in…
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Thirty-two years ago, the Iranian regime waged a brutal campaign of torturing and executing thousands of its citizens, who were in prison for merely exercising their fundamental human right, to…
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently signalled via the national press that he wants to divert billions of pounds of foreign aid to bolster security. It is an answer to the prayer…
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It all seemed very strange back in October 2009 when the Nobel Prize Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama. It was ironic to hear the…
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“Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a…
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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…
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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…