World

The so-called feminist woman – often dazzling on magazine covers – claims to be emancipated and yet also oppressed. She does not need a stable relationship, nor does she want a…

Democracy is seen by most people, much of the time, as one of the brightest jewels in the crown of Western culture. Unlike the slavery-based ancient Athenian democracy, it is…

The conservative movement has a long history in Italy, with many changes over time. Nowadays, the most well-known conservative politicians are Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni and Silvio Berlusconi, with their…

A recently conducted study in N. Macedonia by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) suggested that “85% of young people think that the country needs a leader with a firm…

Ireland’s recent general election was historic, and the ramifications will echo around the world. The two main features of this election demonstrate an irrevocable change to the Irish political landscape;…

One month ago, the world was wondering if the new phase of the US-Iran conflict would lead to World War III. Three weeks ago, we were getting all worked up…

‘All the Lonely People’, an article published in 2018 in The Economist, highlighted the financial implications of loneliness. What was perhaps most striking about the article was its stressing of…

Back in the days of our imperial splendour, Prime Minister Palmerston summed up British foreign policy as well as anyone. “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual…

Many world changing journeys have started from Greenwich in London, a place dissected by and home to the Meridian Line at 0 degrees longitude, the centre of world time (GMT),…

The 1993 Oslo Accords, signed by Israel and the PLO, created international abnormalities because, although they made the Palestinian Authority a recognized state authority, its leaders did everything possible to…