Is This the End? Wagner in Russia, Ukraine and Africa
Over the weekend, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian private security company known as the Wagner Group, spearheaded an insurrection in Russia. In response to Kremlin moves to bring Wagner und...
28 Jun 202350min
Blinken in Beijing: Will the Secretary of State's Visit Calm China-U.S. Tensions?
This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Beijing, where he met with top Chinese foreign policy officials as well as President Xi Jinping. His trip, the first high-level visit in ...
23 Jun 202349min
Myanmar’s Forgotten War
In February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup that plunged the country into a protracted crisis. Mass protests against the junta met a brutal crackdown and morphed into armed resistance,...
16 Jun 202353min
Could Jihadists Seize Parts of Coastal West Africa?
Recent years have seen increasing fear in some Gulf of Guinea countries, notably Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, that jihadists who have overrun much of the Sahel move south. Militants already o...
2 Jun 202348min
Libya: Political Gridlock, Regional Politics and Sudan’s War
Last week, Libya’s parliament fired one of the country’s two prime ministers, Fathi Bashaga. Libya for years has been split between two rival governments. An internationally recognised prime minister,...
26 Mai 202345min
Riyadh and the World: What to Make of Saudi Arabia’s Recent Diplomacy
Saudi Arabia’s diplomacy is flourishing after a decade in which Riyadh has been entangled in regional conflicts and rivalries. Over the past few years, Saudi Arabia has turned the page on the Gulf Coo...
22 Mai 202347min
Fighting in Khartoum, Talking in Jeddah
Fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and a rival paramilitary outfit, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has torn apart Sudan for nearly a month. The capital Khartoum and its residents have borne t...
12 Mai 202343min
What to Expect from Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive
As fighting rages in Ukraine, with high casualties but little ground gained or lost on either side, Kyiv seems poised to launch its much anticipated counteroffensive. New Western equipment, including ...
5 Mai 202341min
