India’s Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine
Since late February, when Russian forces crossed the Ukrainian border en masse, India has steered what it portrays as a neutral course on the war. It has abstained on UN votes condemning Russia’s inva...
5 Jul 202252min
Finland’s NATO Application, Western Policy in Ukraine and the War’s Global Fallout
NATO leaders meeting next week in Madrid have a lot on their agendas. Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its fifth month, with fierce fighting continuing along front lines in Ukraine’s east and south...
24 Jun 202239min
Rollercoaster Politics Ahead of Kenya's August Elections
Kenya’s presidential race has been turned upside down. After a high-profile split with President Kenyatta, his deputy William Ruto – despite being in government for the last nine years – is running on...
17 Jun 20221h
Peacemaking After Ukraine: A Look at Nagorno-Karabakh and Libya
How much have the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reverberated across other warzones? Moscow is involved in several of the world’s conflicts, and the breakdown of relations between Russia and ...
10 Jun 20221h 24min
Who is Rodolfo Hernández, Colombia’s “TikTok King”, and Can He Win the Presidency?
Colombians decisively rejected mainstream political parties in the first round of their presidential election last week, with two anti-establishment candidates advancing to the run-off on 19 June. Gus...
3 Jun 20221h 2min
New President in Somalia, New Opportunity for Reconciliation
On 15 May, Somali lawmakers voted in new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The peaceful vote and transfer of power drew a line under what had been a fraught, long-delayed and sometimes violent electora...
27 Mai 20221h 8min
Shades of Jihad in Syria
On 3 February, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that American special forces had killed the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abdullah Qardash, in a house where he was hiding out in Idlib province...
20 Mai 20221h 13min
A Perilous Free-for-all in the Eastern DR Congo?
Neighbouring states are fighting again in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In November 2021, Tshisekedi invited Ugandan units to cross into the DRC’s North Kivu province in pursuit of the ISI...
13 Mai 202251min
