News & Political Analysis
While the heavily indebted US economy relies on sovereign states to purchase American debt, the inflationary spirals that have appeared throughout small, medium and large emerging markets as a direct result of Washington’s policies have led to the phenomenon of both US partners and rivals simultaneously selling off their holdings […]
On this week’s episode of The History Boys, George Galloway and Adam Garrie go on a high energy journey through Philippine history beginning with the struggle for independence and leading up to the present day with an in-depth discussion of the history making Presidency of Rodrigo Roa Duterte. To watch […]
The importance of a single moment in history is not always immediately clear directly after it has occurred. Sometimes it takes months or even years for the significance of any particular event to be realised. But in the case of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China in October of […]
As more migrants from Islamic backgrounds attempt to build new lives in Europe, both the political class and the populous of many European states have reached the dangerous conclusion that somehow Muslims cannot live in a harmonious relationship with their non-Muslim neighbours. It is consequently supremely hypocritical that these same […]
As recently as the 1980s, not only was Albania ruled by a ferociously anti-American government but it was among the most geopolitically isolated nations in modern world history. Things have drastically changed as the Albania of today is a NATO member that effectively functions as a mafia run satellite state […]
The European Union has officially called for an independent investigation into the killing of Saudi born journalist Jamal Khashoggi while Germany’s Foreign Minister has stated that his nation and its European partners should consider ceasing weapons sales to Riyadh. But while this move is being sold to the public as one […]
While Donald Trump continues to insist that Riyadh’s role in the murder of Saudi born journalist Jamal Khashoggi will not adversely effect lucrative arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, both the alleged gruesomeness of the journalist’s murder as well as public feelings in the west turning at least […]
America continues to drag its feet with Turkey Turkey’s strained relations with Saudi Arabia that were first exacerbated by the Saudi led boycott of Turkey’s Qatari ally and have now been made exponentially worse due to the murder of Saudi born journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, have […]
As the maritime trafficking of narcotics remains one of the most pressing security threats throughout the seas of south east Asia, it becomes increasingly necessary for the regions most powerful naval force, the People’s Liberation Navy of China to help its ASEAN partners in disrupting the sea lanes used by […]
America’s War in Vietnam remains a signpost signifying a moment when America’s own exceptionalist myth of invincibility began to falter in open sight. The watershed moment of the last helicopter leaving Saigon in 1975 became emblematic of a lumbering, highly equipped by deeply demoralised American armed forces that ultimately could […]
