Long before the United States and its constitution existed, philosophical arguments have existed concerning the ethics of free speech. The First Amendment of of the US Constitution attempted to solve these issues by being a catch-all for the legalisation of free speech that could only be restricted in the most […]
There are worrying signs that the military is planning to return to power in Brazil, even if it does so indirectly through a presidential proxy. Brazil stands at an historic crossroads today when the Supreme Court rules whether former leftist-populist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known just as […]
One of President Duterte’s key election pledges was working to use federal solutions to end the decades long Moro conflict in Mindanao that has seen armed insurgents wage war against The Philippines in attempts to create autonomous Islamic political units in parts of Mindanao. As part of his push for […]
The roots of the current historically positive relations between China and Russia are primarily positive rather than reactive nature. A healthy trade relationship, a generally similar outlook on global development, mutual security interests and the mutual desire to develop a wide range of economic and security partners throughout the shared […]
Donald Trump is scandalised by his domestic opponents as an ‘enemy of democracy’ and is inversely praised by his support base as a kind of messianic figure out to change the country, aka ‘make America great again’. While many in the US find this language of extreme political dichotomy to […]
While the Syrian Arab Army has liberated all of Eastern Ghouta from pro-western Takfiri terrorists and Turkey continues to be unable to get the US to agree on a disarmament agreement regarding YPG/PKK terrorists in Manbij, in Raqqa, a genuine Arab rebellion is taking place against the United States and […]
This weekend has seen bloodshed in both Palestine and Kashmir, two of the longest running geopolitical conflicts on earth, alongside the civil war(s) in Myanmar. But where there exists at least some international impetus to reduce the scale of violence in Myanmar through various peace plans, most notably the Chinese […]