Earlier this month, a state aircraft touched down in Belgrade carrying the coffin of Ratko Mladić, a man convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity by an international tribunal. An honour guard drawn from the Serbian military stood to attention.…
The Houthis are advancing, the Red Sea is growing more dangerous, and the international community is running short of credible responses. That, in essence, is the assessment of Baraa Shiban, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and a…
Twenty-five years on from the most devastating terrorist attack in modern history, the BBC chose to mark the anniversary of September 11 in a manner that has provoked considerable unease among politicians, commentators, and ordinary viewers. The criticism is pointed…
A Russian drone struck a passenger train near the Ukraine-Poland border on Sunday, narrowly missing a diplomatic convoy carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, and a constellation of senior European security officials —…
India’s strategic autonomy faces its biggest test at the BRICS summitAs New Delhi hosts the 18th BRICS summit on 12–13 September, India’s foreign policy posture deserves particularly close scrutiny. The gathering comes at a moment of exceptional geopolitical strain: the…
Warren Stephens, Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, laid a white floral wreath at the September 11th Memorial Garden in Grosvenor Square on Friday, honouring the 67 British citizens killed in the attacks a quarter-century ago. The gesture was…
A New Oil Province Emerges Russia has begun shipping crude from the Arctic. That single fact carries consequences that will ripple through energy markets for decades. On 6 September, President Vladimir Putin formally launched operations at Vostok Oil, Rosneft’s flagship…
A Structure Gone, a Symbol With It The East Wing of the White House no longer stands. Demolished in the autumn of 2025 on the orders of President Donald Trump, the 123-year-old structure has been cleared to make way for…
A System Running Out of Road Sudan’s healthcare infrastructure is disintegrating. As international funding retreats and the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces grinds into its third year, Médecins Sans Frontières has issued a…
A Candid Admission at the Justice Department Attorney General Todd Blanche, appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, declined to pledge that the Department of Justice would act independently of the White House — but insisted that President Trump…