GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Governments act with a sense of righteous purpose to “restore order” and to arrest protestors, while vilifying the causes of public outrage. But the sense of unrest reflects the failures of government rather than the failure of the populations.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio bludgeoned his way to re-election in June 2023, drawing international condemnation. And yet he has now won regional support to stay in office.
SOVEREIGNTY
The European Union parliamentary elections, the 2024 US elections, Britain’s general election — and others — highlight the reality that “the reaction of 2016” has resumed.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Elections in the United Kingdom delivered “a government no-one wanted” and five years of wasteland in a world in crisis, saved only by a Crown still binding the “sceptered isle”.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Most governments around the world are aware that US foreign and strategic policy is transformed during a US presidential election year, which occurs each four years. Is 2024 any different from past election years? And what does this portend for the world?
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
The longer Xi staves off his enemies within the Communist Party, the more likely it is that the party will suffer or collapse along with Xi Jinping himself. Something must give, soon.
CRIME & CORRUPTION
PERSONNEL