Diplomacy and External Affairs
Climate of fear – TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa
https://www.globalwitness.org/documents/20617/EACOP_report_-_FINAL_PDF.pdf
Deal ‘with the devil’: Meet the Cubans who’ve joined Russia’s war on Ukraine
https://www.politico.eu/article/cuban-mercenaries-join-russian-army-ukraine-war/
Macron’s slow but bold U-turn on Ukraine
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-emmanuel-macron-ukraine-war-russia-uturn-vladimir-putin/
Destructive ambiguity – Northern Ireland, the Union and the Windsor Framework
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/destructive-ambiguity-northern-ireland-the-union-and-the-windsor-framework/
More Needs and Less Aid: Northwest Syria Four Months After the Earthquake
https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/more-needs-and-less-aid-northwest-syria-four-months-after-the-earthquake-133701
Why reports of Chinese spy base in Cuba are met with shrugs in Latin America, where US influence is waning
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3226144/why-reports-chinese-spy-base-cuba-are-met-shrugs-latin-america-where-us-influence-waning
Northern Ireland’s vicious cycle of governance failure
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/northern-irelands-vicious-cycle-of-governance-failure/
Israeli–Palestinian conflict has no two-state solution
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/israeli-palestinian-conflict-has-no-two-state-solution/
Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears
https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-corruption-scandal-crackdown-treason-ukraine-war-democracy-antac-anti-corruption-action-center/
The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy – book review
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2023/08/31/the-russo-ukrainian-war-by-serhii-plokhy-book-review/