International Policy Digest

16/08/2024

For Benjamin Netanyahu, right-wing Jewish nationalists, and U.S. evangelicals, the war in Gaza and potentially the region, is well worth it. https://tinyurl.com/cjexd5bk

12/08/2024

Vice President Kamala Harris took the role of the dice by choosing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. https://tinyurl.com/5xehx3em

12/08/2024

To suggest voters find J.D. Vance off-putting and weird is perhaps being a little too kind. https://tinyurl.com/2z9axwn3

07/08/2024

While Vice President Kamala Harris had a deep bench to pick from, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was her best option. https://tinyurl.com/yxmx9mts

04/08/2024

History is littered with instances of Jews forced to flee their homes and become refugees. https://tinyurl.com/5y7b7f6j

03/08/2024

The Taliban's economic claims hide a harsh reality. Their policies offer a stopgap, not progress. Corruption thrives, and aid fuels the very regime it's meant to help. Afghanistan's economic woes run deep. https://tinyurl.com/2fbr338n

03/08/2024

Regardless of the circumstances, the Olympic Games have always been a financial boondoggle for the host country. https://tinyurl.com/2d4mcfzc

02/08/2024

If you are at all familiar with Sir 's resume, his promotion to the role of prime minister isn't that surprising.

If you are at all familiar with Sir Keir Starmer's resume, his promotion to the roll of prime minister isn't that surprising.

02/08/2024

Despite spending over a billion euros cleaning up the River Seine, athletes are guaranteed the experience of swimming in human and animal s**t. https://shorturl.at/zomwI

31/07/2024

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will approach relations with the United Kingdom quite differently. https://shorturl.at/jgK7C

29/07/2024

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has kept his country running smoothly much like a well-oiled corporate machine, albeit with a spotty and bloody human rights record.

26/07/2024

For over thirty years, NATO has been suffering from mission creep. https://tinyurl.com/3xt2c957

25/07/2024

Some Israelis are coming to grips with the fact that not all rulings against it are without merit. https://tinyurl.com/37drbuwp

21/07/2024

Chris Morris examines several wildlife crime cases that made their way through Kenyan courts. https://intpolicydigest.org/inside-the-wildlife-crime-courtrooms-of-kenya/

13/07/2024

For some, including now actor George Clooney, the longer Joe Biden stays in the race, it's beginning to look increasingly like elder abuse.

https://intpolicydigest.org/we-love-you-joe-but-hollywood-s-advice-to-president-biden/

12/07/2024

Democrats need a plan B to prevent Donald Trump's return. Michigan Governor is that plan B.

Democrats need a plan B to prevent Donald Trump's return. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is that plan B.

09/07/2024

In theory, could potentially be a viable threat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party if he doesn't muck it up first.

In theory, Nigel Farage could potentially be a viable threat to Keir Starmer's Labour Party if he doesn't muck it up first.

07/07/2024

British voters took a certain delight in shoving Rishi Sunak and the Tories out of power.

05/07/2024

The U.S. Supreme Court's rightward shift has struck many as overtly partisan.

04/07/2024

The first presidential debate was a disaster for Joe Biden, revealing his frailty and providing Donald Trump with a credibility boost despite his own penchant for lying.

28/06/2024

Making David Cameron his chief diplomat was one of the only good decisions Rishi Sunak made.

20/06/2024

Les Républicains have dramatically shifted from center-right to far-right under Éric Ciotti, culminating in an alliance with the National Rally and internal party upheaval.

12/06/2024

To many people, Nigel Farage is the man who gave us Brexit, but he's much more complex than that.

Too often, Nigel Farage is the man who gave us Brexit, but he's much more complex than that.

08/06/2024

The all-powerful Bharatiya Janata Party, once thought unstoppable, is actually stoppable.

The all powerful Bharatiya Janata Party, once thought unstoppable, is actually stoppable.

03/06/2024

The 's economic claims hide a harsh reality. Their policies offer a stopgap, not progress. Corruption thrives, and aid fuels the very regime it's meant to help. 's economic woes run deep.

The Taliban's economic claims hide a harsh reality. Their policies offer a stopgap, not progress. Corruption thrives, and aid fuels the very regime it's meant to help. Afghanistan's economic woes run deep.

02/06/2024

The new space race is here, and China is on a roll.

01/06/2024

Far-right Russian political theorist Aleksandr Dugin, and by extension, the Kremlin, has found that Brazil is full of useful idiots.

01/06/2024

Turkish voters delivered a strong rebuke to the ruling AK Party in the March local elections, driven by frustration with economic conditions, indicating a popular demand for change which the party has yet to address.

24/05/2024

Roughly six months into his presidency, Argentina’s offers a mixed bag.

Roughly six-months into his presidency, Argentina’s Javier Milei offers a mixed bag.

22/05/2024

There are now three generations since the Treaty of Rome. They have the right to expect a Europe which can function properly. Sir Graham Watson on why he's running for a seat in the European Parliament.