The International
By Adam Bennett “We have, quite simply, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take back control of our country.” Boris Johnson, speaking in 2016 Six years ago, Boris Johnson was not the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His ambition to change that fact was an open secret, but any route to doing so would pit him […]
By Adam Bennett On Ukraine’s Eastern border, the unthinkable is slipping further from nightmares and closer to reality. With the buildup of Russian troops matched by increasing support from Western powers, a region sprawling from the edge of Belarus to the black sea has become a tinderbox surrounded by matches. There’s little doubt as to […]
By Nikhil Bandlish “In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.” Congressman Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 1988 Accurate? Fairly. Ironic? It would appear so. But for a number of precarious years, the Brazilian political system has been marred with turmoil; scandals, combative rhetoric […]
By Joseph Eyre In March, The International delved into the then-imminent withdrawal from Afghanistan by the US and its allies. We examined the tremendous costs of the conflict so far and the modest but hard-won gains achieved across two decades of continuous war. Though fraught with risk and uncertainty, there was a glimmer of hope […]
By Katie Dominy The International is no stranger to covering events between Israel and Palestine. 12 months ago, we reported on the Israeli Government’s plans to annex large swathes of the West Bank, which has been under military occupation since 1967. Fast forward to 2021, and we embarked upon a series of articles detailing the […]
By Adam Bennett “Within our mandate, the European Central Bank is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough.” Mario Draghi, speaking as ECB President in 2012 With those words, the story goes, Mario Draghi set in motion a chain of events which rescued the euro. […]
By Nikhil Bandlish A relic of an age once the envy of the entire world: The Amazon. Stretching from Suriname to Bolivia, the vast ecoregion covers over 2.1 million square miles – the majority of which falls within Brazil – and is home to over three million species of animals and plants. Yet, beneath the canopy […]
In this series of articles, our political editor Colin McGinness provides a concise roundup of the biggest geopolitical events from the past month. Asia India continues to be racked by an enormous second wave of covid infections, with conservative estimates of over 200,000 cases per day. In the wake of the crisis, Prime Minister Modi and his […]
By Joseph Eyre In February 2020, after many rounds of fraught and secretive negotiations, the United States and the Taliban finally reached an agreement and signed the “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan.” After 19 years of war, the agreement provides for the complete withdrawal of US and allied troops by May 1st 2021, which […]
In this series of articles, our political editor Colin McGinness provides a concise roundup of the biggest geopolitical events from the past month. Asia A massive fire has torn through a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing many inhabitants. This is the second large fire to hit the camp complex this year, adding further hardship to […]