Britain’s economy is not world beating, but is taking a beating. After 12 long years of austerity, the worst economic performance of any advanced country during the pandemic, Brexit, and the government’s failures during the cost of living crisis, the economy…
Erecting trade barriers with your largest trading block to chase after unicorns was always going to have negative effects. However, not once during the Brexit negotiations did I think that we would end up with a government that would so…
Following the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991, the Balkans endured two devastatingly violent ethnic conflicts: one in Bosnia and one in Kosovo. From 1992 to 1995, Bosnia was violently divided between the predominantly Muslim Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and…
Vladimir Putin has once again brought war to Europe, and now it appears that he has also brought the evil of genocide back to the continent. The scale of war crimes committed by Russia is shocking, with reports of the…
The generation of energy is something most of us only appreciate when it isn’t working. Having grown up in the digital age, where technology has become a necessity for daily living, access to resources which require electricity is the norm,…
As the tanks roll into Ukraine and towns and cities are bombarded by missiles, millions of people are fleeing the country in search of safety. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has described the refugee crisis as one of the worse in…
Russia is a country that has produced some of the world’s greatest authors, classical musicians, architects and painters. But above all, it is a country that is, like all countries are, populated by mostly kind, generous, and peaceful people. The…
Last week’s shooting in Plymouth heralded a moment of national horror. The worst mass shooting since 2010, Jake Davison’s murder of five others and ultimate suicide rocked the UK, a country where we rarely have to deal with the spectre…
With a firm handshake and a smile, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin began their highly anticipated summit in Switzerland on Wednesday. The meetings were divided into two sections with the staff of both world leaders joining…