Milan Kundera – the renowned author who sadly passed away earlier this week – masterfully portrays the tragedy of his generation in his novel "Life…

Turkey looks like it has come to the end of a long internal battle over the country’s identity – and trajectory – by extending the 20 years it has…

Amid all the drama on the ground in Russia this weekend, there was also action in the skies, and it could be of great significance for Vladimir Putin…

Donald Trump cannot be absolved of his role in the political decline that he claims is engulfing the United States.While he may not be solely…

Where does value really come from? How much of it is held by the physical nature of an item, rather than what it represents, or symbolises?Finding an…

From a military perspective, it would be wrong to underestimate the significance of the operation conducted by forces opposed to Vladimir Putin in…

It is rare for international arrest warrants to be issued against the heads of central banks, especially when they are still in office, but the…

The latest round of violence in Gaza and the West Bank shows how, for Palestinians, violence has become a fact-of-life.At the time of writing, 33…

Sudan’s current conflict can be seen as a direct consequence of the failure of the nation’s previous agreements seeking peace and democratic…

Sudan’s army and militia groups have resorted to violence and destruction, directing their weapons at their own citizens and each other, unable, yet…