And so, the predestined Boris Johnson will take on the task of hauling Great Britain out of the EU. He himself declared this as soon as his appointment had been finalized, solemnly declaring that he will do so by the...
Boris Johnson is the new leader of the Conservative Party and, in turn, succeeds Theresa May as leader of the United Kingdom. The vote means two things: the path of the UK’s centre-right towards a sort of British-style sovereignism and...
The ex-cricketer turned Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, came into power last August, when the country was in the midst of an economic crisis. Now, he is about to meet President Trump, in a bid to continue to improve...
The United Kingdom is currently the only power directly involved in the oil tanker crisis, from the Persian Gulf to Gibraltar. A British ship has been seized by the Iranian Pasdaran, and now sits in the port of Bandar Abbas....
Israeli politics continue to shake up in the wake of last April, this time in the form of the upcoming September elections. During the previous election in April, Benny Gantz, former chief of general staff of the Israel Defense Forces,...
1,300 – a number that might not mean much to you, but if you are an ex-Conservative councillor like me who lost their seat this year, it will mean an awful lot. This year, the Tories lost more than 1,300...
With an issue as divisive as Brexit, everyone in England knows someone who voted for the other side. It’s like when there are two major sports teams in a city. You might not want to acknowledge your opposition’s existence publicly,...
At this point in US-Chinese relations, the United States military can no longer expect to maintain long-term military hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. China’s military strength in the Asia-Pacific will match the Unites States’ by the 2020s. The United States will...
British secretaries are accusing Beijing of responding strongly to the recent protests occurring in Hong Kong. British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt, has stated that not supporting the 1984 Sino/British declaration will have important consequences for both...
Afghanistan has often been called the graveyard of empires due to its long history humbling the imperial powers of its time, be it the British or the Soviet Union. And the United States has been no different in this regard,...