I’ve never been keen on turkey. Now my aversion is approaching outright loathing
The Christmas bird has now been financially weaponised I’m calling this column “Turkey, Revisited”, after “Toads, Revisited” by Philip Larkin, a poet who was…
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Putin’s regime may be closer to a Soviet collapse than we think
Russia’s resurrected military industrial complex is cannibalising the rest of its economy Ukraine is slowly losing the three-year conflict on the battlefield. Russia is…
The Syrian National Army: Rebels, thugs or Turkish proxies?
The umbrella group – closely tied with Ankara and accused of abuses against Kurds – has played a pivotal role in the rebel offensive…
As Assad’s power crumbles, Turkey, Iran and Russia disagree on way forward for Syria
Foreign powers urge opposition groups to end fighting and preserve single, united country at talks in Qatar The three key external national actors in…
After Trump was late, Zelenskyy-Macron trilateral was all smiles and handshakes
In Trump’s first trip abroad after the election, he arrived late to meet with Macron and gave the French president a characteristically intense greeting….
GoDaddy, An Overrated Stock?
The internet business has all the trappings of false advertisement. Quick riches and easy bucks. But what is not clear is the hijacking of…
The Qatargate Files:Hundreds of leaked documents reveal scale of EU corruption scandal
Evidence from the European Parliament’s graft investigation provides a record of more than 300 alleged attempts to manipulate EU democracy. Call them the Qatargate…
Ukraine War: When Does The Bundeswehr Move Towards Donbass?
The first to come up with the idea was French President Emmanuel Macron – long before it was clear that Donald Trump would win the US…
Inside Fight Impunity, the Brussels NGO at the heart of the Qatar corruption scandal
Federica Mogherini and Bernard Cazeneuve were on the board of Panzeri’s human rights campaign. Now they’ve quit and he’s in jail. It was one…
Surge in exploits of zero-day vulnerabilities is ‘new normal’ warns Five Eyes alliance
The cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand) issued a warning on Tuesday that hackers…