World Politics

George Orwell’s insightful novella allegorically describes what the world faced in his time and what we face today. Disinformation by Russia has been damaging democracy from the time of Stalin through Putin's cyber attacks on the West today.

This article discusses Brexit’s current impact on UK drug companies and takes stock of progress on new regulations, market access strategy and pharmacovigilance since the end of the transition period.

Shinzo Abe was a well-known politician who led Japan as its longest-serving prime minister.

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos's son and namesake, won the Philippines' 17th presidential election in 2022 with a stunning runaway victory, the first by a majority since his late father's two-decade dictatorship was overthrown in a 1986 revolution.

The unprecedented courage and determination of the women who joined the National Movement is an inspiration to the young people of India. The stories of valor of these women need to be told often to awaken the spirit of patriotism in the young people who are the torchbearers of our country.

This article is about flags around the world that have red-white-red patterns.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not going to end how Putin thinks it will.

Putin grew up in tough environs in St. Petersburg. But over time, he honed his skills as a cunning street fighter and a scrappy underdog. His ambition was rewarded with a position as a KGB officer in the Soviet intelligence services, eventually becoming the president of Russia.

Russian actions against Ukraine have no legal standing in international law or in the law of war. It’s flat out wrong. Nevertheless, a Russian invasion of Ukraine is taking place and its crucial to attempt to understand how this action is justified in the mind of Russian leadership.

This article disscusses the amicable methods of settling international disputes.

There are numerous places around the world whose boundaries are questioned.

Stalin was one of the most dreadful tyrants in history. But who was he?

Not all that glitters is not gold. Some stuff that glitters is just urban myth.

One word to describe Pyongyang’s air force is "ancient."

This article discusses the roles International Organizations play globally.

American taxpayers pump more than a billion dollars worth of aid into Jordan every year, do they know where it all goes?

A short political biography of the Irish Marxist revolutionary, trade union organizer, revolutionary agitator on two continents and co-founder of Europe's first Red Army who laid down his life for the Irish Socialist Republic.

There are some real signs that some sort of conflict with China over Taiwan will come to pass by 2025. What is the US plan to prevent it?

‘Irish Observer’ invariably poses as a supposedly ‘reformed’ former member of the IRA. In fact, by ‘Irish Observer’s own admission, he is a convicted paedophile, Vincent McKenna, who was jailed by Cavan Circuit Court, Ireland, for 6 years on 31 counts of child sex abuse.

Miriam Daly grew up in Dublin in the South-East of Ireland, attended University College Dublin (UCD) as both an undergraduate then a postgraduate student, and subsequently became a member of the academic staff, lecturing in Economic History.

"Voices From the Grave" gives two very different accounts of the war in Northern Ireland. The two memoirists also had very different funerals.

The US chose to invade Afghanistan after the Taliban refused to give up Osama Bin Laden. The invasion ultimately failed, because US attempts to impose a democratic government excluding the Taliban failed.

Gino Gallagher was the epitome of the urban guerrilla. He was a severe thorn in the side of British Imperialism and their hired proxies.

It’s a dishonorable end that weakens the U.S. standing in the world, perhaps irrevocably.

Afghanistan has been subject to war for nearly half a century. Since the Soviet invasion it has seen widespread destruction, massive migration, and paralyzed governments with very few areas under state control.

All over the world, 95 people are on death row for blasphemy. Of these, 80+ are from Pakistan, and out of these more than 50% are from the minorities who constitute just 3% of Pakistan's population.

In a recent visit to the USA, the Japanese Prime Minister gave a serious warning to their American ally about what Russia and China. It was a shocker.

During the Cold War, the United States Navy had a formidable nuclear capable surface fleet. With a new Cold War brewing, it is time to give America's fleet the nuclear punch it once had and keep a strong seaborne deterrent.

This is a long conflict between the two narratives. The Palestinians want to preserve their story and national identity through cultural actions, while the Israeli occupation authorities try to undermine this narrative and establish it in its place - also through art and culture.

A summary of Plan Condor, a US-backed anti-communist operation that enabled decades of dictatorships in the South America from the 1970s-1980s.

May 13th 2021, Glasgow: A local protest stopped a Home Office effort to deport asylum seekers. The police were called and released the men back into the community.

A national flag is a piece of cloth with a prescribed design, typically attached to a flagpole, used to represent a country. This article is about the top 20 most beautiful flags in the world.

An overview of the seven decades of the Sino-Indian border conflict.

An overview of the civil war in the Ethiopian region of Tigray.

The whole story: Points of contention between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Al Nahda Dam. What do Egypt and Sudan want from Ethiopia? What are the solutions and who has the right to control them?

Drug king Pablo Escobar imported hippopotamuses for his private zoo; now they are creating havoc.

Crime and corruption in China is nothing new however it's been an ongoing problem.

This article explores how the youth unemployment rate in Africa leads to social malaise and political instability.

Government and regulatory bodies must be able to strike the balance between the formulation of policies that are intended to increase the coverage and delivery of health services; and enforcing regulatory controls that limit the spread of harmful medical practices which impair the quality of care.

Learn about Kenya's first four presidents: Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki, and Uhuru Kenyatta.

The Local Content Policy framework of 2010 that was set up by the Nigerian government to generate and retain local value has been in operation for a decade. This article seeks to dissect the framework, its advantages, its shortcomings and where the Nigerian state stands one decade later.

Stop the lying. Stop the spin. We've had enough. Doug Ford and Stephen Lecce are deliberately misleading the public, and they are cutting education and healthcare instead of less vital areas of funding.

What does humanitarianism look like in the wake of globalization? I believe that stopping reliance on foreign aid would never prevent the exploitation of Africa because aid in itself is covered by the seal of humanitarianism.

War between China and the United States is not inevitable. An alliance of cooperation could usher in a new age of peace and prosperity for the world.

Germany has apologized for the Nazis, but Turkish authorities have not done the same regarding state-sanctioned genocide. This is why we can never forgive Turkey for their crimes.

The IRSP can clearly be seen to have upheld the politics of James Connolly, the founder of Irish Republican Socialism, where the class struggle and national liberation are inseparable.

General Omar Torrijos, Panama's “maximum leader," brought about the era of the caudillo, and Manuel Noriega continued it with his succession. They were political-military leaders of semi-authoritarian governments, Simón Bolívar’s Bonapartist style of governance, disguised with democratic ideals.