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Brazil’s rewriting of history textbooks is concerning, yet Britain is not without flaws on the alter
Brazil’s new government – led by the right-wing Jair Bolsonaro – has not been short of criticism and scrutiny since the country’s...


Two is company, three’s a crowd: North Korea, China and the United States
North Korea, also known as the ‘Hermit Kingdom’, is a country that for the better half of a century has faced diplomatic and economic...


Trump-Kim Summits: Do the talks yield any success?
When I watched the first handshake between the leader of the capitalist free world and the Stalinist supreme dictator of the most...


Venezuela’s fatherland card is an Orwellian nightmare
In recent years, the Venezuelan government has been working on a system of cards which can be used to track the behaviour of its...


Bernie 2020: How the former fringe candidate will tackle Trump
For most, this was the worst kept secret in US politics. People ‘felt the Bern’ in 2016 and it is fair to assume that the Democratic...


Roger Stone: The Latest Victim of the Mueller Probe
In the very early hours of January 25th, as the sun was about to rise over Fort Lauderdale, Florida, federal agents waited outside the...


PROFILE: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Twitter Star, Future President?
Anybody with a tangential interest in United States’ politics at present will be aware of newly-elected New York Congresswoman...


The Wall: a 20th Century Answer to a 21st Century Problem?
It seems like the past few weeks have been dominated by a slurry of abnormal normalities (well, nowadays they may be considered normal)....


Is South American Democracy In Crisis?
With the recent election success of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, there are increasing concerns that democracy is beginning to falter in...


Trump has proved that anyone can run for President
It is an understatement to say that celebrity involvement was an influence in the 2016 presidential election, so it is ultimately...
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