The core strategic dilemma of the Islamic Republic of Iran is that it is arrayed against forces far more powerful than itself. This...

The city-state of Singapore is barely visible on a map of Southeast Asia. So small it is that Indonesian president B.J. Habibie once...

The world is a highly unequal place. Across borders and continents, there are massive disparities in wealth and power. This includes...

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This article was originally published  on UCL Pi Media in January 2021 as part III of a three-part series. Two Il-76 aircraft destroyed...

This article was originally published  on UCL Pi Media in November 2020 as part II of a three-part series. An MQ-9 Reaper flies above the...

This article was originally published on UCL Pi Media in November 2020 as part I of a three-part series. Armed troops in Libya. Image...

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This article was originally published on UCL Pi Media in August 2020. Photo by Snowscat on Unsplash. The recent announcement  of a full...

This article was originally published on UCL Pi Media in March 2020. The Assad regime fell in December 2024, arguably marking the end...

This article was originally published on UCL Pi Media in January 2020 ( https://uclpimedia.com/online/the-struggle-for-lgbt-rights-in-sin...

What exactly is science? Is there anything particularly special about scientific knowledge that distinguishes it from other forms of...

How did Chinese reformers gain the knowledge necessary to completely transform their economy in the 1980s? An answer could be found in...

On September 30th, 2022, Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions to Russia. The move comprised an immediate...

In the early/mid-1960s, U.S. policymakers saw Sukarno's Indonesia shifting dangerously to the left. The government was aligning with the...

Since early 2018, the United States has imposed a series of tariffs and sanctions on China in a bid to rectify the yawning trade...

Introduction The rapid spread of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 brought a massive shock to societies and economies across the world. As...

As American police fought to quell the nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, on June 2, Emily Thornberry gave the...

This article was originally published on UCL Pi Media in December 2019: https://uclpimedia.com/online/militants-pakistans-catch-22 It has...

Sunday Times editor Peter Conradi has written an accessible, engaging and comprehensive account of U.S.-Russian relations from the...