Prof John Bew CMGThe World According to Henry Kissinger
Read moreJérémie Gallon’s biography charts how the German émigré’s realpolitik diplomacy continues to shape the international order On 9 November 1944,…
Dr Jade McGlynnRussia’s Pipeline of Persecution: A Systematic Campaign of Crimes Against Humanity in Occupied Ukraine
Read moreBy Dr Jade McGlynn and Scott Martin Key Points: Russia operates a pipeline of state-engineered persecution against Ukrainian civilians in…
Dr Shiraz MaherA New Syria Struggles to be Born
Read moreA year after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria’s new government confronts domestic challenges and geopolitical hazards. Syrians could…
XCEPT ProgrammeThe Role of the Diaspora in the Conflict in Jonglei State: The Case of Greater Akobo
Read moreBy Chuol Gew Nhial Ngeprial In April 2025, the leader of the White Army Youth in Akobo, South Sudan, met…
XCEPT Programme‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’: Counting the Cost of Lebanese Nostalgia
Read moreBy Maria El Sammak While walking through the streets of Hamra, Beirut, in autumn this year, I came across an…
Dr Inna RudolfIraq’s Islamic Resistance and the Bending of Sect-Coded and Cross-Sectarian Solidarity
Read moreIn light of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, particularly following the Iran-Israel ‘12-Day War’ and subsequent U.S. strikes on Iran,…
Dr Shiraz MaherPervasive Mass Violence has Paralysed our Failing Government
Read moreAfter yet another murderous attack, it is time to overhaul our inadequate anti-terror regime. It has been an exhausting week,…
- Dr Shiraz Maher
Manchester and the Jihadi War Against Jews
Read moreJihad al-Shamie emerged from a British subculture contaminated with violence. There was a depressing inevitability to the terrorist attack outside…
Dr Nils MallockGeography and Politics Stand in the Way of an Independent Palestinian State
Read moreThere has been a recent rush of countries to formally recognise the state of Palestine. Affirming Palestinian sovereignty marks a…
Dr Andrew EhrhardtA Grand Strategy of Peace: Britain and the Creation of the United Nations Organization, 1939-1945
Read moreA Grand Strategy of Peace is the first detailed account of Britain’s role in the creation of the United Nations…
