Recent Posts

Iran’s Rouhani blames hard-liners for deadlock with US

The statement was yet another sign of frustration from the outgoing president, who has found hard-liners closing windows on a deal between his government and the United States. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani blamed “parliamentary bureaucracy” for the delay in the lifting of US sanctions that have almost brought the Iranian …

Read More »

U.S. and allies increase pressure on Russia to keep humanitarian aid route into Syria open

Bab al-Hawa, the crossing between Turkey and Syria that is the last authorized humanitarian corridor, is at risk of closing if Russia could vetoes a U.N. resolution requiring it to stay open. The U.S. and its allies on Wednesday ramped up the pressure on Russia to allow the continued operation …

Read More »

Five years on from the Brexit referendum, the result is clear: both unions are losing

Five years after the fateful referendum on 23 June 2016, what is the current balance sheet of Brexit? Answer: two weakened unions, the British and the European, and bad-tempered relations between them. Lose. Lose. Lose. The weakening of the British union is obvious. There will be another referendum on Scottish …

Read More »