Outside the system
Category: Foreign Affairs
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The Conviction of Estonia’s ‘Lord Haw-Haw’ Links Russian Intelligence to Moscow’s Interference in Brexit
A ‘diplomat’ who launched the ‘Conservative Friends of Russia’ group has now been identified as a Russian intelligence officer involved in an attempted European disinformation campaign
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Mod-Backed Drone Maker Bought by US Group Now Developing Attack Drones for Israel
The owners of the British drone maker, which has received UK Government funding, has put former Mossad chief David Barnea in charge of its defence arm.
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‘We Intend to Succeed’: French Student Protesters Explain Why They’re at the Barricades
French students in Paris tell Byline Times why they’ve joined the protests hitting the headlines around the world
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UK Universities Accused of ‘Silencing’ Pro-Palestinian Students and Academics
Suspensions, campus bans and threats to the visa status of students are being imposed for chanting, clapping and wearing keffiyehs, human rights group says
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‘Andy Burnham Has an Opportunity to Lead the Fight Against Russian Interference’
Successive governments have failed to act against Moscow’s pernicious influence on our politics. The new Prime Minister must seize this opportunity to change that, argues former Labour MP Ian Lucas
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‘Trump’s Russia Strategy Is Opening Himself Up to an Inevitable Humiliation’
The US President’s abject surrender to Putin’s demands on Ukraine will only end badly for the White House, argues Paul Niland
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Reform UK’s Crypto Billionaire Donor Could Profit From Military Exports to Israel Approved After Arms Suspension
British Defence firm QinetiQ, which Christopher Harborne owns a large stake in, received a military export licence involving Israel long after the UK suspended certain arms sales to the country
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What Ukraine’s Strikes On Data Centres Really Revealed About Russian Information Warfare
Suggestions that Ukraine’s attack on a Russian data decimated social media ‘bots’ failed to understand how Moscow’s misinformation campaigns really work, reports Caroline Orr Bueno
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James Orr, Silence, and Sponsorship: Hungary Confirms End of Media Agreement with ‘Times Higher Education’
Orr, the former Reform UK policy chief, praised the Hungarian Government led by Viktor Orbán as a ‘counterexample to the ideology in my own country that rejects national pride’
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A Short History of Trump’s Long-Held Connections to Russia
The President’s deep ties to Russian interests require far greater scrutiny given his ongoing betrayal of Ukraine, argues Zarina Zabrisky
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The BBC’s Dangerous Attempt to Balance Truth With Lies
When you have one side lying and the other side trying to tell the truth, the BBC’s misguided approach to balance inevitably favours the liar, argues former BBC reporter and producer Patrick Howse
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Reform’s ‘Independent’ Donations Inquiry Was Led By The Lawyer Who Defended Donald Trump Over Russian Collusion
Reform UK said its internal inquiry would proceed “independently and without prejudice” yet it was led by a barrister who has previously represented Nigel Farage and Donald Trump
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Brexit Turning Point as MPs Line Up to Make the Case for Rejoining the EU
Parliamentarians cite Russian interference and post-Brexit red tape, as Andy Burnham opens up a debate which Westminster has avoided for a decade
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‘Trump’s Crazy Russia Deal Leaves Kyiv Angry and Moscow Gleeful’
After a weekend of fast-paced madness, Paul Niland examines Donald Trump’s non-starting diesel deal and the ceasefire that never was
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‘A Clear Answer’: Russia Intervened in the Brexit Vote
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has broken ten years of establishment omertà over Putin’s plot to get Britain out of the EU, reports Peter Jukes
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Reform UK’s James Orr’s Foundation Hosted Sanctioned Israeli Minister
The latest National Conservatism conference, held in Jerusalem, was co-sponsored by an Israeli NGO sanctioned by the EU and Canada
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Russia’s Plan to Target Ukraine’s Water Supply Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
An attack on water supplies this winter would cross a new line in the war, with consequences that would stretch from Russia to Iran
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump’s strikes began, new analysis finds
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Russia Scrambles to Cover Up Potential Plague Outbreak After Years of Spreading Biolab Conspiracy Theories
The Kremlin launched its full invasion of Ukraine claiming it was facing biological attack. Now the disinformation has come back to bite it
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Gaza Three Years On: The Changing Politics of Genocide Denial
Martin Shaw, who argued that Israel was beginning to commit genocide in October 2023, examines the tensions between recognition and denial as the Burnham Government tries to reset its Palestine policy.
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‘Why Andy Burnham Will Ultimately Back Rejoining the EU’
The logic of the Prime Minister’s argument that Brexit has done more harm than good only points in one direction, argues Simon Nixon
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‘Digital Armies’ and Disinformation: How Big Tech Is Hitting Brazil’s Upcoming Election
Caroline Orr Bueno reports on how Brazil became a testing ground for information warfare
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Ukraine Comes Under Assault From Putin’s Terror and Trump’s Delusions
Paul Niland reports from Kyiv as the city comes under attack from Putin’s new strategy of ‘psychological terrorism’
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‘Almost Started A War’: Trump Administration’s AI Policies Are Hurtling Towards Catastrophe
The same technology marketed as the only way to defend the US from China militarily may be the very thing that starts a war with them in the first place, reports Caroline Orr Bueno
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Bonnie Greer: The Golden Thread
Stephen Colegrave pays personal tribute to our much-loved Byline Times contributor, who died last week
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Why Canada Could End Up With a Better Deal With the EU Than the UK
As the UK continues to hesitate over drawing back towards the EU, Canada has spotted an opportunity, argues former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Green Party Split Over Iran as Members Push to Oppose IRGC Ban and Sanctions
A conference motion with significant backing urges an end to sanctions on Iran and opposes banning the IRGC – putting party policy on a collision course with its own MPs
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‘Israel’s Shrill Attack on Ed Miliband Exposes Its Weakness’
Alexandra Hall Hall, a former UK diplomat who worked on the Middle East Peace Process in the Foreign Office, argues that Israel’s extreme response to the UK shows it is now losing the argument
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Evacuating Civilians from the ‘Kill Zone’ Under Threat from Drones in Eastern Ukraine
On a strip of territory where vehicles can be spotted and struck by drones at any moment, Theo Prouvost joins the volunteers risking their lives to rescue residents
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USS Lincoln: ‘The Ships Are Breaking Almost as Fast as the People’
Exhaustion, low morale, ‘starvation’ rations and broken equipment: Brynn Tannehill examines what the 260-day deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln says about the limits of US power
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‘Republicans Pushing the ‘Red Scare’ About Democrats Should Look First at Trump’
Trump’s kleptocratic authoritarianism is a much closer reflection of the evils of communist regimes than anything being pushed by the Democrats, argues Katherine Stewart
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How Ukraine Is Now Targeting the Russian Economy
Ukraine’s targeting of massive warehouses belonging to an e-commerce giant aims to destabilise the banking sector and the entire Russian economy, reports Paul Niland
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Did the Trump Administration Have a Role in the Ceuta ‘Migrant Invasion’?
Trump-aligned think tanks have previously advocated using Ceuta to exert pressure on Madrid, reports Simon Nixon
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Two Years On, the World Witnesses Human Safari in Kherson
A viral video of a drone attacking a vegetable seller at Kherson farmers’ market has brought Russia’s deliberate targeting of civilians, which Byline first revealed two years ago, to global attention, reports Zarina Zabrisky
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How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Nigel Farage’s criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises
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‘Why Andy Burnham Must Break With Israel’
The likely incoming Prime Minister must break with Keir Starmer’s “morally bankrupt” legacy on Gaza in order to restore his party’s reputation with the public, argues genocide scholar Martin Shaw
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Six in 10 Russian Billionaires Are Still Not Being Sanctioned by the UK Government
A series of billionaires with ties to Britain remain untouched by the UK’s supposedly tough sanctions regime, reports Molly Gordon and Iain Overton
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Crimea Isolated: Putin’s Strategic Prize Turned Into a Strategic Weakness
As the governor of Russian-occupied Crimea declares a state of emergency, what are the options for Ukraine?
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Trump Went to War In Order to Break Iran and Left It More Powerful Than Before – US Defence Analyst
Brynn Tannehill explains how Trump’s war has resurrected an Iranian regime that sanctions and drought had been on course to topple
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Tulsi Gabbard Revives Russian Disinformation Campaign About Ukraine Biolabs
As one of her last moves as head of the US intelligence community,Tulsi Gabbard propped up a Russian disinformation campaign that was used by the Kremlin to justify its illegal invasion of Ukraine four years ago
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Civilian Return from Occupation: Addressing a Policy Challenge in Ukraine’s EU Accession
As negotiations open on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, Zarina Zabrisky reports on a key human rights challenge which must be addressed by the Ukrainian Government
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Covert Domestic Influence: How Trump’s White House is Using Disinformation Tactics Against US Citizens
Caroline Orr Bueno reports on leaked documents suggesting Trump’s administration is engaged in an extraordinary abuse of power
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All US Options for Ending the Iran War Are Terrible, Warns US Defence Analyst
Every realistic path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the war in Iran would be catastrophic, argues Brynn Tannehill.
