Outside the system
Category: Foreign Affairs
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Who Owns the Fracking Giant Cuadrilla?
There is some mystery over the individuals behind the UK’s sole fracking company, as the Government considers a U-turn, reports John Lubbock
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Will Voters Back Putin’s Parties in Europe?
In the coming weeks, France and Hungary will cast their votes for either far-right, pro-Putin candidates or the opposition. Will the elections create the Europe the Kremlin wants to see?
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‘Violent’ Climate Activists Next Global Threat, says Lobbying Group Funded by Russia and Big Oil
What do NATO and Putin have in common? A mortal fear of climate protestors rooted in their systemic fossil fuel addiction, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Russia’s Long War and a Pivotal Moment in History
Canadian diplomat and politician Christopher Alexander argues that Putin is still fighting the wars of the 20th Century, and reversing his invasion of Ukraine could finally put those ghosts to rest
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Taking on Putin’s People: Journalists on Another Frontline
Elizabeth Wiggin describes the threats, humiliation, financial ruin and worse that face investigative journalists taking on powerful oligarchs, and the campaign to stop it
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Looting the Land: Is Ukraine’s Black Earth a Reason for Putin’s Invasion?
Now sabotaging Russian tanks, Ukraine’s rich soil may be the prize that Putin seeks from his violence, write Dimitris Dimitriadis and Iain Overton
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How Russia’s Disinformation Apparatus Ran Aground in Ukraine
Idrees Ahmad shows how the propaganda weapons the Kremlin tried out in Syria are missing their targets in the current war, but urges vigilance to new ones
