SubscriptionsCategory: Foreign Affairs
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Poland, Mustard Gas, & the Rule of Law: The Battle for Illiberal Democracy
Blaise Blaquiche reports on how a coverup over missing chemical weapons reveals the importance of this weekend’s Polish presidential elections
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Consulate Cables Leak: Documents Show Chinese Communist Party Justifying Brutality Against Uyghurs
CJ Werleman reveals Beijing’s propaganda efforts to cover-up its repression of millions of Chinese Muslims
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Donald Trump: From Devil’s Apprentice to Dunning-Kruger
Otto English argues that Donald Trump is living proof that, while you cannot fool all of the people all of the time, you can fool yourself
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Another Strange Contract: The Loophole Allowing the Government to Avoid PPE Procurement Rules
Stephen Komarnyckyj investigates the Brexit effect and how Britain bypassed normal calls for competition in its extraordinary purchasing binge
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British PR Firm Founded by Ex-Bell Pottinger Employees Snaps Up Contract to ‘Relaunch Hong Kong’
As the Chinese Government continues to clamp down on civil liberties for those living in the city, its leaders have turned to a UK company unafraid to step where others do not
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Where is Kajol? Bangladesh’s Suppression of Journalists Continues
Stephen Delahunty reports on a controversial law which critics believe is being used by the Bangladeshi Government to silence dissent
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Can Joe Biden Break the Deadlock Over Palestinian Statehood?
Alain Catzeflis looks at the chances that the Democratic Party US Presidential hopeful will find a path forward in the intractable Israel-Palestine question
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Like Father Like Son: Putin’s Clamp Down on Truth-Tellers Continues
Sarah Hurst reports on another worrying arrest of a journalist as the Russian state becomes increasingly autocratic and the President secures an extension of his power
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Putin’s Power Trip: How the President Has Cemented Russian Autocracy and Granted Himself Lifelong Legal Immunity
Zarina Zabrisky explains how the Russian President’s reforms to the Constitution have turned the country into an ethnostate and his rule into a dictatorship
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A Very British Coup? Former Royal Navy Trident Submarine Commander Assesses
Dr Andrew Corbett, of the Joint Services Command and Staff College, delves into evidence that the Government is actively undermining British democracy
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Another Controversial Historian Uses Darren Grimes’ Platform to Pursue Right-Wing Culture Wars
After the furore over comments by historian David Starkey, Sam Bright reports on a second attempt to rewrite British imperial history in response to the Black Lives Matter movement
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Trump has Made Americans a Global Health Hazard
CJ Werleman considers the effect on the reputation of the superpower following the President’s mishandling of the Coronavirus crisis, which has seen the US become the worst-hit country in the world
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‘Invasive Power’: Lords Condemn Attempts to Wrest Controls from Scottish Parliament
David Hencke reports on how a dispute over the distribution of payments to farmers is leading to a wider clash between Holyrood and Westminster
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The Last Protests? Has Beijing Finally Stifled the Flame of Freedom in Hong Kong?
Tommy Walker reports with eyewitness accounts of this week’s demonstrations in the former British colony and explores what Boris Johnson’s offer of refuge means to the residents of Hong Kong
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Remote Tribes and Indigenous Communities Face Genocide In Brazil
Monica Piccinini investigates the impact of COVID-19 and President Bolsonaro’s policies on the indigenous peoples of Brazil
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Did Trump Cover-Up a Russian Conspiracy with the Taliban to Kill US Troops?
Kseniya Kirillova talks to intelligence experts about the likelihood the US President ignored evidence of GRU bounties paid to target troops in Afghanistan
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From Bean to Brew — The Hidden Cost of Coffee Slavery
In a further report in his series on Modern Slavery, James Melville looks at the exploitation behind the coffee industry
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‘We Are Moving Towards a Human Rights Apocalypse in Kashmir’
CJ Werleman speaks to Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United Nations about India’s Hindu nationalist ambitions in the disputed region
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On the COVID-19 Frontline in India
Saniya More speaks to health workers in Kolhapur to find out how they are preventing community-wide Coronavirus infections with little money
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To Alabama and Back: The Memorial that Holds Up a Mirror to Racism
Hannah Charlton takes a journey into America’s dark history of segregation and subjugation of black communities and wonders how Britain could do the same
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When it Comes to Trump and his Supporters, Can Intolerance be an Act of Love?
CJ Werleman argues that if the US President is a shape-shifting salesman, his customers bear responsibility for his deadly racism and bigotry
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COVID-19: A Testing Time for Us All
Ivor Gaber’s experience of the UK’s testing regime suggests that complexity and contamination may be suppressing Coronavirus numbers more than containment.
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Black People are Dying in the West due to COVID-19 – How Can Africa Avoid the Same Fate?
With black people being disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus in the US and the UK, African governments must be proactive in protecting their populations and prevent the virus’ damaging social side-effects
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‘Betrayal’ and Intrigue: A Russian Politician’s Life in Exile
Kseniya Kirillova hears warnings from a dissident former Russian politician, whose father is a close friend of Vladimir Putin, of renewed attempts to subvert democracy.
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OUR LIVES MATTER: I Have Died Many Times – A Black Woman’s Experience
Chantel K Watts shares her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and asks: who is standing up for black women?
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SWEENEY INVESTIGATES: What Connects Robert Jenrick to the Gambino Crime Family and Putin’s Oligarchs?
John Sweeney investigates the Minister’s ties, not only to Richard Desmond and his alleged run-in with the New York Mafia, but to a law firm that worked for Vladimir Putin’s favoured oligarchs
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Why America Never Stops Genocide
CJ Werleman explores why reports of Donald Trump’s support for China’s Uyghur Muslim camps is not surprising given the gap between the US’ rhetoric and reality on it being the ‘policeman of the world’
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Secondary Infektion: How a Russian Operation Subverted British Politics
Stephen Komarnyckyj reports on a Kremlin-friendly online operation that tried to sow division between the UK and its allies remained undetected for years
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Jeux Sans Frontieres – Boris Johnson Gives Up Controlling the UK Border
Though it made much of controlling the borders, Mike Buckley reports how the Vote Leave Government is abandoning the principle at great cost to business and the NHS
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Putin Sets his Sights on Pussy Riot Activist Ahead of Vote on 2036 Power Grab
Sarah Hurst reports on the targeting of Petr Verzilov and how the President is pulling out all the stops to ensure a 1 July vote on sweeping changes to the Russian Constitution goes in his favour
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Will the EU Start Standing Up to China Over Repression in Tibet?
As a summit between the EU and China takes place today, Steve Shaw looks at why it is important for the bloc to make clear to Beijing that it will not tolerate any attempts it makes to reshape Western democracies
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Johnson & Brexit – Patronising Etonian Alienates the World
The Prime Minister’s attempts to show his understanding of Aussies and New Zealanders fell flat this week – as have his attempts for post-Brexit trade
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From Stone to Phone: Modern Day Cobalt Slavery in Congo
James Melville explains why slavery isn’t just a historic issue of statues and how your mobile phone contributes to the modern enslavement of 40 million people
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Qanon in Georgia — The Conspiracy Theory that has Become an Article of Faith
Graham Williamson reports on how the bizarre American satanic myth is now going mainstream in the Republican Party
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Trump and Fox News Continue to Stoke a Race War in the Streets
CJ Werleman reports on how violent right-wing extremists have been empowered further following the murder of George Floyd and the protests of the Black Lives Matter movement
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Veneration of Donald Trump Is a ‘Personality Cult’
Kseniya Kirillova speaks to cult expert Steven Hassan, who has been helping people exit destructive cults since 1976 having once been a member of the ‘Moonies’, about the US President’s supporter base US President Donald Trump appears to have the traits of a leader of a destructive cult and his influence on the most zealous…
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Building Illiberalism: Veteran Journalist Maria Ressa convicted of ‘Cyber Libel’
Under the cover of a crisis, attacks on independent journalism are increasing around the world at the hands of ‘strong men’ determined to dismantle liberalism
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OUR LIVES MATTER: “I Can’t Breathe” & the Syrian Living Dead
In the second of Byline Times’ new series dedicated to giving a platform to new voices of colour, Amina Shareef explains how George Floyd’s last words resonate across the world
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How Tunisia Won the Battle Against Coronavirus
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey reports on the quick response and tremendous civil mobilisation that has made the North African country COVID-19 free and able soon to reopen its borders for tourism
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Will Facebook Finally Choose to Protect Rohingya Muslims From Further Genocide?
CJ Werleman reports on a case being brought against the social media giant by The Gambia to uncover who was involved in Myanmar’s mass murder of its Muslim minority
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Infection & Revolution: What Can We Learn from the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’?
From economic aftershocks to social unrest, racial discrimination and healthcare inequality, Otto English predicts a pandemic will transform this century just as it did the last
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How the Kremlin Tries to Play US Protests
Kseniya Kirillova reports on how Putin’s propaganda experts are trying to use Black Lives Matter to intervene abroad and bolster support at home
