The summer of 2024 was the most consequential in recent US political history. Incumbent president Joe Biden ended his campaign for re-election, instead endorsing current vice president, Kamala Harris. Just

Summary Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria are increasingly becoming destination countries for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. To differing degrees, each country is moving towards ‘security first’ policies on migration management. Maghreb

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On 16 July, not yet two weeks into his term of office, prime minister Keir Starmer announced a “root and branch” review of the United Kingdom’s armed forces. With major

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On 6 August, Ukraine’s army launched an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Since then, Ukrainian troops have seized control of 1,150 square kilometres of Russian territory. This audacious move came

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This week, Kamala Harris selected Tim Walz as her running-mate – the folksy, state-fair-attending, turkey-hunting governor of Minnesota, who recently made headlines for calling Donald Trump and J.D Vance “weird”.

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Last week, eight Russians imprisoned in the West were released in exchange for eight American and German citizens and eight Russian dissidents in one of the biggest prisoner exchanges between