Red Lines in Global Media

Summer 2022 / Essays

Whether in liberal democracies or across the Arab World, journalists today are struggling to navigate a difficult route amid government restrictions, ambiguous red lines, and non-state actors affecting how the media is run

The Rise of the United Arab Emirates

Spring 2021 / Essays

By harnessing national confidence, proactively dealing with regional security concerns and exercising geopolitical cooperation, the UAE is positioning itself as a regional powerhouse.

Life Under Lockdown on a Small Island: a Personal Perspective

July 2, 2020 / COVID-19: Global Crisis

One small state’s ability to weather the coronavirus storm by remaining transparent and drawing upon the population’s sense of community.

Brexit Reveals a Damaged Democracy

February 10, 2020 / Global Forum

The drunken celebrations in Parliament Square as the UK broke from the European Union provide an apt metaphor for the whole affair.

A Disaster of the Political Class

September 8, 2019 / Essays

While Brexit is above all a calamity of the Conservative Party’s making, it is born of entrenched xenophobia and racism in British society.

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