By Graham Vanbergen: In the twilight of every empire, there lies a question not merely of power but of meaning.As America steps back from its self-appointed role as the world’s arbiter – a position ...

The FT writes today that – ‘European leaders, generals and intelligence chiefs gathered at the annual Munich Security Conference were anxiously awaiting clarification on vital questions such as how to ...

By Graham Vanbergen: The Assisted Dying Bill, as it is now known, is actually the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25. There is a difference in this terminology which is abused by the ...

By Graham Vanbergen: Over the last four to five decades, Western democracies have been enthralled by the promise of capitalism: economic growth, innovation, and prosperity for all.It was a seductive ...

By Lucy Nash – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: AI-driven disinformation campaigns, the hacking of confidential trade documents, cyberattacks on the Electoral Commission – recent years have ...

By Rob Woodward: We are told that the war in Ukraine will most likely stop through a number of scenarios; mutual exhaustion, a ceasefire, or a peace deal are the obvious ones.There are other ...

A UK regulator on Thursday reported more than 252,000 cases of authorised push payment scams worth about £341m last year where people lost money from their accounts to fraudsters posing as genuine ...

Writing in my capacity as the research lead for the Preventable Harm Project 1 (2009-19), I have been invited by some of your colleagues to offer access to the above link to a recently published paper ...

By Ian Simpson: With a population of around 40 million, Poland is the European Union’s fifth largest member and by far the largest of its eastern states. It is therefore worth taking notice of any ...

The UK’s disastrous “mini” Budget can trace its origins back to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. The economic costs of Brexit were masked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in ...

The world is getting hotter. According to the IPCC’s sixth assessment report on the state of our climate, the past decade is likely to have been the hottest period in the last 125,000 years. The IPCC ...

By Mo Stewart, Fellow of the Centre for Welfare Reform and the Research Lead for the Preventable Harm Project. Her research paper ‘The Public Health Crisis Created by UK Social Policy Reforms’ has ...