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Security & Foreign Policy

The fight for the skies: how governments are battling in the era of astropolitics

In his 2015 book Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall detailed the historical and geographical factors that explain Putin’s 2022 attack on Ukraine. Now, he warns, the global race for resources […]

A photograph NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference following the meeting with Sweden, Finland and Türkiye. Photo: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Nato: Vilnius summit will reflect fresh sense of purpose over Ukraine war – but hard questions remain over membership issues

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given NATO fresh sense of purpose and momentum. But the summit this week at Vilnius need to address a number of key issues The US […]

Why the west needs to offer Brazil, India and South Africa a new deal

The unwillingness of some countries to back the west’s position on Ukraine is a wake-up call. Western leaders must now determine what they can offer to powerful states including Brazil, […]
A photograph of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, taken in 2017. Photo Christopher Michel, reproduced under Creative Commons

UK becomes latest nation to launch evacuation flights from Sudan

The UK government has joined a number of other nations in launching repatriation flights for citizens in Sudan in response to unrest between rival military factions in the country. The […]

‘Mature, sensible diplomacy’: UK and EU agree new trade agreement for Northern Ireland in Brexit breakthrough

The UK and the European Union have agreed a new deal over post-Brexit trading agreements for Northern Ireland, after months of negotiations over a highly contentious protocol agreed in 2019. […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky takes part in hoisting the State Flag of Ukraine in liberated Kherson in November 2022.

Ukraine: 12 months at war – Biden visit to Kyiv sets the seal on a year of growing western unity and Russian isolation

Ukraine undoubtedly remains on top of the global political agenda. Not only did it dominate discussions at the Munich security conference, but the surprise visit of the US president Joe […]

Turkey-Syria earthquake: how disaster diplomacy can bring warring countries together to save lives

The death toll of the massive earthquakes that have rocked the Turkey-Syria border region has now exceeded 5,000 people and the World Health Organization has suggested it could rise as […]
Priti Patel looks down holding speech notes before a draped union flag

UK asylum flights to Rwanda grounded; Singapore to expand elderly care; US Supreme Court shields feds from personal lawsuits: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed UK’s Rwanda deportation scheme stalled after ECHR issues legal challenge The UK government’s plan […]
Border Patrol officers stood at a bus terminal

US homeland security department has hiring surge in its sights as new bill gains support

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could be set to increase its headcount after years of understaffing at ports of entry if a new bipartisan bill is passed. Under […]
Damaged Russian flag

During the cold war, US and Europe were just as divided over Russia sanctions – here’s how it played out

It’s impossible to predict how the crisis in Ukraine will progress, but the rupture in relations between Russia and the west is unlikely to heal any time soon. At the […]