In September 2025, Jihan al-Taei launched al-Mawadda, Iraq’s first explicitly feminist political party, ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for November 11, 2025. The party’s platform emphasizes women’s empowerment, protection…

Syria is formally under a newly formed Damascus state, but remains effectively divided. The capital controls little more than small pockets of urban land, with independent armed groups governing vast…

Over the past four decades, there have been profound changes in the religious and political spheres of Brazil. The explosive growth of Pentecostal and evangelical Christianity, particularly through the Universal…

El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele, has reduced the rate of crime across the country but democracy has seemingly fallen too. From Murder Capital to Model State? El Salvador has a…

Boko Haram, a radical Islamist insurgency born in northeastern Nigeria, has emerged as one of the most resilient and destabilising threats in West Africa. Since its emergence in 2002, the…

An Escalating Crisis: The Surge of Internal Displacement Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are those forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence, or disaster, without crossing international borders (Knox,…

Executive Summary Since November 2023, Houthi attacks (over 190 by October 2024) significantly disrupted Red Sea/Aden Gulf shipping (House of Commons Library Specialists, 2025). Freight/insurance costs surged, with many rerouting…

Cartels and Mexico’s Energy Industry Fuel theft in Mexico, known as huachicol, dominated primarily by powerful cartels such as the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), along…

Argentina’s political instability has had a serious impact on the Argentine peso and investment risks. The peso has endured longstanding devaluation due to political and economic misgovernance, increasing macroeconomic volatility…