Politics

Realism and Liberalism in International Relations

Realism and liberalism are the two theoretical traditions that have shaped the academic study of international relations more than any others. Each offers an account of why states behave as they do, what makes conflict and cooperation more or less likely and what can reasonably be expected of the international system. They are taught as...

India Cockroach Protests Force Education Minister Out

India’s education minister has resigned following weeks of sustained nationwide demonstrations, marking a significant political concession by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government amid the India Cockroach protests; a youth-led movement that emerged from anger over a leaked national examination paper and has since grown into one of the largest episodes of student unrest the nation...

USA-Saudi Nuclear Deal Signed Amid Israel Condition

USA-Saudi Nuclear Deal Formalised After Decades Of Negotiations The United States of America (hereinafter: USA) have formally approved a 30-year civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, placing North American firms at the centre of the kingdom’s nuclear infrastructure and extending USA’s government oversight over its development. The deal, reported to be worth tens of billions...

Hungary’s President Signs Constitutional Amendment

Hungary’s President Tamás Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment on 18 July 2026 that formally ends his own mandate, a development that restructures the government’s presidential office ahead of a planned new constitution. Under the amendment, parliament will elect a new president to serve until a new constitution enters into force, or for a maximum of...

The Authoritarian Character

There is a pattern that keeps resurfacing across the political and cultural landscape of European and Neo-European societies, one that is difficult to name but impossible to ignore. The same individuals who express fierce admiration for strongmen and self-made millionaires and billionaires tend to reserve an equally fierce contempt for those they perceive as weak,...

USA Strike Iran: Seventh Night Widens the War

The United States of America’s (hereinafter: USA) forces struck Iran for a seventh consecutive night on 18 July 2026, expanding their military campaign beyond nuclear and missile facilities to include bridges, energy infrastructure and a railway line in the Persian nation’s north. Iran responded by firing missiles and drones at USA targets in the Gulf...