Category: Geopolitics
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EU risks breaking international law over Isreal gas deal
A gas deal signed by Isreal, the EU, and Egypt that was up for renewal in June 2025 is likely to make the EU complicit in breaches of international law, according to an investigation by Global Witness. The gas deal was originally signed in 2022, during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in an attempt by the…
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Thai, Cambodian leaders agree to ceasefire
After five days of fighting between Thailand and Cambodia, which has led to more than 30 deaths, the two countries have agreed to a ceasefire. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thailand’s Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai joined peace talks in Malaysia, hosted by the Malaysian Prime Minister. The talks were co-organised by the US…
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Russia conducts more air strikes at several Ukrainian locations
On 28th July 2025, Russian aviation forces conducted 86 air strikes, and used 4,413 kamikaze drones according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (GSAFU). The areas targeted by air strikes included Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts. In a Telegram post, the GSAFU said that Russia had dropped 132 guided aerial…
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US CENTCOM says it killed Islamic State leader in Syria
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that it conducted a raid in Aleppo, Syria which resulted in the death of senior Islamic state leader Dhiya’ Zawba Muslih al-Hardani and his two adult Islamic state-affiliated sons Abdallah Dhiya al-Hardani and Abd al-Rahman Dhiya’ Zawba al-Hardani. CENTCOM said that the individuals posed a threat to US…
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Iran threat to UK is significant and rising, say lawmakers
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published its Report on Iran on 10th July 2025, after an ‘extensive inquiry took evidence from August 2021 to August 2023.’ The report found that the Iranian regime’s fundamental objective is to ‘ensure the survival and security of the Islamic Republic.’ To do this, Iran has focused of…
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Russia hits Ukraine with largest drone attack yet
On 4th July 2025, Russia hit the city of Kyiv with a record missile and drone attack which killed 2 and injured 26 more. The State Emergency Service said on Telegram that the attack caused the partial destruction of a five-storey building, covering an area of 2,000 square metres. ‘Fires also erupted in a warehouse…
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Kyrgyzstan abolishes its independent torture monitoring body
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has expressed its dismay at Kyrgyzstan’s decision to abolish its National Centre for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) without public consultation. The Kyrgyz Government had initially outlined plans to transfer the functions of the NCPT to the Kyrgyz Institute of the Ombudsman in June 2022. It has…
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Trump says Iran’s key nuclear sites were ‘obliterated’ by US air strikes
On 21st June 2025, US President Donald Trump made a national address where he confirmed that the ‘three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime’ had been destroyed. Trump called the strikes a ‘spectacular military success’, and added that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ The three sites, Fordo, Netanz, and…
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Uncomfortable bond: China and Taiwan
Officially known as the Republic of China, Taiwan is an island separated from the mainland of China by the Taiwan Strait and has been independently governed by ROC since 1949. Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have since then been fraught with tension, as China asserts that any recognition of Taiwan as a separate state…
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Venezuela: Petrostate rise and fall
A recent vote in Venezuela to annex part of Guyana has stirred further tension and fear within the already tense South American country. According to the Venezuelan Government, the nation has approved a referendum which was called by President Nicolás Maduro Moros to claim sovereignty over the disputed Essequibo region of Guyana. The National Electoral…
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