South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began
South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began
South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began
South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began
Trying to forecast Iran’s political trajectory has been something thats tempted analysts into false certainty for a very long time. The country resists linear prediction not because it lacks patterns, but because its moments of rupture rarely announce themselves clearly in advance. Iran’s political history shows that crises often unfold
Trying to forecast Iran’s political trajectory has been something thats tempted analysts into false certainty for a very long time. The country resists linear prediction not because it lacks patterns, but because its moments of rupture rarely announce themselves clearly in advance. Iran’s political history shows that crises often unfold
Speaking Past the Gatekeepers When addresses Western citizens directly and tells them they are being misled by their own governments and media, the intervention cuts against the manner in which political authority is expected to operate within the Western imagination. Rather than speaking through diplomats, policy forums, or elite media
Speaking Past the Gatekeepers When addresses Western citizens directly and tells them they are being misled by their own governments and media, the intervention cuts against the manner in which political authority is expected to operate within the Western imagination. Rather than speaking through diplomats, policy forums, or elite media
South Africa’s decision to host the naval exercise known as Will for Peace places the country firmly inside a struggle over maritime power, political alignment and sovereignty that no longer allows for discreet management. The exercise began on Friday 9 January in South African territorial waters around Simon’s Town and
When gunfire echoed through Cotonou, Benin, last Sunday and a small group of soldiers appeared on national TV claiming to have removed President Patrice Talon, the reaction felt painfully familiar. Another coup attempt. Another West African country in crisis. Another reminder that the region many once saw as the de