Global context of war

Sudan’s long, fragmented war entered a new and deadly phase in October 2025, when the Rapid Support Forces seized El Fasher, the capital of Darfur. The city’s fall followed 18 months of siege and famine — a brutal climax in...

Since gaining independence in 1956, the country has rarely known peace. Civil wars, ethnic persecution, and decades of neglect have shaped the lives of millions — and still mark the country’s reality today.

Twice in the span of a decade, Russia launched brutal wars to crush Chechnya’s bid for independence. From the scorched ruins of Grozny in early 1995 to the infernal razing over the winter of 1999-2000, followed by the unrelenting national...

“My whole life has been a road to prison”, recalls Joseph Zissels, a Ukrainian public figure and human rights activist of Jewish origin. In the 1970s, he was an active participant in the Ukrainian dissident movement and joined the Ukrainian...

Signing a mineral deal has become a hot topic in Ukraine-US policy relations, with the Trump administration viewing it as part of a broader push for a quick peace with Putin.

In this episode of “Decolonisation”, Bernard-Henri Lévy, a renowned French philosopher, author, and public intellectual, shares his insights on the shifting dynamics of power in the modern world and the threats facing democracies around the globe.

The partnership between Russia and various autocratic regimes, as well as terrorist organisations, dates back to Soviet times. Since the 1960s, the USSR relied on disinformation and proxy groups to destabilise the West while fueling conflicts in the Middle East...

Almost any country could face a large-scale challenge such as armed aggression, natural disasters, epidemics, or economic crises. However, besides caring for the well-being of its citizens, many countries care about global issues. Today we will tell the story of...