Professor Jeffrey Sachs: BRICS and the World After the End of Western Dominance
In his interview with Glenn Diesen, Jeffrey Sachs places the rise of BRICS within a much longer history: the ascendancy…
What the BRICS New Delhi Declaration Means for South Africa and Africa
For South Africa and the wider African continent, the 2026 BRICS New Delhi Declaration is potentially significant because many of…
Multipolarity: The BRICS New Delhi Declaration 2026 marks the end of Western Imperialism
The New Delhi Declaration, adopted at the XVIII BRICS Summit in India on 12–13 September 2026, presents an increasingly ambitious…
Nature-Based Solutions: Can We Repair the Future by Working With Nature?
There is something almost embarrassingly simple about the central idea behind Nature-based Solutions. A city floods because its rivers have…
Two Wars Without an End: Who Is Winning in Ukraine and the US/Israel–Iran Conflict?
An assessment of the military and strategic position as of 21 August 2026 There is a recurring pattern at the…
SITREP: West Asia’s Cascading Conflict System & the Impact on Africa
The central analytical judgement is that West Asia is no longer balancing on the edge of an Iran–Israel war; it…
Mali’s Weekend Shock: Bamako Holds As Wider Sahel Offensive Is Crushed
Mali has entered another dangerous phase in its long-running security crisis after a wave of coordinated attacks struck the country…
Ukraine’s Forgotten War: The Endgame Is Nearer, But Not Simpler
While the world’s attention has shifted sharply toward West Asia, the war in Ukraine has not slowed into irrelevance. It…
Russia Moves Into the Gulf Endgame as Iran Shapes the Post-War Settlement
Russia has moved more openly into the diplomatic centre of the Iran crisis, after President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Foreign…