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FNA Digest Analysis: 25 October 202626 October 2026
A Day of Widening Wars, Strategic Pressure and Lost Openings for Peace The international news of 25 October 2026 offered little evidence that the world’s major conflicts are moving towards resolution. Instead, the day’s reports pointed to a widening web… Read more: FNA Digest Analysis: 25 October 2026
Professor Jeffrey Sachs: BRICS and the World After the End of Western Dominance17 September 2026
In his interview with Glenn Diesen, Jeffrey Sachs places the rise of BRICS within a much longer history: the ascendancy of European empires, the emergence of American power and the recovery of societies whose development was constrained by colonial rule.… Read more: Professor Jeffrey Sachs: BRICS and the World After the End of Western Dominance
What the BRICS New Delhi Declaration Means for South Africa and Africa13 September 2026
For South Africa and the wider African continent, the 2026 BRICS New Delhi Declaration is potentially significant because many of its central priorities align directly with Africa’s long-standing structural challenges: inadequate infrastructure, restricted access to development finance, dependence on commodity… Read more: What the BRICS New Delhi Declaration Means for South Africa and Africa
Multipolarity: The BRICS New Delhi Declaration 2026 marks the end of Western Imperialism13 September 2026
The New Delhi Declaration, adopted at the XVIII BRICS Summit in India on 12–13 September 2026, presents an increasingly ambitious BRICS agenda. Its central message is that the international political and economic system should be more representative of emerging and… Read more: Multipolarity: The BRICS New Delhi Declaration 2026 marks the end of Western Imperialism
Nature-Based Solutions: Can We Repair the Future by Working With Nature?28 August 2026
There is something almost embarrassingly simple about the central idea behind Nature-based Solutions. A city floods because its rivers have been squeezed into concrete channels and its wetlands have disappeared. Perhaps part of the answer is to give the river… Read more: Nature-Based Solutions: Can We Repair the Future by Working With Nature?
Two Wars Without an End: Who Is Winning in Ukraine and the US/Israel–Iran Conflict?21 August 2026
An assessment of the military and strategic position as of 21 August 2026 There is a recurring pattern at the beginning of modern wars. Governments describe their objectives confidently, military superiority appears measurable, analysts calculate force ratios, and predictions emerge… Read more: Two Wars Without an End: Who Is Winning in Ukraine and the US/Israel–Iran Conflict?
SITREP: West Asia’s Cascading Conflict System & the Impact on Africa23 May 2026
The central analytical judgement is that West Asia is no longer balancing on the edge of an Iran–Israel war; it is living through an unstable pause after two rounds of direct interstate escalation layered on top of the Gaza war,… Read more: SITREP: West Asia’s Cascading Conflict System & the Impact on Africa
Mali’s Weekend Shock: Bamako Holds As Wider Sahel Offensive Is Crushed28 April 2026
Mali has entered another dangerous phase in its long-running security crisis after a wave of coordinated attacks struck the country over the weekend, forcing the military-led government in Bamako to confront what it described as an attempted overthrow of the… Read more: Mali’s Weekend Shock: Bamako Holds As Wider Sahel Offensive Is Crushed
Ukraine’s Forgotten War: The Endgame Is Nearer, But Not Simpler28 April 2026
While the world’s attention has shifted sharply toward West Asia, the war in Ukraine has not slowed into irrelevance. It has become less visible, not less important. As of 28 April 2026, the Russia-Ukraine war remains one of the central… Read more: Ukraine’s Forgotten War: The Endgame Is Nearer, But Not Simpler
Russia Moves Into the Gulf Endgame as Iran Shapes the Post-War Settlement28 April 2026
Russia has moved more openly into the diplomatic centre of the Iran crisis, after President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in St Petersburg amid stalled efforts to stabilise the Persian Gulf and reopen the Strait of Hormuz… Read more: Russia Moves Into the Gulf Endgame as Iran Shapes the Post-War Settlement

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