The evolving geopolitical landscape in the Middle East has brought Iran’s military and diplomatic challenges into acute focus. Iran's recent experience, with its proxies largely cowed if not decimated by Israel, and finding itself in a direct confrontation with the U.S, would have been unimaginable pre-October 7th attacks, and certainly to an extent, even two weeks ago…

Given the current prospect of incidental regime change in Iran, we explore the landscape of Iranian dissidents and ask – what may come next? Ayatollah Khamenei has been the Supreme Leader of the Iranian regime since 1989. As a result of Israel’s ‘Operation Rising Lion’ which includes targeted elimination of the Iranian regime’s military leadership and nuclear infrastructure, the once-distant prospect of regime change could be only a matter of time away…..

In May 2025, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.-Israeli initiative, commenced operations to distribute aid directly to Palestinians in Gaza. This move aimed to bypass Hamas-controlled distribution channels, with the goal of removing Hamas’ tools for governing Gaza…

The UK government has announced it was pausing free trade negotiations with Israel due to the “egregious” policies being pursued by the Israeli government in Gaza and the West Bank. The Foreign Secretary also introduced further sanctions on “individuals, illegal settler outposts and organisations supporting violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank” and summoned the Israeli ambassador to London, Tzipi Hotovely.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation or NATO is a political and military alliance, established on April 4th, 1949, by the North Atlantic / Washington Treaty. At the core of NATO's legal and strategic framework is Article 5, which enshrines the principle of collective defence by stipulating that an armed attack against one member shall be considered an attack against all. This commitment to mutual defence enhances the strategic value of NATO membership, particularly for states facing security threats from potentially aggressive neighbours…

From the calm of the Rose Garden at the White House this week, on April 2nd 2025, President Donald Trump sprung his two-tiered tariff system into action. Aimed at promoting the America first agenda by addressing perceived foreign trade imbalances, Executive Order 14257 has been nothing short of divisive. The principles of the policy, as launched, operates on two principals - a baseline tariff of 10% imposed on most countries, and reciprocal tariffs, calculated based on trade deficits with specific countries…

In the aftermath of October 7th, the UK has seen a rapid rise in anti-Zionism and antisemitism across western democracies, most notably among Gen-z. A Harvard Harris poll found that 67 percent of 18-24-year-olds "think that Jews as a class are oppressors and should be treated as oppressors”. The events across Europe, post October 7, illustrate that Holocaust education has largely failed Gen-z…