Leaders of Nato’s 30 nations meet in Madrid at the end of June for what the secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has dubbed an “historic and transformative” summit. The war in Ukraine provides the backdrop, but preparations for the meeting began well before the Russian invasion. The conflict will focus mindsContinue Reading
Is Johnson in danger? Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock The scale of byelection defeats in Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England and Wakefield in the north of England might have Conservative rebels wishing they had waited a few weeks to hold a no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson. For the 148 MPsContinue Reading
People protesting Poland's near-total abortion ban. Salvatore Allotta / Shutterstock The global landscape of reproductive rights is constantly shifting. The US Supreme Court ruling that has overturned Roe v Wade – the landmark 1973 decision that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion – marks a significant regression forContinue Reading
It’s striking that, as with many other gender equality issues, the positions of men in relation to abortion are rarely discussed. In some regards, this is for good reasons. Abortion is a healthcare issue for women (and trans and non-binary people with uteruses). It’s about them having the right toContinue Reading
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The Ukraine war is at a strategic turning point. As the Russian offensive intensifies in the Donbas without resulting in any substantial gains, western leaders warn that the war will be long, and supporting Ukraine must be sustained in the long term. At the same time, a less perceptible changeContinue Reading
Tensions between Russia and Nato, already stretched considerably by the invasion of Ukraine, have ratcheted up even further over Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and cut off from mainland Russia. Kaliningrad is a Russian oblast (region), of just underContinue Reading
The substance of the new bill will make it much more difficult for people like asylum seekers to claim their human rights in the UK. Sean Aiden Calderbank/Shutterstock The Human Rights Act 1998 came into force just over 20 years ago in October 2000, vastly improving protections for human rightsContinue Reading
Well before Vladimir Putin sent his war machine over the border into Ukraine, the Russian president and his proxies were fulminating about Nato surrounding his country, establishing hostile military bases in its backyard and boxing it into a corner. Ukraine’s ever-closer relationship with the west and the prospect of itContinue Reading
