My guest today Rory Stewart is an author, former diplomat and politician who served as the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for International Development. He is currently the CEO of Give Directly, ...

The ongoing ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is officially a public health emergency, according to the World Health Organization. Specifically, the WHO today designated the ...

Info about Xi Jinping’s power play and how a third presidential term could alter Chinese Foreign Policy, and relations with the US – news and podcasts.

Ukraine is widely expected to soon launch a counter-offensive to reclaim territory captured by Russia. And if Ukraine is successful on the battlefield, Russia may float a ceasefire proposal that more ...

The Israeli Defense Forces have continued their deliberate attacks on UN peacekeeping positions in southern Lebanon, including an incident in which UNIFIL Blue Helmets were injured by white phosphorus ...

There have been a spate of coups in Africa over the last 18 months. Most of these coups have taken place in West Africa, but not all. This includes Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Sudan and two coups in ...

Info about Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian crisis, Russia–Ukraine war, and how Russian war crimes are changing the conflict – articles and podcasts.

Taiwan will hold presidential elections in January 2024. Needless to say, these elections will have extremely consequential geopolitical implications. The two main candidates have differing views of ...

Less developed countries rightly lament the lack of access to funding for sustainable development that donor countries routinely promise, but rarely deliver. To remedy, dozens of Presidents, Prime ...

Info about the increasing risk of a nuclear disaster at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia power plant in Ukraine – news, articles, and podcasts.

Haiti is in the midst of the worst humanitarian and security crisis in years. Gang related violence is surging – and the Haitian National Police are overwhelmed and incapable of restoring order.

There are two ongoing outbreaks of Marburg Virus Disease, one in Tanzania and the other in Equatorial Guinea. Marburg Virus is in the same family of diseases as Ebola and is extremely deadly, with a ...