There is a lot of moral fundamental disagreement on Israel and Palestine. In my view, that is primarily because we are all exposed to different arguments earlier in life. There are those among us who have never even heard the Palestinian case from a Palestinian voice. And then there are…

We get a few things wrong when we talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its ability to replace jobs. It may be true that automation caused by AI advancements is increasing across various sectors, but the technological advancements we have seen in recent years are nowhere near able to replace…

On Saturday, 25 November 2023, Russia launched its most intense drone strike on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. “Kyiv was the main target,” Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on his Telegram channel. Other regions were targeted as well, however. Russia…

I have recently had the exceptional Keith Prushankin on my podcast, “Loosely Eastern Europe” to talk about some of his dissertation research at Free University Berlin, where he is now in the final stage of completing his Ph.D. In particular, we talk about Keith’s paper and presentation recently given on…

There has been a lot of discussion in the news lately about the way international law dictates the manner in which states are allowed and constrained in acts of war. I will not get into the politics at play in contemporary events in this post because I have discussed this…

At the outset, I’d like to include some housekeeping notes. First, for the sake of this post, I am at particular risk of oversimplifying. Know that this is not because I believe the region has a simple history or politics. Instead, I do so for the sake of brevity, in…

Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has never been less popular. His geopolitical and moral miscalculation of the bombing of Gaza have isolated him both domestically and internationally. The war effort is costing the Israeli economy about $260m daily, according to Bloomberg. As a result, 300 prominent Israeli and foreign…

I stumbled across a statement made by Megyn Kelly about the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, recently. And I just had to sit down and write a brief rebuttal, because her influence is far-reaching. To paint a full picture, the former Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly described Putin as a person…

Ukraine and Moldova, were granted candidate status in June 2022, which was another historic breakthrough for the integration of European countries on the doorstep of the European Union. More recently, as a symbolic sign of the EU’s prioritization of Ukraine, amidst international pressures that distract global attention from the country…