TRAINSPOTTER How South Africa fell into the dull political loop of becoming boring 6 min 16 By Richard Poplak
ELECTORAL INFLUENCE OP-ED Romania's election chaos: Courts, social media, and the fight for democratic integrity 9 min 0 By Dhaya Pillay
US-SA RELATIONS OP-ED In the wake of Trump’s assault on Ramaphosa, can SA and the US find a new equilibrium? 4 min 1 By Lisa Otto
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 JULY 2024 Putin warns US not to station missiles in Germany; Kyiv drones ‘strike fighter jet in Russia’s Arctic’ 4 min 1 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED On the ground in Ukraine — amid horrifying visions, we must rage against the storm 6 min 1 By Andrew Brown
ON THE BRINK What is the sum of all fears? Given the events over the past week, it is all too easy to imagine 7 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
DEMOCRACY OP-ED High stakes: Will 2024 be the year of the democrat, the autocrat or the authoritarian democrat? 9 min 3 By Greg Mills
A YEAR OF CONFLICT Climate change and combat: The hottest year since the Cold War 6 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
CORRUPTION OP-ED Africa is not a country: Branding all Africa corrupt is not just stupid, it is racist 7 min 4 By Ivor Chipkin and Jelena Vidojević
PROMETHEUS RETOLD Nolan's Oppenheimer weaves a modern master tale into the historical tapestry of the atomic bomb tug-of-war 9 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
FOREIGN POLICY PUZZLE OP-ED To see how a non-aligned foreign policy works, South Africa should look at BRICS partner India 5 min 3 By Laurence Caromba
BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS OP-ED South Africa desperately needs crafty diplomacy, not ideological posturing 6 min 2 By Gerrit Olivier and Jay van Wyk
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED The Return of History? No future guaranteed, no state a spectator 6 min 2 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: The Putin and Xi bromance is likely to end in tears 5 min 5 By Tim Cohen
OP-ED South Africa’s post-disaster choices: Social upheaval, Dictatorship or Renaissance? 7 min 11 By Joel Netshitenzhe
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: SA’s decision to back Russia over Ukraine is objectively bonkers 5 min 7 By Unknown Author
GEOPOLITICS Vladimir Putin’s grand illusions crumble into ashes in brutal theatre of real war 11 min 7 By J Brooks Spector
INTERNATIONAL VILLAIN OF THE YEAR 2022 Vladimir Putin assumes wicked character role in an explosion of Soviet myths 5 min 3 By J Brooks Spector
BOOK REVIEW In the cockpit of Angola’s ideological struggle – Fred Bridgland’s ‘The Guerrilla and the Journalist’ 4 min 0 By Luthando Dyasop
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS Africa must be proactive and united in formulating policies, strategies in dealing with big global powers 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius for ISS TODAY
