POLAR POLITICS The Ice Curtain: How Antarctica’s 29 governments broke their own transparency rule 4 min 2 By Tiara Walters
POLAR POLITICS Putin’s oil and gas man joins secretive Antarctic Treaty meeting in Milan 7 min 0 By Tiara Walters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 JANUARY 2025 Trump’s Treasury pick Bessent backs stronger sanctions on Russia; UK’s Starmer signs 100-year pact with Kyiv 6 min 2 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 20 DECEMBER 2024 Zelensky calls for Europe-US security guarantees; Putin ‘ready to compromise with Trump’ on war in Kyiv 7 min 2 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 12 NOVEMBER 2024 Moscow's attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region kill two, wound 19; Kyiv battles 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk 8 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 OCTOBER 2024 US cracks down on Russian sanctions-dodging; Zelensky warns West of Russia's grip on ex-Soviet republics 9 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 30 OCTOBER 2024 North Korea’s foreign minister visits Russia; Moscow test-fires missiles to simulate ‘massive’ response to nuclear attack 5 min 0 By Reuters
BEACON OF HOPE South Africa has much to learn from Finland's example of building social cohesion 5 min 3 By Nicola Bergsteedt and Daryl Swanepoel
POLAR POLITICS Behind the Ice Curtain: Antarctic Treaty talks conceal looming bird flu catastrophe 10 min 1 By Unknown Author
QUEST FOR SOLIDARITY OP-ED Critical lessons for SA from Singapore on managing social cohesion in diverse communities 5 min 0 By Daryl Swanepoel
COHESION VS CO-OPTION OP-ED Coalition building is no easy task, South Africa should look carefully at success stories like Finland 5 min 0 By Daryl Swanepoel
ALLIANCE BOOST Turkey approves Sweden’s Nato entry, leaving Hungary as the holdout 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
ESCAPE Finnish and klaar: Finland’s capital Helsinki has the final word in poetic finesse 6 min 3 By Tiara Walters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 NOVEMBER 2023 Kyiv and Baltic states to ditch OSCE Summit; Finland shuts border with Russia after migrant surge 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
45TH ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MEETING No More Mister Ice Guys: Russia, SA fail to take a climate stand at top Antarctic meeting in Finland 4 min 6 By Tiara Walters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 21 NOVEMBER 2023 US Defense Secretary visits Kyiv in show of support; Russian attacks repelled in several directions 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 NOVEMBER 2023 Cameron assures Zelensky of UK’s continued support; Finland to close four Russian border crossings 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
45TH ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE MEETING South African opposition escalates calls for government accountability on Russian Antarctic prospecting 6 min 0 By Tiara Walters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 7 APRIL 2023 Putin blames US for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Zelensky in Poland 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
MILITARY DEFENCE STRUCTURES Nato unlikely to deploy allied battle group to Finland 2 min 2 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 5 APRIL 2023 Finland officially joins Nato; US provides $2.6bn more in weapons aid 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
