POLAR POLITICS Inside the Trump administration’s diplomatic vanishing act at Antarctic Treaty meeting 6 min 0 By Tiara Walters
STOLEN LIVES OP-ED Letter from Trumpland — a visit to historic Indian boarding school in Pennsylvania reopens an old ache 9 min 3 By Glen Retief
POLAR POLITICS Cold rush: Trump could withdraw from celebrated treaty in order to claim and mine Antarctica 6 min 0 By Tiara Walters
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ‘South African terror suspect’ detained in US during Biden presidency now faces deportation under Trump 6 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
ISS TODAY OP-ED Kenya's political landscape shifts amid Ruto's strategic alliances and the challenge of public trust 5 min 0 By Ronak Gopaldas and Daniel Van Dalen for ISS Today
UNDIPLOMATIC RELATIONS New US envoy might be more conservative than me, says SA-born Pollak, who lost out on job 7 min 10 By Peter Fabricius
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS Donald Trump — the ‘Day Before’, the ‘Morning After’, and everything in between 4 min 0 By Raymond Suttner
SHIFTING DYNAMICS UN resolution highlights diplomatic shift as South Africa votes for Ukraine amid US retreat 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
BRAVE NEW WORLD As Trump upends world order, SA needs to recalibrate foreign policy to be more responsive 6 min 0 By Azwimpheleli Langalanga
TRUMP, UNLEASHED ANALYSIS US presidential inauguration — this was not just one of those weeks, that’s for sure 9 min 182 By J Brooks Spector
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 20 JANUARY 2025 Israelis cheer release of first three Gaza hostages; Hamas’ armed wing ‘will abide by ceasefire deal’ 6 min 13 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 16 JANUARY 2025 Biden announces Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal; Palestinians in Gaza burst into celebrations 9 min 2 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 14 JANUARY 2025 ‘Breakthrough’ final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to Israel and Hamas; US foresees ceasefire pact ‘this week’ 7 min 3 By Reuters
GEOPOLITICS A slew of complex global challenges are about to get very real for Donald Trump 5 min 20 By J Brooks Spector
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 13 JANUARY 2025 Biden urges immediate ceasefire in call with Netanyahu; Israeli security delegation in Qatar for Gaza talks 6 min 3 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 10 JANUARY 2025 Biden eyes new Moscow sanctions before Trump era begins; Russia ‘dropped over 51,000 guided bombs since start of war’ 7 min 0 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 6 JANUARY 2025 Israeli airstrikes kill 14 in Gaza as mediators strive for truce deal; US plans $8bn arms sale to Israel 7 min 35 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 DECEMBER 2024 Kyiv brings home 189 POWs in prisoner swap with Russia; US dishes out $5.9bn in military and budget aid 8 min 1 By Reuters
COMPLEX LEGACY Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100 8 min 3 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 27 DECEMBER 2024 Moscow ‘foils Kyiv plots to kill top officers’; Russian air-defence system downed Azerbaijan plane — sources 7 min 0 By Reuters
