MIDDLE EAST CRISIS All your questions about Israel’s short war on Iran answered 4 min 3 By Daily Maverick
GEOPOLITICS Shifting alliances: The implications of incoming German Chancellor Merz's nuclear deterrent proposal on European security 5 min 2 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 NOVEMBER 2024 Russia unleashes second big attack on Kyiv's energy grid; Zelensky imposes first wartime tax hikes 9 min 4 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 27 NOVEMBER 2024 Moscow accelerates regional assault on Kyiv; Russia carries out war’s largest drone attack 9 min 0 By Reuters
ATOMIC PERIL As Japanese WW2 nuclear survivors’ group wins Nobel Peace Prize, a new book sheds light on today’s dangers 11 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
UKRAINE UPDATE: 6 OCTOBER 2023 Dozens killed in missile strike in eastern Kharkiv; Zelensky calls for continued European aid 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 6 SEPTEMBER 2023 Kyiv cites further military advances in south; trafficking ring accused of sending Cubans to Russian front line 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
ARMS LENGTH US calls on South Africa to persuade Russia to comply with treaty that limits nuclear weapons 4 min 2 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE US condemns Russia for moving nuclear weapons to Belarus, will not adjust posture 1 min 1 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 MARCH 2023 Zelensky’s government calls for urgent UN Security Council meeting; Hungary to vote on Finland’s bid to join Nato 3 min 1 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED How Putin’s invasion of Ukraine could and should end 10 min 16 By Greg Mills and Eerik-Niiles Kross
POLITICS OF WAR OP-ED Ukraine – South Africa should protect its relationship with progressive European democracies 4 min 4 By Laurence Caromba
WAR IN EUROPE Putin’s trashing of international norms will encourage rulers with malevolent ambitions 7 min 9 By J Brooks Spector
WAR IN EUROPE ANALYSIS Earth to Vladimir Putin: You’re in a hole — stop digging 8 min 7 By J Brooks Spector
COMRADES IN ARMS Russia welcomes 'friendly state' SA's support – but do we also support invasion, bombardment and war crimes in Ukraine? 4 min 37 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 AUGUST 2022 Explosion rocks ammunition depot in occupied Crimea; Russia ‘has no plans to use nuclear weapons’ 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 14 JUNE 2022 Russia controls ‘80% of Severodonetsk’; Nato will come to Sweden’s defence if attacked 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE ANALYSIS One day, Russia's Ukraine invasion will be over — what will happen next? 7 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
WAR IN EUROPE ANALYSIS Wanted: A rallying cry to hold back the coming ‘Dark Time’ — and someone to write it 11 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
World How Israel offered SA The Bomb (and, 35 years later, lost its ambiguity) 5 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
OBITUARY Nuclear serial proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan — dead from Covid, but his weapons of mass destruction live on 7 min 3 By J Brooks Spector