UKRAINE UPDATE: 5 MARCH 2025 US and Kyiv ‘ready to sign minerals deal’; Putin hails ‘elephant diplomacy’ with Myanmar 9 min 2 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 4 MARCH 2025 Europe rallies around Zelensky to hatch peace plan; US seeks sanctions relief for Russia 7 min 0 By Reuters
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Frontlines of freedom - Ukrainian activists want peace, but not at the cost of territory or future security 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ANALYSIS The Dugin Doctrine — how a Russian philosopher has shaped antiliberal sentiment in SA and globally 3 min 1 By Marianne Thamm
UKRAINE UPDATE: 3 MARCH 2025 UK announces £1.6bn deal to fund missiles for Kyiv; Starmer urges Europe to step up to secure peace 7 min 0 By Reuters
GEOPOLITICS Ambush! A mugging in the Oval Office reveals the alliance’s deep split 6 min 92 By J Brooks Spector
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 FEBRUARY 2025 Moscow-Kyiv peace deal discussions are ‘advanced’, says Trump; Russia and US hold talks in Turkey 7 min 0 By Reuters
REFLECTION Three faces of refugees — humans fleeing disaster is a constant through human history 6 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
POLAR POLITICS ANALYSIS How Russia is cosying up to SA to create an Antarctic BRICS+ bloc — one tiny toy icebreaker at a time 14 min 3 By Tiara Walters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 27 FEBRUARY 2025 Kyiv set to sign minerals deal with US; delegates walk out of Russia’s speech to UN Human Rights Council 7 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 26 FEBRUARY 2025 Nations rally behind Kyiv after UN resolution; Europe should seize Russian assets - UK foreign minister 7 min 0 By Reuters
FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANALYSIS As Trump dismantles US norms and institutions, Afrikaner refugee process remains unclear 12 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
SHIFTING DYNAMICS UN resolution highlights diplomatic shift as South Africa votes for Ukraine amid US retreat 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
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: 25 FEBRUARY 2025 European leaders in Kyiv to mark three years of war; US abstains from UN vote to condemn Russia's invasion 7 min 0 By Reuters
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH: 24 FEBRUARY to 2 MARCH The conflict in Ukraine, unpacking the true state of student aid, deep dive into right-wing politics and other events in civil society 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
UKRAINE UPDATE: 24 FEBRUARY 2025 Zelensky ‘willing to trade presidency for peace’; Russia launches massive overnight drone attack 8 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 21 FEBRUARY 2025 US refuses to co-sponsor UN resolution backing Kyiv; Kremlin backs Trump in spat with Zelensky 9 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 20 FEBRUARY 2025 Trump denounces Zelensky as a 'dictator'; Putin insists peace talks depend on US-Russia trust level 9 min 1 By Reuters
GEOPOLITICS EU offers full support for SA’s G20 presidency in the face of US attacks 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
