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Acceptable Till it Wasn't: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Global Sumud Flotilla

Nigeria, May 24 -- It has been a sorry though predictable exercise. When he lived up (or down) to expectations of atrocious conduct befitting the proud bigot that he is, Israel's Minister for National... Read More


Epic Interruptus: The Iranian Snare and American Defeat

Nigeria, May 13 -- On May 10, Robert Kagan, the high priest of neoconservative thought, the bell ringer for muscular interventionism and general American meddlesomeness, lamented in The Atlantic that ... Read More


Brussels, Russia and the Venice Biennale: Art as Politics and Hypocrisy

Nigeria, May 4 -- The jury at the Venice Biennale Art Exhibition have outdone themselves. Few juries at any art or literary festival can be trusted at the best of times, their judgment likely to be sw... Read More


The Minilateralist Incentive: A Climate Change Conference in Colombia

Nigeria, April 26 -- Not much good comes from war. Qualifying exceptions, however, can be found. The United Nations, tarnished, libelled and mocked for being simultaneously ineffectual and intrusive, ... Read More


Troubled Relations: Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump

Nigeria, April 21 -- Depending on which historical sources you care to consult, the Pope has been a figure of obloquy, ridicule and abomination. This mediator between the terrestrial and the divine wa... Read More


Omissions on a Cruel Trade: The Neglected Role of African Slavers

Nigeria, April 6 -- Last month, the United Nations General Assembly was unimpeachably correct in condemning the hideous practice of slavery in a resolution endorsed by 123 votes. Those voting either a... Read More


Inspiring the Authentic Journalist: The Pentagon's Renewed Attack on Press Credentials

Nigeria, April 1 -- On March 20, 2026, US District Senior Judge Paul Friedman found for The New York Times in a ruling deeming the Pentagon's media access policy in breach of the US Constitution. Cent... Read More


Bring on the Iranian Nuke

Nigeria, March 31 -- The idea of nuclear non-proliferation has come in for some heavy punishment of late. For one thing, powers with nuclear weapons, pre-eminently the United States, have been shown u... Read More


Middle Power Nonsense: Australia, Canada and Capitulating to the Iran War

Nigeria, March 11 -- In his January speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave the impression of a banker turned soothsayer, a Daniel coming to judgment. Her... Read More


Starmer's Self-Defence Fudge: The UK's Growing Involvement in the Iran War

Nigeria, March 10 -- Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful. It remains to be seen whether the UK's increasing involvement in the illegal war being ... Read More