The International
By Jude Holmes Last month, the UK government’s controversial plan to sell off data from NHS England was dramatically stopped at the last minute. Critics of the scheme were alarmed by how secretive the government’s approach to the topic was, and the potential for patient data to be used for marketing purposes. Despite the abrupt […]
By Nikhil Bandlish “In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.” Congressman Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 1988 Accurate? Fairly. Ironic? It would appear so. But for a number of precarious years, the Brazilian political system has been marred with turmoil; scandals, combative rhetoric […]
By Joseph Eyre In March, The International delved into the then-imminent withdrawal from Afghanistan by the US and its allies. We examined the tremendous costs of the conflict so far and the modest but hard-won gains achieved across two decades of continuous war. Though fraught with risk and uncertainty, there was a glimmer of hope […]
By Sophie Nepali Due to high winds and a dust storm, the Ever Given – known to be one of the world’s largest container ships – found itself stuck across the Suez Canal on March 23rd. As a result, global trade was devastated for six days. In addition to social media hilarity, this triggered an […]
By Thomas Chan The controversy over Xinjiang’s cotton and alleged forced labour have once again shifted the international focus onto human rights abuse issues and allegations of genocide in this Chinese autonomous region. It started as the CCP’s Communist Youth League dug up statements from Nike and H&M last year, regarding their concerns over forced […]
By Ben Bennett Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid from Spain. Internazionale, AC Milan and Juventus from Italy. Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and, somewhat laughably, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur from England. These are the twelve football clubs who sought to breakaway from mainstream European competition and contest their own closed-shop European Super League. […]
By Nikhil Bandlish A relic of an age once the envy of the entire world: The Amazon. Stretching from Suriname to Bolivia, the vast ecoregion covers over 2.1 million square miles – the majority of which falls within Brazil – and is home to over three million species of animals and plants. Yet, beneath the canopy […]
As part of an ongoing series focusing on food, The International is inviting writers to share a recipe that reminds them of home. This month, Eve Penberthy teaches us how to whip up Cheese Scones – a recipe that transports her back home to Devon, England. By Eve Penberthy I think of home as Devon but, more specifically, I […]
By Joseph Eyre In February 2020, after many rounds of fraught and secretive negotiations, the United States and the Taliban finally reached an agreement and signed the “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan.” After 19 years of war, the agreement provides for the complete withdrawal of US and allied troops by May 1st 2021, which […]
By Arjun Limbu Wanem in Kathmandu, Nepal When it comes to solving humanitarian crises, there is no such thing as a silver bullet. However, United Nations peacekeeping missions have been proven over the years to be one of the best methods of resolving conflict, stabilizing chaotic political situations, and reducing human suffering. At the UN, […]