Simon Speakman Cordall
18 July 2023
Europe should be ashamed of its migrant deal with repressive Tunisia
Resistance grows over £215m payout to block boats
Read the full article18 June 2023
The legacy of hatred in the former Yugoslavia
The ethnic tension between Serbs and Albanian Kosovans must be handled with extreme caution
Read the full article16 June 2023
Europe has failed on migration
Division among EU countries on immigration policy is preventing a unified response – and meanwhile people are drowning in the Mediterranean
Read the full article22 April 2023
France faces up to its nuclear fallout
In Algeria and Polynesia, the shadow of French atomic and nuclear experiments in the 1950s and 60s still causes suffering and anger
Read the full article07 March 2023
Another migrant crisis: Tunisia’s descent into racism
Is Europe’s policy on migration fuelling growing violence in Tunisia against black immigrants?
Read the full article08 February 2023
After the earthquake
“There is no safe zone and no shelter. People are out in the freezing cold”
Read the full article29 December 2022
Get Shorty! Why are so many of our leaders vertically challenged?
Sunak, Macron, Scholz, Putin, Zelensky - what’s going on, and does it mean Napoleon complex is real?
Read the full article28 November 2022
Iran is like an elastic band that’s been pulled too tight
The greatest threat to the Iranian regime may not come from sanctions or nuclear deals but from the demonstrations within the country itself
Read the full article18 September 2022
Syria’s forgotten victims
The West has turned away from the victims of the Syrian war, who are stuck between warring factions and a corrupt government that’s implicated in the drug trade
Read the full article17 September 2022
What Preston taught New York City
An idea that originated in the Basque country seems to be catching on
Read the full article16 September 2022
Putin fiddles and Rome turns
The Kremlin has been meddling in Italian politics and will be pleased with what it sees
Read the full article25 June 2022
The Mediterranean’s last resort
The cost of living crisis, airline chaos and concerns over the environment mean pre-pandemic tourist numbers remain a distant prospect in Tunisia
Read the full article03 June 2022
A costly, inhumane ploy to appease the far right
How will the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda help a single UK family struggling in the cost of living crisis?
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