Death of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could see jihadis’ resistance crumble
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been killed in a Russian air strike in Raqqa which took place following intelligence reports that the Isis chief was meeting with commanders to plan the last-ditch defence of the besieged capital of the “caliphate”. The defence ministry in Moscow confirmed that an …
Rolling Back Democracy
What must Angela Merkel be thinking? What must Xi Jinping be thinking? What must Vladimir Putin be thinking? In the wake of America’s withdrawal from both the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and the Paris Accord on climate change, to say nothing of Washington’s alienation of NATO all…