{"id":1015,"date":"2025-10-02T04:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/current-global-affairs\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:17","slug":"current-global-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Global Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Current global affairs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/69474-1-eng-gb\/current-global-affairs_carousel.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCurrent global affairs<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The blog \u2018Current Global Affairs\u2019 provides a window for reflection on news events, topical issues and developments. The blog focuses on the wider implications of current affairs, beyond the immediate impact of events as-they-unfold. Would you like to share your news analysis? Have your say!<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | February 02, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Current global affairs\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The \u2018Current global affairs\u2019 blog provides a window for reflection on news events, topical issues and developments. The blog focuses on the wider implications of current affairs, beyond the immediate impact of events as they unfold. Would you like to share your news analysis? 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Suddenly, the alarm went off and a metallic voice announced: &#8216;The embassy is temporarily clo&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/today-s-dictators-off-to-university-or-off-to-jail\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-different-faces-of-revolution\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"The different faces of revolution\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-different-faces-of-revolution\/\">The different faces of revolution<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t26 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tSalwa Ismail is professor of politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. 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He argues that the monetary union was designed to foreclose democracy&#8230;.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-euro-a-straightjacket\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/150446-1-eng-gb\/variations-in-the-arab-spring_column.jpg\" alt=\"Variations in the Arab spring\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/\">Variations in the Arab spring<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe dust has settled. Shaheer George is finally able to look back at the recent events in Egypt and does so at the TNI Fellows Meeting in Amsterdam (3-4 June 2011). George is an Egyptian youth activist, active in pro-democracy groups including the&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/variations-in-the-arab-spring\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-gap-between-public-policy-and-public-opinion\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"The gap between public policy and public opinion\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-gap-between-public-policy-and-public-opinion\/\">The gap between public policy and public opinion<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spoor-jojanneke\/\">Jojanneke Spoor<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tPhyllis Bennis is the director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, and a Fellow at the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam. At the 2011 TNI Fellows Meeting (3-4 June) she talked about&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-gap-between-public-policy-and-public-opinion\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-geopolitical-impact-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-incident-iii-japan-s-relations-with-central-asia\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/131643-1-eng-gb\/the-geopolitical-impact-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-incident-iii-japan-s-relations-with-central-asia_column.jpg\" alt=\"The geopolitical impact of the Fukushima nuclear incident III: Japan's relations with Central Asia\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-geopolitical-impact-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-incident-iii-japan-s-relations-with-central-asia\/\">The geopolitical impact of the Fukushima nuclear incident III: Japan&#8217;s relations with Central Asia<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Alex Calvo<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn a sequence of three blog posts Alex Calvo examines the wider geopolitical issues that are likely to be affected by the nuclear incident in Fukushima Daiichi, Japan.In previous postings, Prof Calvo discussed the Nuclear Renaissance and the Compe&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-geopolitical-impact-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-incident-iii-japan-s-relations-with-central-asia\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-geopolitical-impact-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-incident-ii-competition-between-japan-and-south-korea\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/75086-1-eng-gb\/the-geopolitical-impact-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-incident-ii-competition-between-japan-and-south-korea_column.jpg\" alt=\"The geopolitical impact of the Fukushima nuclear incident II: Competition between Japan and South Korea\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/current-global-affairs\/the-geopolitical-impact-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-incident-ii-competition-between-japan-and-south-korea\/\">The geopolitical impact of the Fukushima nuclear incident II: Competition between Japan and South Korea<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Alex Calvo<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t29 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn a sequel of three blog post Alex Calvo examines the wider geopolitical issues that are likely to be affected by the nuclear incident in Fukushima Daiichi, Japan.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn a previous posting, Mr Calvo discussed the \tNuclear Renaissance. 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