"Research for the Association for Citizenship Teaching and for this book demonstrates that the GSCE in Citizenship Studies has a statistically significant impact in boosting young people’s political interest, confidence and participation, particularly among those from less advantaged backgrounds."

Zelenskyy agrees defence cooperation with UAE, Qatar on Gulf tour

The killingly apposite Vietnam analogy, drawn by @rogermcshane.bsky.social. "Some around the Pentagon have reportedly begun calling [Hegseth] 'Dumb McNamara'"

When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike at www.justsecurity.org/134350/legal...

"On the Iran War, a Deep Disconnect Between Experts and Policymakers - Few Mideast scholars saw regime change or democracy as possible outcomes." My latest with @abuaardvark.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/25/i...

This is a very interesting, comprehensive explainer of where things stand in Hungary and how/why this specific election may bring Orban down, whether he would step down if he loses, and whether he's capable of completely paralyzing a Magyar govt.

So much confusion around the process looking into allegations against Karim Khan. Difficult to follow. Not much transparency. High evidentiary stds. Overall, problematic. #ICC #intLaw www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...

Line of the year in the new edition of The Economist: "Although President Donald Trump says he has “destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability”, the 0% that remains is playing havoc with the global economy..."

Trump's special envoy to #Belarus & #Ukraine traded the release of 250 Belarusian political prisoners for sanctions relief. While freedom for these prisoners is truly good, unfortunately, the real winner is the Belarusian regime (& its patron, Russia)./1 www.reuters.com/business/us-...

Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.

If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, how exposed is China’s economy to the shock?

NEW: Reform UK risks breaching data protection laws with its competition to win free energy bills for a year, lawyers & data experts warn. Entrants have to disclose not only name, email & number, but also how they voted at last election and intend to at next one www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oh wow this is huge

Interesting that they even bother

Continuing the "How stupid is Trump" series. Today the so-called president claims Ukraine would have lost in one-day if it was not for the US... Fact check: No US aid arrived for almost 2 months, by which time Russia was being decimated in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.

The reverse Kissinger idea has never had legs

"The greatest threat to Syria’s recovery may lie in the war’s long-term trajectory," writes @mideast.csis.org expert @willtodman.bsky.social. "The conflict increasingly appears headed toward a stalemate." Read the full analysis:: https://www.csis.org/analysis/war-iran-threatens-syrias-recovery

Okay this is funny: “A French general has said joining President Donald Trump’s war is like buying a discounted ticket for the Titanic after it had already hit the iceberg.” Former commander of the Foreign Legion btw. 😂 www.thedailybeast.com/french-gener...

Really saddened to hear of the death of the legendary Paul Conroy at just 61 - one of the bravest, best and kindest of people and an astonishingly good photographer to boot. Here is his last work for Byline Times. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/paul-conro...

Russia is increasing military support to Iran by sharing satellite intelligence and improved drone technology. This helps Iran better target U.S. and allied forces in the Middle East.

Free to read version: as.ft.com/r/70142bcc-3...

"Tehran’s war plans include both horizontal escalation—widening the geographic scope of the war—and vertical escalation, ratcheting up the conflict through its choice of targets, tactics, and weapons," writes @mideast.csis.org Director @myacoubian.bsky.social. Read more: https://bit.ly/4bfYKnu

....this is literally a punchline from those Mitchell & Webb sketches about a post apocalyptic gameshow ("Your prize is... fuel!")

Black Mirror episode where a woman discovers her boyfriend has been betting against their relationship lasting on the prediction markets and becomes determined to spoil his bet.

Highly insightful podcast on Iran with Sir Simon Gass, fmr UK amb to Tehran. open.spotify.com/episode/29FJ...

Europe’s Ukraine consensus still holds – but the far right is splitting over Russia

EU President von der Leyen: "...we have energy sources that are homegrown–renewables and nuclear. Their prices have remained the same over the last 10 days...some argue that we should abandon our long-term strategy and even go back to Russian fossil fuels. This would be a strategic blunder." (2/x)

It's like looking at the RSVPs to a Lord Mandelson birthday bash

Why Hormuz will haunt us long after this war ends ft.trib.al/CWcOZBc | opinion

"The new Syrian government is consolidating power in the hands of the president while privileging Sunni religious institutions and marginalizing competing centers of authority." www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ahma...

Are we now getting to the point of crying wolf?

As if Trump easing sanctions on #Russian oil wasn’t enough…🤔👇

Japan and Australia said they were not planning to send navy vessels to the Middle East to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, after President Trump called on allies to create a coalition to reopen the vital waterway reut.rs/4bcu7iB

39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.

Zelensky arrived in Paris on Friday for talks with President Macron on ways to increase pressure on Russia. The visit comes as talks brokered by the United States to end the four-year invasion have been derailed by the US-Israeli war with Iran. www.kyivpost.com/post/71846

AFP: UN special rapporteur says the world has entered a "new dark age of abuses in the name of countering terrorism", with the United States "raining death" on Iran and Venezuela.

A year ago, Trump told Zelenskyy he has “no cards.” The war in Iran has just dealt Ukraine a few new ones, @fridaghitis.bsky.social writes in her latest column for WPR.

“Reuters investigation found the cluster of buildings including a long-established girls school in Iran was hit by at least seven munitions, including what experts identified as a US Tomahawk cruise missile.”

“I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars.” - Donald J. Trump, 2021

UKRAINE HAS DRIVEN 12km INTO RUSSIAN LINES AMD REGAINED 400KM IN THE SOUTH EAST The ISW has finally confirmed its assessment that Ukraine - which has seemingly stopped its advance for now, presumably to consolidate its gains, retook 400kmsq and penetrated 12km into Russian held territory on the

Something tells me Mojtaba Khamenei might not be ready to let bygones be bygones.

Wall Street is among the few forces capable of constraining Trump, as his Iran war rhetoric just showed

A large part of the reason why the US Navy has been able to get away with underinvesting in MCM is... NATO. The sharing of capabilities meant that the US could leave MCM to European allies, who became rather good at it. This didn't take into account the US fighting a dumbass war, w/o NATO.

Honestly I'm only surprised it's taken this long. They don't even have to deploy that many - the shipping lane is narrow and even the threat of mines is enough to stop any sensible commercial ship captain from risking it. One does not successfully Leroy Jenkins through a minefield.

Revisiting this from last November: my comments for @warontherocks.bsky.social on how the US should address missile defense interceptor shortages. Turns out ... we did not do any of this.

British Airways: We've cancelled all flights to and from Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv until later this month and to and from Abu Dhabi until later this year.

What does the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran mean for Ukraine? Meduza spoke to top Zelensky advisor Mykhailo Podolyak for insight. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

There is no war, but the war will end soon and is just beginning.

Trump: “Based on what Jared Kushner told me, I thought Iran would attack us.” Not his intelligence agencies. His fucking son-in-law.