Germany Replaces “Unreliable” US to Guarantee Europe’s Security
“Europe’s security now entirely depends on whether key players on the continent like Germany can muster will to mobilize resources required”
Read Moreby Stefan Wolff | Jun 3, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, US, World | 1
“Europe’s security now entirely depends on whether key players on the continent like Germany can muster will to mobilize resources required”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | May 30, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Iran, MENA, US, What's New, World | 0
5 questions and answers to explain Donald Trump’s with Israel’s Netanyahu over Iran — and why it does not affect mass killing in Gaza.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Apr 4, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, What's New, World | 0
Explaining motives for Israel’s renewed ground offensive in Gaza and prospects for Israelis, Middle East, and — most importantly — Gazans.
Read Moreby Hasan Patel | Apr 2, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Populism in Action, UK, US, World | 0
Countering politicians, mainly from hard right populist movements, who “flood the zone” to dominate news cycle & divert attention from issues.
Read Moreby David Dunn | Mar 31, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US | 0
“Trump and his team may believe their approach to intelligence will make America more secure. But they fail to provide any credible evidence”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Mar 19, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Iran, MENA, What's New, World | 2
8 questions and answers to assess significance of Israel’s renewed “open-ended” war on Gaza, and Trump Administration’s bombing of Yemen
Read Moreby Liam Kennedy | Mar 11, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, US, What's New, World | 0
Boycotts as form of political expression and leverage have their roots in Ireland: should they now be wielded against Donald Trump’s America?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Mar 5, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, What's New, World | 0
Explaining why there will be no Phase 2 of Israel-Gaza ceasefire — and assessing whether there will be a return to Israel’s mass killings.
Read Moreby David Dunn | Feb 14, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, Russia, US, What's New, World | 1
“It appears Trump’s negotiations will be less about pressuring Putin to bring just end to war he started, than forcing Ukraine to give in.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Feb 13, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, US, What's New, World | 0
5 questions and answers to explain how Donald Trump’s proposal for ethnic cleansing of Gaza means end of ceasefire and renewed Israel attacks
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 15, 2025 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, What's New, World | 0
Will the Gaza ceasefire be completed? Will it hold? That depends first and foremost on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu & Israel’s politics.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 14, 2025 | Analysis, Audio, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, MENA, World | 0
Assessing Joe Biden’s foreign policy record: Alliances and “rules of the game” after Trump, but also lasting shadows from Afghanistan to Gaza
Read Moreby Hasan Patel | Dec 16, 2024 | Analysis, Brexit, EA Birmingham, UK, World | 0
“Path forward requires less defensiveness & more vision — unity, empathy, and better execution can overcome Nigel Farage’s divisive tactics.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 14, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Syria, What's New | 0
Will interim Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir and a transitional government fulfil hopes of Syrians finally liberated from the Assad regime?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 22, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, Podcast, US, What's New, World | 10
“In Donald Trump’s fragile ego and narcissist display, there is no consistency for economy, security, or society — in the US or in Ireland”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 17, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US, What's New | 0
“Woke Politics”: “Let’s agree starting point that quest for civil rights is positive – even essential – for welfare of society & those in it.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 10, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US, What's New | 4
“Trump is back. Stakes are even higher. So it’s time to saddle up & ride, folks. To reclaim decency, respect, tolerance, & an entire country.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 6, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US, What's New | 0
“On January 6, 2021, America dodged a bullet. On November 5, 2024, it put the gun to its head and pulled the trigger. Will it ever recover?
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 2, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US, What's New | 0
“I watched Donald Trump’s rally from Madison Square Garden in New York City. And, as a native of the US, I was shaken to my core.”
Read Moreby David Dunn | Nov 1, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US, What's New | 0
“US experiment with democracy has fascinated and inspired world since its inception in 1776. Never before has it seemed in such jeopardy.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 18, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, What's New, World | 0
7 questions and answers to assess what is next for Israel, Gaza, and beyond after the Israeli military’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 13, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US, What's New | 10
How to get to grips with what may be the most important US election since the end of the US Civil War in 1865? A 4-point Beginner’s Guide.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 13, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US, What's New, World | 25
“As Chomsky assailed US over Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Cuba, he showed little recognition of Iraqis, Afghans, Palestinians, & Cubans.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 8, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, What's New, World | 3
1 year after Hamas’s killing of 1,100+ and abduction of 251, a year into Israel’s killings with 42,000 slain in Gaza, there is no resolution.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Sep 20, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Iran, MENA, What's New, World | 5
People in a cafe in Sidon, Lebanon, watch Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s televised...
Read Moreby Liam Kennedy | Sep 13, 2024 | America Unfiltered, American Unfiltered --- US Politics, Analysis, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, US | 2
Catholic supporters of Donald Trump at a rally in New Jersey in 2020 (Denise Kimmel/W5) Originally...
Read Moreby David Dunn | Aug 28, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US | 3
Project 2025: “A cadre of Trump loyalists ready to replace career civil servants in “deep state” and 920 pages of right-wing measures across Government”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 22, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, US, What's New, World | 0
Co-published with The Conversation: EA on Monocle Radio: Why Israel-Gaza Is Unlikely to Derail...
Read Moreby David Dunn | Aug 18, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, US | 0
“Conventional wisdom on the role and significance of the US Vice-Presidential office is that it is ‘not worth a bucket of warm spit’. Tim Walz defies that.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 8, 2024 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, UK, What's New, World | 1
“This is Nigel Farage — Reform Party leader, UK MP at 8th attempt, TV show host, chancer, & demagogue — stoking rather than dousing far-right riots in UK”
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