Andrew Mccabe is a former Acting and Deputy Deputy Director of the FBI, and the New York Times bestselling author of “The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump.”

For the last fifteen years, the mayorship of Istanbul has been under Turkey’s ruling party, AKP. On 31st March 2019, the main opposition candidate - Ekrem Imamoglu from the Republican  People’s Party (CHP) - secured the mayoral seat of the biggest city in the country.

While I, like many, believe in the possibility of a Jewish nation, the actions of the current regime of Israel against its neighbors have not only made such a notion less morally palatable, but also less practically achievable.

In recent years, it has looked as if the US was finally making strides towards closing the racial disparity that has existed for centuries. The sentencing of Derek Chauvin, George Floyd’s murderer, in addition to a slew of other legal reforms had pointed towards minority groups finally having their voices heard.

During a time of need, cries for help, and layers of hopelessness, a Democratic candidate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, stepped up and took matters into his own hands. Coming into the office with a gleaming smile, a diverse cabinet, and an assortment of principals, Roosevelt would be soon deemed a saviour during a time of desperation.

In 2014, Narendra Modi and his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, otherwise known as the BJP, rose to power on a wave of nationalism and the promise that Modi would be the architect of a brighter future. His meteoric rise was impressive; he had finally shattered the long-standing inaction of the Indian National Congress

With a population of 25 million, Australia has had just over 30,000 cases Covid-19 cases, with less than 1000 deaths. Considering these numbers, the idea that Australia has had a swift and effective approach towards relieving Covid-19 seems to pass muster.

On March 15th, 2019, an armed gunman carried out mass shootings at two separate mosques in Auckland, New Zealand, killing 51 people and injuring 49 others, in a horrific act that will forever remain a stain on the city’s history.

In April 2021, the UK government launched a new ad campaign targeting younger citizens, urging them to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The campaign’s primary point of argument was that “collective effort” is required to overcome this pandemic.

After a month of bask-in-the-backyard sunshine – seeming to herald a long and lovely summer – the English weather is, as is usual, muggy and grey. It seems an apt metaphor for the current moment in British politics: having promised a final release from covid-19 restrictions on 21st June, Boris Johnson extended them into the following month.