In spite of claims by America and its allies that Russia is “increasingly isolated”, Putin hosted the largest foreign policy meeting in Russia ever last week, with delegations from 32 nations attending the BRICS summit.
With OPEC powers forming new alliances, has the West lost control of oil?
The West has threatened sanctions against Uganda over its new anti-gay law. There's just one problem: most of our energy suppliers and "strategic partners" in the Middle East also criminalise homosexuality.
Western foreign policy makes absolutely no sense – whether from a moral or strategic perspective. This is illustrated by a recent video of Liz Truss, who refuses to criticise our "important partner" Saudi Arabia.
Salma al-Shebab, a student at Leeds University, has been sentenced to 34 years by a Saudi court for following and retweeting dissident activists on Twitter.
