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Seven years on from the tragedy that saw 72 avoidable deaths, the judge-led inquiry has completed its reports. Global Insight assesses what went wrong, the lessons learnt and what needs to change.

US President Donald Trump’s recent behaviour has reopened the question of his fitness for office.

In response to serious concerns, proposals to increase the number of justices on the US Supreme Court are seeing a resurgence in popularity. Global Insight examines what’s at stake.

A $17bn settlement with US authorities has forced Meta to make changes to how its platforms address child safety. Global Insight looks at how litigation and regulation have become increasingly effecti...

The EU has introduced regulation to address the threats to democracy and human rights presented by big tech through social media and AI – moves the US has characterised as ‘foreign censorship’.

The OSCE’s Siena Recommendations seek to engage with the complex relationship between historical memory and regional security – and thus reduce the potential for conflict between and within states.

At a World Economic Forum event in Davos in January, US President Donald Trump ruled out using force to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous island belonging to Denmark, America’s NATO ally.

In August, the Trump administration announced a new agreement set to give the US access to 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's proven oil reserves.

May’s summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has been criticised for achieving little. While Trump has said the meeting in Beijing was ‘very successful’, the subsequ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office used strong words when, in January, it announced a new trade deal with China. ‘In a more divided and uncertain world,’ it said, Canada was working ‘with ur...

A new report by the International Bar Association (IBA), the global voice of the legal profession, has found a significant gap between the importance legal professionals attach to fundamental rule of law principles and their assessment of how effectively those principles are implemented in practice.

The UK government has proposed legislation to close loopholes in political finance rules and prevent the influx of dirty money and undue foreign influence.

In late August the White House announced an agreement with Venezuela for US control of around 20 per cent of the country’s oil reserves. Through the deal, the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital wi...

The risks posed by AI – from misinformation to discrimination in decision-making – require an urgent regulatory response. Global Insight examines the attempts made so far to provide it.

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The UN’s International Impartial and Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in Syria (IIIM) was set up by the UN in 2016 to help investigate and assist with prosecutions of violations of i...

A group of countries have banded together to drive the urgent transition away from fossil fuels – a welcome move as the US retreats further from climate action.

The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the US shocked the world. Global Insight examines the implications of America’s use of military action for its neighbours and the international or...

A case in the Madras High Court has led to renewed calls for specific legislation to address the issue of ‘honour killings’ in India. The judge in the case, Justice B Pugalendhi, singled out the count...