ALBANIA BURNING!
Global Affairs Session 115 24 October 2026 ALBANIA BURNING! Students Revolt | Parliament Erupts | Trump’s Son-in-Law & Europe’s New Political Crisis
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GRAND BARGAIN, GRANDER RISKS
Global Affairs Session 114 22 October 2026 GRAND BARGAIN, GRANDER RISKS Trump–Putin grand bargain? | Ukraine, Iran, Petrodollar at Stake
IRAN WAR 2.0
Global Affairs Session 113 21 October 2026 IRAN WAR 2.0 Trump Netanyahu's election gamble | US–Israel prepare to strike
EUROPE'S FAR RIGHT REVOLT
Global Affairs Session 112 20 October 2026 EUROPE'S FAR-RIGHT REVOLT Elections that can change Europe
SAUDI ARABIA'S WAR TRAP
Global Affairs Session 111 19 October 2026 SAUDI ARABIA'S WAR TRAP Egypt's Proposed Intervention, Houthi Attacks & the Pakistan–Turkey Defence Pact
CHATGPT HQ BUGGED OPENAI SPYING SCANDAL
Global Affairs Session 110 17 October 2026 CHATGPT HQ BUGGED FBI arrests Saudi national | AI security scare!
IRAN'S HORMUZ CHOKEHOLD BREAKING
Global Affairs Session 109 16 October 2026 IRAN’S HORMUZ CHOKEHOLD BREAKING Hormuz, the US naval blockade and global consequences
PAKISTAN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA CRISIS
Global Affairs Session 108 15 October 2026 PAKISTAN’S KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA CRISIS Afghanistan–Pak conflict & implications for India, Iran and China
THE END OF THE HOUSE OF SAUD?
Global Affairs Session 107 12 October 2026 THE END OF THE HOUSE OF SAUD? A Kingdom Under Siege
RUSSIAN WRATH
Global Affairs Session 106 9 October 2026 RUSSIAN WRATH Ukraine and Europe under stress
REVOLTS EVERYWHERE
Global Affairs Session 105 8 October 2026 REVOLTS EVERYWHERE World erupts in protests In 2026, citizens across twenty countries have taken to the streets over education, living costs, corruption, political representation, public safety and civil liberties.
ANSAR ALLAH UNDER ATTACK
Global Affairs Session 104 6 October 2026 ANSAR ALLAH UNDER ATTACK Saudi strikes back Ansar Allah’s September offensive transformed Yemen’s war by seizing Red Sea territory, reaching Bab al-Mandeb and tightening pressure around Taiz. Now, Saudi-backed Yemeni forces have strongly counterattacked with Saudi air support. Riyadh has also activated the Mecca JDA (collective defence arrangement) with Türkiye and Pakistan. The crisis now connects Yemen’s fractured battlefield with Saudi homeland security, oil infrastructure, maritime trade, regional deterrence and the wider confrontation involving Iran and its partners, with Israel playing its own game.
SPACE WARS ARRIVING
Global Affairs Session 103 5 October 2026 SPACE WARS ARRIVING New contest in LEO? Space is no longer simply a support environment for warfare; it increasingly shapes deterrence. Ukraine wants sanctions on entities enabling Russia’s Rassvet constellation. Russia’s Medvedev responded that blocking Rassvet would mean destroying it and warned of a space warfare involving Starlink. Behind the rhetoric lies a larger shift: commercial constellations, sovereign alternatives, military networks, cyber operations, anti-satellite weapons, debris risks, and unsettled rules for conflict in orbit.
FRENCH TURMOIL
Global Affairs Session 102 3 October 2026 FRENCH TURMOIL Crisis in France explained France is experiencing a severe triple crisis spanning (a) violent street unrest, (b) a deepening national debt emergency, and (c) absolute political gridlock in parliament. High school protests over staffing, overcrowding, buildings and resources have spread nationwide, bringing closures, arrests and clashes. Sébastien Lecornu’s minority government is pursuing €54 billion in 2027 savings while public debt stands at 119 percent of GDP. The crisis reflects France’s protest tradition and unfolds amid wider European economic pressures across the continent.