Nicholas Lorimer
Nicholas Lorimer, a politician-turned-think tank thinker, is the IRR's Geopolitics Researcher and is host of the Daily Friend Show. His interests include geopolitics, and history (particularly medieval and ancient history). He is an unashamed Americanophile, whether it comes to food, culture or film. His other pursuits include video games and armchair critique of action films from the 1980s.
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A story of ancient populism and what it can teach us
Populism! A term that’s all the rage these days in political discourse. Though it is often ill-defined, for the purposes of this article I will
Dread it, run from it, globalisation still arrives in the end
Underpinning so much of politics at the moment, across the globe and across the left and right, is fear of, anger at, or concern about
The wheel of history turns, and the ANC might be crushed under it
Sometimes people will say during particularly dramatic events that “we are living through history”, and, yes, sometimes something like the fall of the Berlin Wall
Timur’s triumph
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 28th July 1402 – Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of
Why SA badly needs a new centre-left party
At first glance South Africa’s politics don’t really look that interesting. A country with a racially segregated past elects a radical far-left[1] party (the ANC)
Jo’burg: the DA’s Operation Market Garden?
In the closing months of the Second World War in Europe, the Allies were advancing towards Germany, but faced the formidable Siegfried Line of fortifications.
How about some chill from government for MacG
Macgyver Mukwevho, better known as “MacG”, the country’s biggest podcaster, has managed to kick up a good old-fashioned cancel mob. Normally I wouldn’t feel the
Pearl Harbour avenged
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 18th April 1943 – In Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed
The ANC’s and DA’s fates are bound together
Whilst our democratic-era politics has had parties and personalities rise and fall since at least 1999, it has in many ways revolved around a battle
Justin and Justinian
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 1st April 527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I