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 Americaphile, whether it be food, culture or film. His other pursuits include video games and armchair critique of action films from the 1980s.
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He’s literally me
Despite what you may read, or may believe, materially, life in 2024 for the majority of human beings is close to or is the best
More politicians – more accountability
It’s very popular all over the democratic world to deplore those damn politicians. A certain populist line of thinking goes, if only we could get
Vercingetorix’s fall
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to
A costly circumvention
This Week in the World sheds light on events and personalities around the globe that may not have made the headlines Ukraine-Russia Since the beginning
Russian and Ukrainian advances and Hezbollah and Israel inch closer to war
This edition of This week in the World covers events from the last two weeks. Ukraine-Russia Whilst the Russian advance towards Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine
China reforms its writing system
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 26 September 1928 – The Nationalist government of China adopted Gwoyeu Romatzyh
China’s private sector “throttled”
This Week in the World sheds light on events and personalities around the globe that may not have made the headlines China An article in
First President of Texas
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. September 5th 1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president
Massacre outside Kaya
This Week in the World sheds light on events and personalities around the globe that may not have made the headlines Burkina-Faso On 24 August,
I wish we didn’t, but we have to fix our state
Whilst I am not a Libertarian myself, I often find myself in agreement with Libertarians in their critique of South Africa. For decades all South