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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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- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 19, 2020
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 13th June 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed
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Unions must choose: adapt or die
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 16, 2020
Since 1994, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has enjoyed direct access to policy and influence over the internal politics of the African
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- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 12, 2020
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. June 6th 1944 – Operation Overlord One of the most memorable moments
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How the fight for property rights can be won
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 7, 2020
Last week Limpopo farmer David Rakgase finally triumphed in his long legal battle to purchase state land that he had been working since the early
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- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 5, 2020
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 31st May 1916 – The Battle of Jutland, biggest naval battle of
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- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . May 29, 2020
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. May 23rd 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians
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- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . May 15, 2020
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 8th May 1846 – American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat
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- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . May 8, 2020
This Week in History is a new weekly feature recalling memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. May 7th 1945 – Germany surrenders, ending Second
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The future under EWC
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Feb 1, 2020
Much of the ‘land reform’ expropriation debate relies on hypotheticals or predictions – but in the last quarter of 2019 I had a glimpse of
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Killing of Qasem Soleimani might open the door to peace
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jan 25, 2020
On 4 January, the world awoke to news that Qasem Soleimani, an important Iranian military commander, had been killed in an American Reaper drone strike