John West

The renegade nation launched ballistic missiles into the sea and sent troops to Russia and rubbish to its southern neighbor. Can Kim Jong Un be controlled?

Despite frequent US calls for NATO to lift defence spending, most of its European members kept pocketing a peace dividend in recent years by running down their armed forces and defence industries. They imagined that war would never return to Europe and that in any event they could rely on the US to defend them.

As Director of Retail Consulting for Workforce Insight, John leads workforce management initiatives for clients in the retail vertical using creative, customer-centric solutions that help clients see significant return on their WFM investments. In addition to working with large retailers to help them implement technology solutions to better manage their workforce, John has helped build Workforce Insight’s retail implementation practice, which has a strong track record of smooth and successful WFM deployments and a high rate of long-term customer satisfaction.

Kevin Rudd’s new book, “On Xi Jinping” offers insightful analysis of the transformation of Chinese politics, economics, and foreign policy under Xi

RUAIRÍ CANAVAN dragged Tyrone champions Errigal Ciarán over the line and into a first Ulster final in 22 years with a nine-point haul. It could not have been tighter in Páirc Esler but the dismissa…

Over the past decade, a major power shift has been taking place as China has advanced in displacing Russia as the dominant power in Central Asia, according to Geoff Raby in his new book, Great Game On: The contest for Central Asia and Global Supremacy. And this power shift has only accelerated since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Russia has been depleted militarily and lost prestige and influence.

NO WONDER Brighton never beat Fulham. Alex Iwobi scored twice as Bart Verbruggen’s goal-gifting clanger and Matt O’Riley’s unlucky own late goal sunk the Seagulls as bad-boy boss …

Homemade weapons like the one that police believe suspect Luigi Mangione used are increasingly common, prompting more efforts to regulate them.

China's economy steamed along until Covid. But government policies decades old are pulling it down. It might already be past its peak.

The JPR news team gathers for The Debrief, a roundtable recap of the top stories reporters have worked on this week