Elliott Goat, The Week UK
Elliott Goat is a freelance writer at The Week Digital, having previously edited the site's former daily news app. A winner of The Independent's Wyn Harness Award, he has been a journalist for over a decade with a focus on human rights, disinformation and elections.
He is co-founder and director of Brussels-based investigative NGO Unhack Democracy, which works to support electoral integrity across Europe. A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow focusing on unions and the Future of Work, Elliott is a founding member of the RSA's Good Work Guild and a contributor to the International State Crime Initiative, an interdisciplinary forum for research, reportage and training on state violence and corruption. He is an advisory board member of We Make Change, a social action social network.
Latest articles by Elliott Goat, The Week UK
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Five things Biden will be remembered for
The Explainer Key missteps mean history may not be kind to the outgoing US president
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What Assad's fall means beyond Syria
The Explainer Russia and Iran scramble to forge new ties with Syrian rebels as Israel seeks to exploit opportunities and Turkey emerges as 'main winner'
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People celebrate the end of the Assad regime in Umayyad Square in Damascus
Today's Big Question Fall of Assad regime is a 'historic opportunity' and a 'moment of huge peril' for country and region
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Russia's currency crisis as sanctions bite
The Explainer Rouble plunges to lowest rate against dollar since invasion of Ukraine as economic toll finally begins to be felt
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Donald Trump has said 'the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff'
Today's Big Question Donald Trump's threat to impose crippling tariffs 'part of a broader turn towards protectionism in the West'
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Can Georgia protests halt pro-Russia drift?
Today's Big Question Government U-turn on EU accession sparks widespread unrest that echoes Ukraine's revolution a decade ago
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Calin Georgescu: the 'Putin of Romania'
In the Spotlight Far-right outsider sends shockwaves through Europe after surprise first-round win in Sunday's presidential election
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Political dynasties at war in the Philippines
Under the Radar 'Fiercer, nastier, and more personal' rift between Marcos and Duterte factions risks splitting ruling coalition
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What does the G20 summit say about the new global order?
Today's Big Question Donald Trump's election ushers in era of 'transactional' geopolitics that threatens to undermine international consensus
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Art and protest in Iran
Under the Radar Regime cracks down on creatives who helped turn nationwide Woman, Life, Freedom protests 'into a cultural uprising'
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Israel's wars: is an end in sight – or is this just the beginning?
Today's Big Question Lack of wider strategic vision points to 'sustained low-intensity war' on multiple fronts
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Marwan Barghouti: the Palestinian hostage 'seen as Nelson Mandela'
In the Spotlight Hamas demands release of popular Fatah leader touted as next Palestinian president
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Rishi Sunak's tree code: what is the PM's election strategy?
Today's Big Question Conservative leader lining up major policy announcements in bid to rebrand as 'change' candidate
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Prigozhin’s revolt: is Russia really heading for ‘sudden collapse’?
Today's Big Question Wagner group’s short-lived rebellion against Vladimir Putin triggers speculation about ‘change of guard in the Kremlin’
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Why is the US waging a tech war on China?
Today's Big Question Battle for technological supremacy is at the forefront of a new economic Cold War
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Do Tory tax cuts herald return of austerity?
Today's Big Question Chancellor U-turns on scrapping top rate tax but urges ministers to make public spending cuts
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The great lending game: IMF vs China
feature Vulnerable countries face choice of restrictive ‘conditionalities’ or ‘debt-trap diplomacy’
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Will pumping more oil and gas solve the energy crisis?
Today's Big Question Experts say boosting domestic supplies is ‘unlikely to tame super-high prices’ in immediate term
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Ukraine launches ‘long-anticipated’ counteroffensive in Kherson
Speed Read Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns Russian troops to flee for their lives amid push to recapture key southern region
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Is Brexit to blame for Dover chaos?
Talking Point UK and French officials in war of words as holidaymakers hit by long delays
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How coronavirus could shape the news
Speed Read Trust in journalists is down as newspapers face funding crisis that could reshape media landscape forever
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What will dominate Davos 2020?
Speed Read Expect climate change to take centre stage at the gathering of global leaders as British attendance hits decade-long low
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How will climate change affect the global economy?
Speed Read Study finds Africa, South America and the Middle East likely to be hardest hit
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The consequences of killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
In Depth What the death of the Islamic State leader means for the terror group, the region and Donald Trump
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