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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Israeli-Palestinian peace: how might a two-state solution work?
Today's Big Question Joe Biden's call for all parties to 'put us on path toward peace' is labelled 'mission impossible'
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How might the Israel-Hamas war affect the global economy?
Today's Big Question Regional escalation could send oil prices and inflation sky-high, sparking a worldwide recession
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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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Is Putin preparing for a nuclear attack on Ukraine?
Today's Big Question Reports of nuclear weapons on the move in Russia raises fear of further escalation
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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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Chileans vote to reject new progressive constitution
Speed Read Indigenous rights, environmental protections, gender parity and legalised abortion prove too radical for voters
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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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China clears path to new digital currency
Speed Read Unlike other cryptocurrencies, Beijing’s would increase central control of the financial system
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What is Mario Draghi’s legacy?
In Depth ECB president hailed as saviour of the euro but concerns linger over the impact of his unconventional monetary policies
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Is the EU’s enlargement dream over?
In Depth Emmanuel Macron’s decision to block accession of North Macedonia and Albania risks pushing Balkans towards Russia
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Is GDP the best way to measure economic growth?
In Depth Labour says a radically different approach is needed to take in social and environmental factors
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Could US supplant Saudi Arabia as world's No. 1 oil exporter?
Speed Read Trump administration actively pursuing ‘energy dominance’ regardless of what happens to oil prices
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How business came to embrace Jeremy Corbyn
Speed Read Labour’s radical socialist agenda deemed less of a threat than no-deal Brexit
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What a Fed interest rate cut could mean
Speed Read US central bank to bow to pressure from Trump and cut rates for first time since financial crisis
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Is Spain heading to the polls again?
Speed Read Country could be set for fourth vote in four years after prime ministers fails to agree government
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