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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Israel-Hamas: what do both sides need in order to agree a sustainable ceasefire?
Today's Big Question Israel and Hamas 'open' to renewed ceasefire and hostage release, as pressure mounts on Benjamin Netanyahu at home and abroad
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Israel-Gaza: will embattled Netanyahu stay the course?
Today's Big Question Israel's PM facing 'political reckoning' but betting against him is 'like betting against the house'
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Can the ANC win South Africa's pivotal 2024 election?
Under the radar Governing party on course to lose majority for first time since end of apartheid as 'economic chaos trumps nostalgia'
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Hostage negotiations: what are the obstacles for Israel and Hamas?
Today's Big Question Pause in fighting expected 'within days' but number of hostages released and aid trucks still to be agreed
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Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital battle: a 'diplomatic failure' for Israel
Talking Point Window to defeat Hamas is 'closing', warns former Israeli PM, as hospital scenes swing public opinion
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Who will govern Gaza after the war?
Today's Big Question Israel vows to maintain control but US backs the Palestinian Authority while EU pushes for international protectorate
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What can we expect from the King's Speech?
Today's Big Question Rishi Sunak to lay 'political traps' for Labour but ministers urge 'managerial' PM to be more ambitious
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Will Rishi Sunak's AI summit be a success?
Today's Big Question PM gambles on bringing world leaders to the UK, even as key figures stay away
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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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Niger coup: is this the end of French influence in Africa?
Today's Big Question Emmanuel Macron’s wish to reset ties between Paris and West Africa may be ‘too little, too late’
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Is Europe’s radical left in permanent decline?
Today's Big Question Once-ascendant parties across the continent face an existential crisis amid internal divisions and the rise of the far-right
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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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The democratic crisis facing Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu
feature Condemnation grows at home and abroad over right-wing coalition’s radical reforms
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Mexico’s controversial electoral reforms heralding a return to one-party rule
feature Thousands protest against the president’s autocratic powergrab ahead of elections next year
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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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Scottish independence polls: does Scotland want to leave the UK?
In Depth Supreme Court rules that Scotland cannot hold an independence referendum without Westminster’s consent
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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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What will happen to the Partygate inquiry under the new PM?
Under the Radar Liz Truss facing calls to scrap ‘witch-hunt’ into whether Boris Johnson lied about lockdown gatherings
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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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