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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What would a second term for Ursula Von der Leyen mean for Europe?
Today's Big Question European Commission president faces far-right challenge to green agenda, Russian aggression and a faltering economy
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Where has the Wagner Group gone?
Today's Big Question Kremlin takes control of Russian mercenaries after aborted mutiny and death of leadership
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Is Pakistan on the cusp of a revolution?
Today's Big Question Country's largest party shut out of power after 'mandate thieves' agree new coalition favoured by military
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How the world economy learned to live with the drama
Under the Radar As economists predict a 'soft landing' after recent crises, is the global economy now 'oblivious to the new world disorder'?
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Has life in Russia regressed since the Ukraine invasion?
Today's big question The 'war economy' has defied Western sanctions as ordinary citizens rally round the regime
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Marwan Barghouti: the Palestinian hostage 'seen as Nelson Mandela'
Why Everyone's Talking About Hamas demands release of popular Fatah leader touted as next Palestinian president
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Who are the Houthi rebels in Yemen?
In Depth Latest US-UK strikes against Houthi rebels send 'clearest possible message' that they must stop Red Sea attacks
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Is Britain a credible military power?
Today's Big Question Armed Forces face acute funding and recruitment challenges as US general warns that British Army is 'not what it used to be'
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Why is Donald Trump so appealing to American voters?
Today's Big Question 'Everyone could use a mean tweet and some cheap gas,' says supporter as the young and evangelicals flock to support former president
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Goodbye Lenin? How Russian revolutionary haunts Vladimir Putin 100 years on
The Explainer Current president has a complicated and contradictory relationship with his Soviet predecessor
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Protégé in Paris: will Macron's new PM rejuvenate flagging presidency?
Today's Big Question Gabriel Attal, 34, chosen in bid to 'rein in the right' but could overshadow the president
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How Islamic State bombings in Iran could escalate regional war
The Explainer Terrorist group claims responsibility for deadly blasts on 'irredeemable foe' but Tehran likely to ramp up anti-US rhetoric
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Five biggest political shake-ups around the world in 2023
The Explainer Poland rejects populism as Argentina embraces it, Niger coup signals end of French influence in region, Thailand's 'political earthquake' stutters and New Zealanders show Labour the door
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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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