How European Energy Dependence Fuels the Syrian Conflict
The European Union has little to no fossil fuel reserves and is therefore highly dependent on energy imports from third countries. Despite recurrent human...
Resolving to Recognise Agents of Peace: UNSC Resolution 1325
Four principles dictate the revolutionary United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. UNSCR 1325 was based on the following four...
CSTO versus NATO, potential cooperation or further confrontation?
Without question, when we think about collective security, the first
thing that comes to mind is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the most
powerful collective security...
“A Day Without Us:” Mexican Women Take Action for Gender Equality
Initiatives like the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in 1993, the Convention of Belém do Pará in 1994, and the Beijing...
The Strongmen and COVID-19
Throughout history political figures have used crises
to gain political advantage; COVID-19 offers no exception to this.
“In moments of crisis, people are willing to...
Waking Up from the Chinese Dream to a Chinese Debt Trap?
The Chinese Dream (Zhōngguó Měng) was first coined in 2012 by the current General Secretary of the Peoples Republic of China’s only political party,...
How to say ‘Holocaust’ in Arabic
The establishment of the State of Israel seven decades ago is remembered as the return to its ancestral home by one people but bemoaned...
Terrorism: A Question of Definition?
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the label “terrorist” has been used in almost every conflict to discredit an opponent. From the Chinese...
Springtime in the Mashriq
The self-immolation of a street vendor in Tunisia on December 17, 2010 sparked one of the most monumental and promising democracy movements in the...
Criados raised by no one
“Criados” comes from the
Spanish word “criar,” which means to raise. Ironically, 50,000 children in
Paraguay called criados are being raised by no one, forgotten under...
