NATO: The Newest Victim of American Indifference?
This year NATO is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Established in the aftermath of World War II, NATO was created to “to secure peace in Europe, to promote cooperation among its More
The International Criminal Court: An Unbiased or Eurocentric Institution?
On November 7th, 2019 Bosco Ntaganda, also known as “The Terminator,” was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against More
The Best Threat Is One That Is Not Deployed: FIFA and the End of Kafala in Qatar
In 2010, the FIFA Governing Body awarded the 2022 World Cup hosting rights to the small but wealthy nation of Qatar. The decision itself was criticized for a variety of More
30 Years Later: A New Cold War?
Today, the 9th of November, marks 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell. This momentous occasion in 1989 represented not only the physical collapse of a concrete barrier dividing West More
30 Years Ago: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, a firmly dividing force between Eastern and Western Europe, finally fell. With the wall’s destruction, East Germans were finally granted the same social, More
US-China Trade War: Which Power Will Fall
In 2018, the first ‘shots’ were fired and two of the world’s largest economies embarked on a gruelling trade war. At 12:01 pm on the 5th of July, the Trump More
England Truck Deaths: What are Governments Doing about Migration?
In late October 2019, 39 bodies were found in a refrigerated lorry on an industrial estate in Essex, England. All persons were pronounced dead on the scene, opening up several More
Climate Strategy in Eastern Europe: Why a Consensus Green Deal is More Implausible Than Ever
On June 20th, an Eastern coalition led by Poland and Hungary, with Estonia and the Czech Republic, blocked a Brussels-led climate strategy that would have committed all EU members to More
The US Presidential Election: A Cyber Storm
Towards the end of October, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, appeared in front of the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. He was questioned on issues regarding election interference, free More
Tensions in the South China Sea: Malaysia Resists Chinese Development Initiatives
On the northern edge of the Johor-Singapore Causeway, a body of water separating Malaysia and Singapore, exists a small grouping of three islands. Called “reclaimed land,” these islands are man-made More