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Putin’s Other Front: Navalny’s Death and the Opposition’s Death Row

Vladimir Putin has significantly ramped up his crackdown on opposition ...

Why has the Gulf region become an international sports hub?

With four F1 Grand Prix races and the upcoming 2022 ...

The United States’ custom-built enemy: The Taliban

The Taliban, a Pashtun Islamic extremist group, has regained complete ...

Trianon Trauma: How a 101-year-old Treaty explains Orban’s actions Today

The 101 year old Trianon Treaty made Hungary a second-rate ...

Trump and Kim Jong-un stroke egos through an impromptu historic tweet

+ Historical adversaries dealing with the issue of denuclearisation. + ...

Tedros’ freezing response to Covid-19 leaves global governance in ruins

+ The unforeseeable end of the pandemic threatens Tedros’ reputation ...

Mali’s Tense History – An Evident Path to Terrorism in the Sahel

+Mali’s 2012 internal conflict led to today’s Sahel terrorism crisis ...

Adriana

Emerging technologies are changing conflicts. In this blog, I want to show how  your politicians are being affected by new weapons and, in turn, how your security can be impacted.

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Eva

Saving lives or the economy? Global cooperation or self-sufficiency? In this blog, I’ll discuss the politics of pandemics, looking closely at elements that influence political leaders across the world.

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This blog will answer the larger question of why individuals matter in international relations by focusing on why leaders implement certain politics and how they shape the outcome.

Why Higgins Won’t Go To Church: A Tale of Two Irelands

The President of Ireland has controversially declined an invitation to ...

The First Female Head of Government in Europe- Margaret Thatcher

Getty Image The feminist social movement’s main objective is to ...

SOS Galapagos: Chinese Fleets Threaten the Marine Life Around the Galapagos Islands

In mid-July, the Armed Forces of Ecuador detected the presence ...

I am using RAIA’s international network to talk to friends and colleagues all over the world about measures taken by their governments to battle the spread of Covid-19.

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Ishwari & Ariel

Hey there, during these difficult times, the two of us Ishwari and  Ariel, will look at consequences of Covid-19 to the global economy and the environment.

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Balder

I write this blog as part of our newsletter “The Westphalian” where I take a closer look at one or two pressing items of each week in international affairs and how they affect us. 

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Viru

Here, I analyse Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy in the Middle East, his goals and the obstacles that he needs to overcome in order to achieve them. Stay tuned! 

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