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The Venezuela-Colombia Border: What Can Be Done?
The Colombia-Venezuela border is one of the most volatile and insecure regions in Latin America. On one side, a raging humanitarian...
Katherine Hellier
Oct 26, 20247 min read
Predictions for the 2024 US Presidential Race: Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump
As the 2024 U.S. presidential race heats up, the potential matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump...
Andrei Cursaru
Jul 23, 20243 min read
Enhancing Global Security: The CTBT's Role and Technological Innovations in Nuclear Test Detection
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a cornerstone of international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear...
Andrei Cursaru
Jul 17, 20243 min read
The Escazú Agreement as a Framework for Peacebuilding in Colombia
Colombian police escorting peasants that eradicate coca crops in the Taraza region ( AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez ). Licensed under...
Julieta Longo
May 20, 20249 min read
Three borders, multiple threats: how climate change is making things worse in the Triple Frontier and what can be done
The tri-border along the junction of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil is an arena where multiple criminal dynamics and socio-environmental...
Julieta Longo
Mar 12, 20248 min read
Four Years After the 2018 Political Crisis Outbreak in Nicaragua: What can be done?
April 2018. Tribute to the more than 60 killed during citizen protests in Nicaragua. Photo by: Jorge Mejía Peralta. Licensed under CC BY...
Alexandra Jesus Oliveira Lopes
Sep 6, 20227 min read
The Need for Reforming Education Inequality in the US
Photo by: Scarlet Sappho . Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Introduction The inequality within the US education system is...
Becky Webber
Aug 10, 20224 min read
Youth Voting and Civic Engagement in the United States
“ The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and...
Sabrina Penati
Aug 1, 20225 min read
Implications of the COP15 30x30 Biodiversity Approach for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
During Part II of COP15, taking place in April next year, the international community will agree on the adoption of a post-2020 Global...
Julieta Longo
May 5, 20227 min read
The need for a transition in Venezuela to solve the humanitarian crisis?
People from the opposition march peacefully to the vicinity of the Palace of Justice in the city of Maracaibo . Photo by: María Alejandra...
Angel Cortez
May 3, 20227 min read
Power to the People: Reconciling Chinese Investments with Sustainable Development in Latin America
Members of the mapuche community protesting against a Chinese-backed mining project in Neuquén, Argentina. Source China is currently...
Julieta Longo
Sep 8, 20217 min read
The Southern Route: How the Largest Brazilian Crime Syndicate Usurped Latin American Cocaine Routes
By Bernardo Kaiser, South America Research Analyst, with expert insight from InSight Crime specialist Vinicius Madureira (Source:...
Bernardo Kaiser
Aug 19, 20217 min read
Making Sense of the Mexican 2021 Midterm Elections: The End of a Hegemony But Not Dominance
The midterm elections which took place in Mexico on June 6 were nothing short of historic. Typically, midterm elections generate...
Marco Antonio García Mendez
Aug 9, 20218 min read
Combat Between the Great Powers in a Low-Fertility Era
In this past decade, the strategic competition between the U.S. and China has been centred on the two countries' economic development,...
Angela Wang
Jul 6, 20217 min read
The COVID-19 Recovery: An Opportunity to Achieve Climate Justice in Latin America
The COVID-19 pandemic has made Latin America’s underlying pre-existing systemic problems radically more evident than before. From the...
Julieta Longo
Jun 28, 20218 min read
The New Frontier: The Rise of China as a Space Power and the Threat to U.S Dominance
We are currently enmeshed in a Second Cold War. Unlike the original one, the ideological battle between democracy and authoritarianism is...
Andrei Cursaru
Jun 26, 20214 min read
The uncovering of the World Health Organization
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been coordinating one of the largest global...
Marie Smit & Morane Verhoeven
Nov 20, 20205 min read
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