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Courtroom Narratives of Sexual Violence: Victimhood and Agency during International Criminal Trials
Prior to the 1990s, the use of sexual violence in conflicts was a consequence of weaponised masculinities, with little attention being...
Andjela Draganic
Sep 23, 202111 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 Ovaherero and Nama Genocide: Why is Germany’s recent recognition not enough?
On 15 May 2021, Germany and Namibia agreed on a Joint Declaration addressing Germany’s colonial crimes after six years of negotiations....
Andjela Draganic
Aug 25, 20219 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
Next Generation, Youth? Why We Need More Youth Participation in Sustainable Development Policy
With more than half of the world’s population today under the age of 30, young people will be instrumental in finding solutions to...
Sofia Biasin
Aug 11, 20218 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
Can Space Exploration Be Ethical? The ‘Billionaire Space Race’ and Egalitarian Galactic Democracy
Over half a century since the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, the world is entering an era of space revival. States are once more turning...
Sophia Mason
Jul 30, 20219 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
Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention: A victory for the ‘anti-gender agenda’?
On 20 March 2021, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced his country’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention which aims to...
CYIS Organisation
Apr 12, 20218 min read
The EU as an ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’: Boundary-making and human rights
On Thursday 11 March, the European Parliament voted to declare the European Union (EU) an ‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’ where all LGBTIQ...
Sophia Mason
Mar 24, 20216 min read
‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ and the Delicate Dance for Diplomatic Sway
While most high-income nations have been busy negotiating advance market commitments – securing exclusive deals with pharmaceutical...
Lionel Ameis
Mar 9, 20216 min read
Overcoming Psychological Barriers to Mitigating Climate Change
In her political guidelines outlining the European Green Deal, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen stated: ‘I have been...
Charis Hoffman
Feb 25, 20214 min read
A Taxonomy to Scale Up Sustainable Investments in the EU
In its efforts to achieve the EU’s climate and energy targets for 2030 and 2050, and to involve the financial sector in stimulating...
Staffan Åkesson
Feb 6, 20215 min read
The only New Year’s resolution that matters in 2021: taking action to reverse biodiversity loss
A month ago, human impact on the planet reached a symbolic level when it was estimated that man-made stuff, such as buildings or...
Laetitia Aumont
Feb 4, 20215 min read
Security Voices | Youth perspectives on Nagorno-Karabakh: moving towards a precarious peace?
The year 2020 has been marked by various international and regional challenges towards the establishment of a strong-standing global...
Georgios C. Kostaras
Jan 11, 20216 min read
Why queering the agenda should be the next step for Women, Peace and Security
On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1325 calling for women’s increased participation...
Sophia Mason
Dec 8, 20207 min read
New EU rules on cyber security: an upcoming geopolitical decision on 5G?
Protecting critical infrastructures and crucial economic sectors from cyber threats is only becoming more of an imperative for states and pr
Enzo Ribagnac
Nov 24, 20205 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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