Where Will Brazil Draw the Line on Free Speech?
This October, the Brazilian newspaper O Globo revealed that during the Bolsonaro administration, the country’s intelligence service, Abin (Agência Brasileira de Inteligência), had been...
Finland’s NATO Membership: A Historical Foreign Policy Shift
Finland’s application to join NATO in 2022 represented a radical departure from its previous foreign policy. This long-debated move came just three months after...
Fukushima Wastewater Discharge: Unraveling Regional Tensions
Within the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s controversial release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant is sparking a geopolitical tempest,...
A Feminist Vision for the Future of Foreign Policy: Between Ideals and Practice
In 2022, Kristina Lunz, a leading voice in the fight for gender equality in international politics, published her bestselling book, The Future of Foreign...
BRICS v. USA: Fight of the Century
The alliance bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) is emerging as a massive potential competitor to the economic dominance of...
Collective Trauma: the Underestimated Force in International Politics
Gazimestan, 1989. In front of about one million Serbians, then–president Slobodan Milošević delivered a momentous speech to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Battle...
25 Years Later, the Good Friday Agreement is in Need of an Update
On May 22nd, 1998, a referendum was held on a seemingly simple question: “Do you support the agreement reached at the multi-party talks on...
Defending the Freedom of Nations and Navigation: The Militarization of the Indo-Pacific
In February 2023, the United States and the Philippines reached a level of military cooperation not seen in nearly three decades. Following the signing...
Old Habits Die Hard: The U.S.’ New Forever War
On January 27th, 2017, 160 civilians were killed in an airstrike on a displaced persons’ settlement in Nigeria. The region was and continues to...
Peru – Democracy in Peril
On 7 December 2022, a wave of protests erupted in various regions of Peru following the impeachment and subsequent arrest of elected President Pedro...
