UN Peacekeeping missions are ineffective and do more harm than good”
Elisabeth Puttinger (MAIS I)
UN Peacekeeping missions have their flaws and problems, which is a fact that nobody can deny. The organization is weakened by...
JUST WAR THEORY AND ISLAMIC ETHICS OF WAR – A GROWING DIVERGENCE?
International law on the use of force is deeply rooted in what is one of the dominant philosophical perspectives on the morality of war...
Paradise Lost – The Venezuelan Crisis and the Response of the International Community
Venezuela anguishes in what is being described as the country’s worst economic, social and political crisis to date. A combination of low oil prices,...
Should Refugees Be Able to Move Freely?
Once every term, the Debating Society of the Diplomatic Academy hosts a debate night. In British parliamentary tradition, eight debaters take the stage and...
Trump: Champion of Climate Change Policy
Donald Trump’s campaign claims that climate change is just another political ruse, spooked many environmentalists awaiting the new president’s climate policy with a distrustful...
POST-BREXIT, POST-TRUMP
After the Brexit dust had settled, it looked as though Barack Obama’s prophetic warning that the UK "would be at the back of the...
TurkStream: How Russia and Turkey are getting cozy
The big news from the World Energy Congress in Istanbul in October was the chummy relationship between Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey and Russian...
