A recent scandal has been sweeping across China concerning the coming 2022 Winter Olympics, the hosting country’s vice premier Zhang Gaoli who is the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the said event, has now found himself at the centre of an explosive #MeToo scandal that had the world calling for a boycott of the Games, what happened is …

It cannot be stressed enough that the EU is a “Union of law” where the rule of law has been the paradigm of the European model and the structure of the common Europe since its foundation. The Treaty on the European Union (TEU) enshrines the rule of law as one of the fundamental values of the EU thereby making it …

The area between Poland and Belarus is often overlooked, but in recent times the border the two countries share has become more and more of a melting point, for what concerns their relationship it has had good and bad times during the last 26 years, periodically Warsaw played an important intermediary role in improving EU–Belarus relations, in spite of this, however, the bilateral …

One of the most dramatic humanitarian crisis that has hit Asia in a long time is the one concerning the Rohingya minority of Myanmar, whose population suffered gross human rights violations in the last years. However, Myanmar is also a member of ASEAN, an international organization of ten South-East Asia countries, and in 2007 the member states reunited in Jakarta …

The already six-year long war in Yemen does not seem to envisage an end in the near future. Charged for having been involved in the 2018 Saudi Arabia-led coalition air attack that led to the killing of Saleh al-Samman – then the armed group’s top civilian leader – this month nine men have been shot to death in Tahrir Square …

It is evident that Covid-19 changed the global order by which over 219 million people have been infected, and more than 4.5 million people have died. The Covid-19 vaccination is viewed as a way back to normality, an escape from the existing constraints that prevent us from shaking hands and hugging beloved ones (McMillan, 2021). While millions of people wait …

Prior to the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic attacks on September 11, 2001, the U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet announced that a new task force would be launched, including airborne, sailing, and underwater drones (A.P., 2021). In this regard, Navy officials refused to reveal the specifications of systems that would be used in the newly established task force. However, it …

Genocide is perceived as the ‘crime of all crimes’ and the worst form of violence amongst humans (Rafter, 2016; 1). Yet, despite its recognition as a tragedy, policymakers are yet to fully acknowledge the relationship between human and national security and thus recognise genocide as a threat in the same way it recognises other threats (Gallagher, 2013). Security as a …

This year, Egypt was ranked 166th out of 180 countries in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index (RSF, 2021b). This comes as no surprise given the country’s consistent status as one of the world’s top jailers of journalists. Indeed, in 2020, Egypt had the third highest number of jailed journalists globally, with at least 27 journalists in prison (CPJ, 2020).Yet, …

It is undeniable that human trafficking is a global challenge. About 25 million people worldwide are trafficking victims according to the UN (UNODC, 2020). The majority of trafficking victims are between 18 and 24 years of age (ibid). 43% of victims are used for forced commercial sexual exploitation, of whom 98% are women and girls (ibid). Human trafficking and smuggling …