It has been only a year since August 2021, when the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, yet the future has never been more uncertain for women and young girls. Soon after the Taliban returned to power, they suspended education beyond the 6th grade for both boys and girls until a new educational policy according to Islamic values would …

The decades-long feud between Greece and Turkey has intensified in the last few months with the two countries exchanging accusations of unnecessary aggression and calling for intervention from the international community. The issue at the heart of the latest escalation is the long-standing dispute over territorial claims to the islands in the Aegean Sea. The status of the islands was …

In Prague, 44 heads of state and government from all over Europe gather for the first meeting of the European Political Community. Only Belarus and Russia did not receive an invitation. The family photo could very well go down in the history books. Today, October 6th, all European states are represented in Prague except two : Belarus and Russia. British …

En of august, the EU foreign ministers have agreed to restrict the entry of Russian citizens into Europe in the future. How far this should go, however, remains controversial. Foreign ministers are somewhat of the chief diplomats of their countries, and this is usually reflected in their language. But when EU foreign ministers discussed a visa ban on Russian tourists …

In a period of six months, since Russia’s invasion in February, UNESCO has verified the destruction of 179 cultural sites in Ukraine. As of the 19th of August, the last update of UNESCO’s list of damaged cultural sites in Ukraine includes 13 museums, 17 monuments, many religious sites, historic buildings, and almost a dozen libraries. However, according to the Deputy …

This month marks Seven months since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian Forces. While Internet outrage and heated discussions on Club House have died down, war is still a reality for the people of Ukraine. With more than 50,000 killed, there is no end in sight to the Russian-Ukraine War. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and expected the Ukrainian …

Tigray, Ethiopia, is currently witnessing the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history, and half the world has not even heard about it. The region has been destabilized since November 2020, when the conflict between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Government of Ethiopia began. The ongoing conflict has killed thousands and internally displaced millions of Ethiopians. An estimated 59,000 …

Some aspects of gender impacts in armed conflict have been addressed through case laws, statutes, and customary international law, especially the uneven effect of sexual violence on women, both combatants and civilians. However, this emphasis has led to other areas of gender being ignored, such as the operational risk of gender in armed conflict. As the United Nations Security Council …

When South Sudan achieved independence in 2011, its conditions led to hopes for the possibility of positive development for the new nation. The act of self-determination concretised in a remarkably peaceful secession from the parent State of Sudan, combined with a richness in natural resources such as oil and gold, however, were not sufficient to counterbalance some of the structural …

If the West provides aid in Afghanistan, it stabilizes the Taliban’s rule. If it does not, the state and society collapse, triggering new streams of refugees. Who could also reach Europe. The images of how thousands of Afghans rushed to the airport after August 15th 2021 hoping to get a seat on an evacuation flight, remain in agonizing memory. Desperate, …