Last week North Korea launched an ICBM missile capable of transporting a nuclear weapon with the potential to reach the US mainland, that landed in the Japanese exclusive economic zone close to the island of Hokkaido; this is the second missile fired in one month by North Korea, showing a trend of increased frequency of its provocative actions carried out …

Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country and a traditional outpost for regional security is suffering the last two years from a civil war. The war in the Tigray region, the north part of the country has left thousands of dead, forced millions of people to flee from their homes and pushed parts of the country at the edge of starvation. …

While reports of a soon-approaching recession are making rounds amidst the news of big tech companies laying off their employees, many around the world are anxious about how to survive another economic dip. The impending question is whether the economy barely recovering from the effects of the global pandemic can survive another recession. With inflation rates highest in more than …

Many European States have expressed their intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, arguing that the ECT is not in line with their climate goals and that it limits their right to regulate in the public interest. This controversial international investment agreement was signed in the aftermath of the Cold War, when the dissolution of the URSS provided the …

The very same day France withdrew its last military unit from Mali, signaling the end of almost a decade-long operation at the Sahel region that left the country in a crisis, Mali’s foreign affairs Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, in a letter sent to the United Nations Security Council accused France for supporting local armed groups. In the letter, Abdoulaye Diop argues …

After decades of dispute over their shared maritime border, which includes oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean, Israel and Lebanon reached “a historic agreement”, as was described by the Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid. After months of US-brokered negotiations, this deal is a major diplomatic step between the two countries, which are still formally at war and lack diplomatic …

While the news of the first Person of Color moving into Downing Street is still making waves through the Globe, the real test in front of the newly appointed Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak, is much larger than his journey to No.10. He is tasked with picking up a reeling nation after Truss’ disastrous tenure that lasted seven …

In January 2011, South Sudanese voted through a referendum for their independence, with a nearly 99 percent vote in favor of secession. The period followed until South Sudan’s formal declaration of independence was difficult. At a time when violence was the norm and not the exception in both Sudan and South Sudan, the attacks along the north-south borders increased after …

In August, United States President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which represents the most robust investment in decarbonization and efforts to combat climate change in United States history with climate related provisions totaling $369 billion. Meeting global commitments The bill is estimated to lower carbon emissions by around 40 percent from 2005 levels by the …

Judge Thomas von Danwitz of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) was right to emphasize the important contribution of the Luxembourg judiciary to the creation of effective data protection. Not least of all, the courageous judgments on the fundamental right to data protection – for example, with the rejection of the Data Retention Directive – have helped establish the ECJ …