Brexit, Northern Ireland and international law
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Ever since that fateful day in June 2016 when it was announced that the United Kingdom would be leaving the European Union, there has been a never-ending…
Is the world finally helping Uighur Muslims in China?
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson At the beginning of 2020 attention was once again brought to the crisis in China surrounding the persecution and potential genocide of Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang…
Covid-19 highlights the need for international cooperation
Illustration by Hannah Robinson The lively debate concerning refugees and asylum seekers over the past two months seems to have given way in wake of the new coronavirus. The coronavirus (Covid-19)…
Genocide must never become a political plaything
24 April is marked with black in the calendars of Armenians all around the world. On this day, Armenians living inside and outside their homeland remember those who died in…
The Modern BRICS: Is Russia geographically predisposed to aggression?
I tried, I tried and I tried. Believe me, my best efforts were exerted in attempting to write an article on Russian geopolitics without mentioning the World Cup yet it…
The world is the realist’s oyster
When it comes to understanding the world around us, we are our own greatest adversaries. The cognitive biases that lurk under the the film of ideology quietly obscure the clarity…
The Modern BRICS: How Latin America is learning from Brazil’s mistakes
In 2001, the British economist Jim O’Neill coined the term BRIC nations to describe the rapidly developing global economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, with South Africa being added…