Politics
Colombia’s governing right was defeated in March’s legislative elections. However, significant discrepancies between the preliminary and the final vote count have led to allegations of fraud and calls for a nation-wide recount. Ahead of crucial presidential elections this month, this crisis is likely to foster further distrust and popular disenchantment with Colombian politicians and the state more generally.

Does Scotland Need the EU?
April 8, 2022Italy’s Presidential Election: What Comes Next?
March 17, 2022Economics
Since partition in 1921, the Irish border has economically, politically, and culturally divided the island. Despite this, cross-border relationships have formed and evolved. Governments have a strong hand in promoting or denouncing said evolution, with development funds and projects historically being the most effective and visible means. However, as Brexit disrupts the status quo, private funds are gaining influence over the cross-border relationship. This article will analyze the implications of economic fluctuations on Northern Ireland’s political stability and the subsequent ramifications for British politics.

South Africa: Political Unrest in a Vulnerable Economy
October 28, 2021
Supply Chain Volatility in the Automobile Industry
October 8, 2021
Stable but stagnant: Transforming Jordan’s economy
September 14, 2021Finance
Monetary easing and bailout expectations are embedded in post-2008 central banking, often justified on the grounds of systemic stability or public expectations. The truth is that on top of nurturing moral hazard, the Fed put impedes innovation and productive investment.

Towards a Digital Euro: What Does It Mean for the Safety of Europe?
September 30, 2021
Documents Leaked to Reuters Raise Concerns about COVAX
February 13, 2021Security
Azerbaijan has sought to exploit the world’s and Russia’s preoccupation with the war in Ukraine in order to militarily resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. As Moscow becomes extensively embroiled in its so-called ‘special military operation’ against Kiev, it is highly likely that Baku will feel emboldened enough to push further into the contested region, even if this results in the antagonisation of Russian peacekeepers.

Opinion: An effective Russian sanctions regime
March 13, 2022
Is food insecurity a looming eventuality in China’s future?
March 11, 2022
Opinion: Germany’s Influence on European Unity
February 27, 2022Natural Resources
Energy security has been at the center of the geopolitical conversation in recent weeks, as the invasion of Ukraine has shed a light once more on Europe’s dependency on Russian oil & gas. The incident has left leaders scrambling for alternative energy supply, manifesting in part through the unveiling of the EU’s plan to end their reliance on Russian gas. Hydrogen as an energy carrier is a core pillar of this plan, with the European Commission calling for a quadrupling of hydrogen use by 2030.

Opinion: An effective Russian sanctions regime
March 13, 2022
Is food insecurity a looming eventuality in China’s future?
March 11, 2022
Implications Intensify: Illegal Gold Mining in Brazil’s Amazon Region
February 26, 2022The Challenges facing Japanese Nuclear Energy Policy
February 21, 2022Technology
Ten years after the Arab Spring, the shockwaves from the surge of democratic protests across the Middle East continue to reverberate throughout the region in the form of smouldering multidimensional proxy conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen. Great and regional powers’ increasing employment of drones, disinformation and local proxies are exacerbating broader global trends associated with hyper-globalisation, emerging technologies and societal fragmentation. Collectively, these trends fuel the multidimensional geopolitical contest being played out across the Middle East; an ominous harbinger of the murky shadow wars representing the new face of conflict in the twenty-first century.

Will Tech Regulations Curb Poland’s Technological Progress?
November 12, 2021
Supply Chain Volatility in the Automobile Industry
October 8, 2021