Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) BACKGROUND The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that has an annual production capacity of 6,000 megawatts was launched in 2011 to be built on the Blue Nile. The GERD, 145-metre (475-foot) mega-dam, is considered to be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa. This construction of the dam brought disturbance in Northeastern Africa considering that …

08 June 2021 Historical Background The relationship between the European Union and Switzerland has always been particularly unique. Even though Switzerland is a small country surrounded by EU Member States it has remained outside of the EU and has also had a different relationship with the Union than other countries in a similar position like Norway or Iceland. Switzerland rejected …

13 May 2021  By Bernardo Nascimento, The European Institute for International Law and International Relations. The filibuster, as it is contemporarily known in the context of the United States, is a legislative tool used in the Senate that “imposes an effective supermajority requirement for the enactment of most legislation”, considering that, to bring a proposal to vote after it has been …

11 May 2021  By Georgios Mavrodimitrakis, The European Institute for International Law and International Relations. More than six years after the outbreak of the civil war, Yemen still finds itself on the brink of collapse. Once a prosperous country, Yemen has become one of the poorest states of the Arab world and the ravaging war has lest millions without shelter, access …