Since November 2021, Congolese forces have been battling a resurgence of the M23 rebel group in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Though one of over 100 non-state armed militias currently active in eastern DRC, the recent reemergence of M23 has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation and contributed to a rapid deterioration in …

With only 10 weeks until the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, political experts from both parties say their expectations from just months prior are changing. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 Senate seats, and 36 gubernatorial seats are up for election in November, and the fate of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and a potential comeback by former …

In a worrying but strangely unsurprising turn of events, the last weeks of August and the beginning of September have seen the explosion of a major political crisis and violent clashes in Iraq. The breakdown of the Parliament and the subsequent taking to the streets of supporters of the different prominent figures of the Iraqi political scene was predictable: the …

Italy’s role and reputation on the international stage have been unstable – to say the least. The rapid alternation of coalition governments and their inability to come to full term, as well as the long history of scandals and criminal activity tied to the political elites have often made the country a laughingstock for its European neighbours and the rest …

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 …

The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania said they were in favor of granting Ukraine immediate official status as a candidate for European Union membership. Shortly afterwards, the European Commission announced on June 17 that it had validated Ukraine’s application for membership. This declaration is a very strong message from three major Western European countries and Romania in favor …

Croatia will be the 20th European country to enter the Euro zone as of January 2023, following its application to adopt Euro currency in 2013. While Euro currency has been devalued and reached equal exchange rate with US dollar for the first time since its implementation in 2002, on Tuesday 12 July 2022, the Council of the European Union approved …

An armed conflict between China and the United States would have catastrophic consequences. Not only would it cost many lives and entail incalculable risks of escalation, but it would also cause political disorder and imply high economic costs for the European Union. Out of peace policy and economic self-interest, Europe should therefore work to maintain the peaceful status quo in …

From the very beginning of 2013 international crisis management in Mali two missions saw the light of day : the multidimensional integrated stabilization mission of the United Nations (MINUSMA) and the EU training mission (EUTM). The latter is tasked with training and advising the Malian army to enable it to independently guarantee Mali’s security. By making the presence of foreign …

For NATO, Russia is the number one threat. But China is also coming into the military alliance’s sights For the first time, the defense alliance is taking a closer look at China. It was said at the summit in Madrid on June 28th, that the People’s Republic is a strategic challenge. NATO is particularly concerned about the growing cooperation between …