Sweden and Finland have pursued a policy of neutrality since World War II, refusing to officially join either side in the Cold War, and pursuing foreign and security policies coherent with this posture. After the end of the Cold War, this strict neutrality was already broken, with both countries joining the EU in 1995 and signing various agreements with NATO …

For the past 5 centuries, European countries have virtually taken on the self-granted mandate over the management and development of Africa, shaping the continent with the colonial legacies that still define many of the observable dynamics nowadays. Recent years, however, have seen the rise of new global players who have made it their task to challenge the existing order by …

On Wednesday, in a letter, 40 Republican members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees were pressing President Joe Biden to reverse his previous decision of cutting defense spending below the rate of inflation. [1] It very much seems that the White House will not disappoint the GOP. According to a White House official, the President of the United …

Since Russia’s recognition of the non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions on 21 February 2022, and subsequent invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, a number of countries, including the United States, Canada, and the European Union, have imposed a slew of new sanctions on Russia. More than 1,000 international companies have either suspended trading in Russia, or …

As David Axelrod once said, “the one corrective in a democracy is the vote”. The next time the American people will have a chance to correct their democracy is on November 8, 2022. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are up for election. Democrats have a very slim majority in both chambers – House[i] and the Senate[ii] – of the …

On the 17th and 18th of February, the European leaders of the Member States of the European Union greeted over 40 African leaders in a long-awaited summit, postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The summit was intended to lay further grounds in the areas of common cooperation and encourage foreign investment in Africa, especially following the growing Chinese …

It’s nothing new that the African continent is more vulnerable to crises than other parts of the world (the Western world in particular). This is also true for the most talked-about problem of climate change, which challenges countries that have few means to respond either because of a lack of money or because of their unstable socio-political conditions. According to …

Today marks the 64th round of exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey, which will be held in Athens. In the wake of Thursday’s meeting in Brussels, where both Greek and Turkish Defence Ministers will be reconvening.[1] However, a question worth addressing firstly is: What do these exploratory talks encompass and what do they aim to achieve? Consensus describes this negotiation …

The end of the Morales’ rules and the (illegal) interim government On October 2019 took place presidential elections, to which Morales was said the winner. However, it would have been his fourth mandate, which is unconstitutional and investigations demonstrated irregularities in the elections process. Therefore, the population protested against him and he had to resign. As the constitution foresees it, …

The amicable diplomatic relations between China and Russia, that were shown strong at the Winter Olympics last February in Beijing, may now face major challenges given the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops under Putin’s order. China’s foreign policy main characteristic is its non-interference in other countries internal affairs, yet the current crisis may be challenging this stance. In regard …