Thousands of migrants from the Middle East are stopped at the border between Belarus, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, due to the granting of tourist visas by the Belarusian government. Among them are people from Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan who try to enter Europe in the absence of safe channels but are prevented from seeking protection from EU countries. Thousands …

The UK’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is currently facing the most politically perilous moment of his premiership, as he continues to come under intense scrutiny over his involvement in a series of N° 10 drinks parties held in the midst of England’s lockdowns aimed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Boris Johnson just announced a plan to take the first steps …

The Democratic Biden administration in the United States has introduced countless changes in the country’s politics, both domestically and in the area of foreign policy, which is once again an important part of the political agenda, with a role that is no longer limited to serving exclusively the internal interests of the State. With Biden, the United States is once …

On 15 September, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of a partnership called “AUKUS”, with the aim, among other things, of providing the Australian Navy with nuclear-powered submarines over the next few decades. The trilateral security pact is an excellent opportunity for Australia to strengthen its military capability to deal with China’s growing maritime activities …

The dispute in the Indo-Pacific region has increased dramatically during the last year, showing its effects in present days of the 2021. Japan in the past months has claimed more attention from the international allies over the Chinese expansionism. In September, the former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga travelled to Washington to attend an in-person summit of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a …

Ukraine has been on mouths of everyone in the recent days due to the seemingly escalating reluctance towards the possibility of them joining NATO. Currently, Russia has amounted more than 100.000 troops at the border with Ukraine, resulting in increased tensions surrounding the region. Multiple international decision-makers have addressed this issue, with Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with the NATO …

On the first of December 2021, the EU launched its new intiative the Global Gateway having for purpose to invest in the future, by helping developing countries with energy, digital, transport, education, health etc. This initiave follows the EU engagement taken in the COP21 and G7 commitments for Build Back Better World last June, meaning that this development needs to …

The election of the new Iranian President, the principlist Ibrahim Raisi on June 18th, 2021, has occurred in a crucial moment in which Iran and the West were engaged in ongoing technical negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Iran’s new President is trusted by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has …

Kazakhstan has been a peaceful country since it gained independence after the Soviet retreat, it has been considered a pillar of political and economic stability in an unstable region and it’s the 9th largest country in the world, bigger than Western Europe, moreover, it is extremely rich in mineral resources such as oil and gas. Recently, thousands of angry protesters …

To get started, it must first be addressed some basic concepts, such as what an interest group is. According to the definition used by the European Union in the Green Paper on a European Initiative in favour of Transparency (2006), “they are all those activities carried out with the objective of influencing the formulation of public policies and the decision-making …