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 …

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 …