The most restrictive and radical abortion legislation seen in half a century in the US came into effect last week (1Sept.) in Texas after the US Supreme Court declined to intervene. The law, introduced as Senate Bill 8 or SB8, prohibits abortions when embryonic cardiac activity is detected which can occur at six weeks, before many know they have become …

The collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban’s military takeover jointly with the images of people at Kabul airport desperately trying to flee the country show the gravity of the problem that was mishandled by the international community including the EU. As evacuation efforts at Kabul International Airport wind down ahead of the Western troop withdrawal deadline of August …

August 23, 2021 marked the day of launching the International Crimean Platform which has been initiated by the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky  as an international response and moreover, foreign policy instrument against the occupation of Crimea by Russia. The summit was solely dedicated to the illegal annexation of Crimea and to bringing the issue back in the agenda of the …

Although the situation in Afghanistan still captures most media attention, the ramifications of the US and NATO withdrawal for the wider neighborhood have only been considered insufficiently. Pakistan may well be the largest winner for now. And when Pakistan is involved in any larger development, attention should be paid to how its most prominent rival, India, reacts. Since Pakistan’s independence …

As Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan (2021) wrote in a recent Washington Post editorial his country has suffered more than any other one in the name of the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, and hence, would be more interested than any other actor to see a stable government in Kabul. He is not shy about whom Islamabad will collaborate with: …

Thailand has been in mass antigovernment protests and rallies in a decade, largely caused by the combination of democratic deterioration and frustrations over the role of the monarchy. The recent protests kicked off in August 2020 as Thai people took the streets and started to vividly criticize the institution of the monarchy and King Maha Vajiralongkorn, demanding reduced royal powers (BBC, …

The history of Nigeria is a long and complex one, like many states in Africa it is a story of struggle, of subjugation, of instability and tensions. Nigeria covers a landmass of over 930,000 squared kilometres and has a population of over 200 million people making it the most populous place in Africa by far, and the 15th largest by …

On Sunday, Tunisian President, Kais Saied, removed the Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi, from office and announced he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister, then suspended parliament for 30 days with the help of the army.  Subsequently he has deposed various ministers including the defense and acting justice minister. Saied has defended the decision, arguing …

At the beginning of July, Lithuania declared state of emergency due to the large number of illegal migrants who crossed into the country from neighboring Belarus. Most of them were Iraqi citizens, but there were also people from Syria, Tajikistan and Russia (Centre for Eastern Studies 2021, “The Lithuanian-Belarusian migration crisis”). This is not the first time European countries witnessing …