Relations between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean have a long history, more than two decades have passed since the holding of the First EU-Latin America and the Caribbean Summit (Rio de Janeiro, 28-29 June 1999). This Summit established a “bi-regional strategic partnership” with three pillars: high-level political dialogue, advanced development cooperation, and promotion of trade and investment …

  The US and China are currently engaged in a global struggle for dominance in the semiconductor industry, which has become a vital sector for everything from smartphones to advanced military technology. China has made it a long-term economic development policy goal to strengthen its position in strategic technologies, including semiconductors, also known as `chips`. However, the US sees China’s …

Sudan is once again in turmoil. The military clashes that take place the last days in Sudan have raised concerns about the country’s fragile transition to democracy and the potential for a return to authoritarian rule. The EU must act swiftly and decisively to support the Sudanese people and ensure that the democratic gains of the past few years are …

This article intends on providing a close analysis and an opinion on the security situation currently developing in El Salvador and why it matters. It should be understood firstly the complicated security context of El Salvador, a country that has dealt with destabilizing transnational criminal organizations for decades and that now under a new government has decided to create new …

Even before 2000, the impact of climate change on human migration became a matter of discussion among the scientific community. Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the 1990s predicted that the destruction of the environment would lead to massive population displacement in the following years. In 2001, the World Disasters Report of the Red Cross and …

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), climate change and related disasters are, more and more, becoming a threat to humanity and, therefore, one of the most significant drivers for migration. Temperatures and sea-levels are rising significantly as frequent and violent wildfires, floods, storms, droughts, earthquakes, and tsunamis demonstrate (1). As for migration, it is not hard to believe …

Hungary entered the EU through the great enlargement of the Union in 2004. Since then and for some time it was considered, together with Poland which was part of this group, the success story of European enlargement. All this, of course, at the time when the EU was prosperous before the financial crisis and the political austerity. When EU entered …

Representatives of the Ethiopian government and of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front signed a cessation of hostilities agreement on the 2nd of November 2022, raising hopes for thousands of people facing a humanitarian catastrophe that began two years ago. The African Union welcomed the deal, saying that “the agreement marks an important step in efforts to silence the guns, and …

The current Biden administration has expressed its strategic desire to keep the objective of a two-state solution alive, however the support for such a political project among Israelis and Palestinians is at a low point. When President Joe Biden visited Israel and the West Bank, in his recent visit, he emphasized on the importance that the current administration under his …

In August, United States President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which represents the most robust investment in decarbonization and efforts to combat climate change in United States history with climate related provisions totaling $369 billion. Meeting global commitments The bill is estimated to lower carbon emissions by around 40 percent from 2005 levels by the …