Obama’s digital strategy in the elections of 2008 changed the way political campaigning would be run in the future. Obama went from a relatively unknown senator to the President of the United States using social media as an integral part of his campaign strategy, focusing on 15 social networks. His aim was not only to reach a broader audience but …

Giorgia Meloni could become head of government in Rome this Sunday 25th of September. Are the worries about Italy turning away from Europe justified ? Almost 3 weeks ago, the election program of the right-wing conservative party “Fratelli d’Italia” (Brothers of Italy) was published. In recent polls, the party led by Giorgia Meloni has a 25 percent approval rating and …

Sweden saw itself as an open country, a humanitarian world power. Now that the right-wing populists gained influence on the government for the first time, the new prime minister bears a great responsibility. The Swedish prime minister has initiated the change of power with her withdrawal. That’s how it’s been done for a long time, and that’s how it’s always …

On June 30, an intense diplomatic sequence ended, with an European Council meeting, a G7 summit and then a NATO summit. These events were an opportunity to reaffirm the unity of the Western side, despite existing differences. In the short term, these three summits have reaffirmed the great overall cohesion that has existed since the beginning of the war in …

Because many things in Hungary can only be decided by a two-thirds majority, Viktor Orbán does  not concentrate all his attention to centrist voters when courting support. The result is almost inevitably populism. The good(ish) news first. There will be no exit of Hungary from the EU, not with Viktor Orbán, who, on the contrary, is preparing for a stronger …

With only 10 weeks until the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, political experts from both parties say their expectations from just months prior are changing. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 Senate seats, and 36 gubernatorial seats are up for election in November, and the fate of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and a potential comeback by former …

While originally conceptualized as an interposition force meant to monitor ceasefires and control buffer zones between two waring parties, the United Nations peace operations of today operate in progressively complex and intractable intrastate conflicts made worse by rapidly growing transnational issues such as climate change and terrorism. In response to these unprecedented challenges, the nature of UN peace operations has …

This month marks Seven months since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian Forces. While Internet outrage and heated discussions on Club House have died down, war is still a reality for the people of Ukraine. With more than 50,000 killed, there is no end in sight to the Russian-Ukraine War. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and expected the Ukrainian …

Russia uses its energy supplies consistently and with great strategic calculation to weaken and divide Europe. Such a calculation is not to be found in Europe’s response to this economic war. The EU’s strategy is to impose a complete embargo on oil, electricity, gas and coal from Russia as soon as possible. It is as if Europe is playing chess …

The control and limitation of nuclear armaments worldwide has been a key factor to achieve in order to maintain a relatively peaceful balance of power after the Second World War. Despite the ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), effective since 1970, however, several countries across the world have not discontinued uranium enrichment programs and increased …