As media attention has been hovering around an allegedly potential military invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops stationed in border regions, a possibly more decisive development is playing out in Kiev. Late last year, Petro Poroshenko – former Ukrainian president, oligarch and currently incumbent President Volodymyr Zelensky’s greatest competitor for next year’s presidential elections – has been charged with treason. …

Whenever any country makes its first steps towards a more democratic government, we are easily inclined to conclude that it has become a democracy, however, real democracy is more than just elections. Democracy stands for diversity, accountability, and inclusion, it means that politicians and political institutions are willing to respond to the needs of the population, and on the other …

It appears that North Korea conducted its second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile on Thursday, days after the event, the country’s leader Kim Jong Un vowed to the idea of bolstering his military forces despite pandemic-related difficulties, meaning that the North part of Korea will press ahead with plans to modernize its nuclear and missile arsenals rather than …

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 …

            The Pegasus spyware is a system designed to invigilate the users’ activities via smartphones and mobile devices. Currently, due to increasing tensions regarding unfair use of the system, the security and data protection of citizens have been challenged. Among the Pegasus data leakage scandal in Poland recently and the Pegasus Project Investigation, doubts have been raised in regard 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 …

The history of Western Sahara is characterized by occupation. Since the end of the 19th century, its territory has been occupied by Spain, which exploited the large fishing grounds and the phosphate and hydrocarbon finds. During the 1960s, the UN insisted on the country’s decolonization, to which Spain gave in and announced a referendum (UN General Assembly, 1974). However, the …

            Mr. Gabriel Boric has been elected the new Chilean president in the recent presidential elections held in November. The leftist candidate has beaten the far-right opponent, José Antionio Kast, in an attempt to revolutionize the Chilean economy and to introduce the new wave in the domestic politics, with the younger generation central to the change.             After years of …

The news of the last few days has been filled with mentions of Bishop Desmond Tutu but many still have no idea who he was and why he became so important and globally respected. The bishop was born in 1931 in Transvaal. and later ordained as a priest in 1960, in 1978 he managed to become the first black General …

Since a few years, the EU is under an acute migration crisis, which is regulated throught the Dublin III regulation. However, meanwhile, UK citizens decided to leave the EU due to the main reasons that they wanted back the control of their frontiers. Therefore, migrants trying to escape the consequences of their application within the EU system, now try to …