Last year in April, Macron introduced government reforms for the Foreign Ministry of France, which represents the third-largest diplomatic network in the world following the US and China, leading to severe criticisms. These criticisms were followed by a diplomats’ strike, in social media known as #diplo2metier. 500 diplomats joined the strikes arguing that the reform is “a historical fault” and …

For many years, the depiction of migration as a phenomenon was based on a male approach, as it was assumed that males migrate more than women, primarily because of financial reasons, while the woman remained in their homelands or they followed men as family dependents. That is why women’s migration is poorly documented and not adequately addressed. In the last …

This article analyses the strategic consequences of the participation of Iran in the Ukraine war in allegiance with Russia and the opportunities and challenges this alliance brings to the balance of power in the Middle East and its various geo-political actors as well as the consequences of the latest drone strike done by Israel on Iran. The Russian-Iranian alliance only …

Migration Crisis is becoming one of the main issues for the European Union (EU). There are growing concerns regarding the increase of asylum applications, for instance in 2022 there were 924,000 applications which shows a 50% increase since 2021.[1] Ever since the migration crisis in 2015 and now in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU has been …

Although for some time ignored, nuclear energy is central for decarbonization, and now as a result of the new energy crisis brought by the Ukraine conflict, nuclear energy is increasingly being seen in a favourable light due to the high demand for energy security in an increasingly unstable world order. This article intends on demonstrating the current two sides of …

The devastation and loss caused by environmental disasters caused by climate change affect multiple aspects of the lives of those affected, both physically and socially. When such events occur, timely relief efforts to mitigate the effects of natural or man-made disasters are fundamental. In addition to this, observing the effects of disasters on affected communities is crucial to understanding the …

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 …

After the earthquake in 2010, Haiti, an already politically unstable country since 1991 with fragile governments, became a failed state with most of its infrastructure failing or being in ruins as a result of the natural disaster and its already poor economy being left in ruins. These conditions have created an incredibly poor and unstable society where most people aspire …

Turkey is now in election season. The upcoming elections have been set for May 14, with this possibly being the most difficult for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey at the moment is facing one of the worst periods of its economy with inflation to make things difficult for the average household. Nevertheless, it hasn’t always been that way. When Erdogan …

At the beginning of the year, the Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Nicole de Moor, in cooperation with the migration services, published the immigration statistics for 2022. According to the numbers, in 2022, a 40% increase in the number of people who applied for international protection was calculated. Almost 37,000 people, mainly from Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, Burundi, …