Haiti has one of the highest levels of food insecurity in the world. 4.4 million Haitians, nearly half the population need immediate food assistance, and among these, 1.2 million suffer from severe hunger (UN World Food Programme, 2021). Moreover, over 1 million people are in a situation classified as emergency (ibid). The impact of food insecurity is most severely impacted on children as according to …

The Kurds constitute the largest stateless nation in the contemporary world (Vali, 1998). They are the second largest ethnic group in Iraq and Turkey and the third largest group in Iran (O’Leary, 2002). Kurds form a distinct group of people who have inhabited the Middle East for as long as there have been written records (ibid). Throughout the 20th century …

The world was shaken once again in August 15, as the Taliban militants took over the capital of Afghanistan, the momentum they’ve been waiting for almost 20 years since they were driven from Kabul by the US troops back in 2001. Such scenario was much likely predicted by many experts and politicians following president Biden’s decision to withdraw the US …

The general elections to the German parliament are nearing, and the polls suggest no clear coalition and only a small lead for the co-ruling Conservatives under Chancellor Angela Merkel who will resign. Germany is the strongest EU economy, and hence, has a large impact on economic policies in Europe. It has also been one of the countries that came out …

. The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, was established thirty years ago this year, in 1991. The mission’s original objective was to establish the framework for Sahrawi self-determination while also keeping an eye on a ceasefire between Morocco and Polisario, the Western Sahara national liberation movement. The UN vowed when it established the mission that it …

This week, 1,500 Russian and Uzbek troops are engaging in military exercises at Termez, Uzbekistan, close to the border with Afghanistan. At the same time, Russian soldiers also are holding joint exercises with Tajik military forces with the Russian contingent increased from 1,000 to 1,800 units and the doubling of military hardware at Kharb-Maidon, also close to the Afghan border …

Turkey has become the focus of criticism for its unilateralism, mainly due to its recent actions in the Eastern Mediterranean, such as the oil exploration and search activities and the agreements reached with the GAN in Libya. The situation has generated tension and contributed to the formation of two fronts, one composed of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt and Israel, and the …

South Africa has witnessed unusual violence in its recent history since the end of the apartheid regime. The streets of Johannesburg facing widespread looting and social unrest. The protesters were marching with sticks, golf clubs and branches, breaking shops and stores (BBC, 2021 “ South Africa deploys military to tackle Zuma riots”).  The death toll from nearly a week of …

The Republic of Cuba has been organized through a communist political system since 1959 based on the “one state, one party” principle. Actually, the Cuban Constitution, approved in 2019 through a referendum, protects the role of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) by providing that it is “the leading force of society and of the state” and as such, it …

 The world now sits at the face of an entirely new frontier, one that possess certain challenges of the past but also one that is entirely new. It mirrors the arrival of Europeans to the New World and the subsequent generations that moved westward across the contiguous United States. However, unlike the frontier that was faced around the 18th and …