As Western politicians talk about replacing present-day forms of energy production with renewable sources, Russia and China are hedging their bets on nuclear power, as well as a number of EU member states which invest heavily in new nuclear power plants. With the political urge of revolutionizing the world’s energy production, a need for reliable power sources is connected. Still, …

During the last 20 years, the threat of terrorism has completely shaped countries’ foreign policies. The East-West dichotomy of the Cold War was side-lined with the end of the communist endeavour figured by the Soviet Union, however, other dynamics took place, and one of them has categorically been the rise of terrorism. Following these changes, this essay pretends to register …

There are not many countries that could be described with the term “failed state”.  In fact, as Halden (2008, p. 15) notes: “Somalia is the paradigmatic case around which an entire category has been built encompassing cases like Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo”. Thus, it is a common place that the situation in Somalia constitutes not …

Malnutrition is often seen as the problem of undernutrition directly induced by poverty in underdeveloped countries, or the lack of access to food. Yet in recent decades, humans have made considerable progress in terms of food production and delivery – taking a global average, of course – which has been largely in line with demand. Half a century ago, 2 …

The United States and China are on the threshold of a space race that could radically influence international security, yet the incentives to cooperate remain woefully limited. Given the stakes involved, both sides should seek to avert, or at least to manage, this looming competition (Martel & Yoshihara, 2003). Encompassing civilian as well as military programs, the two countries are …

Kosovo conflict or Kosovo war (1998-1999) that was followed by the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, has gained a widespread attention in recent international relations. This conflict has its root to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) which existed between 1963 to 1992. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was created at the end of World War I and consisted …

Tensions between China and Taiwan have been steadily mounting already from last year, when the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai Ing-wen, with pro-independence views, was reelected for a second term in the presidency of Taiwan. Since then, Chinese officials have been constantly warning that any move towards independence would be a cause of war and continue to …

The presence of dynamics regarding misogyny are not new occurrences. Regardless of the definition one employs, misogynistic behaviour is an old phenomenon that probably dates to before people started writing about it. Some argue that misogyny and its conceptualisation began in Ancient Greece, signalling the work “Theogony” by Hesiod, between the 8th and the 7th century BC (Roberts and Roberts …

In January of 2021, the U.N. “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”, signed in 2017, came into effect with the view to become a widely accepted legally binding instrument that prohibits nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. More specifically, the Treaty prohibits countries from producing, testing, acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons. It also outlaws the transfer of …

In late May of this year, Lithuania announced it would not participate any longer in the 17+1 format initiated by China to promote its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Central and Eastern European countries. Affirmations by Chinese authorities emphasize that it is a cross-regional “cooperation based on voluntarism, extensive consultation,openness a nd inclusiveness” and that it has “brought tangible …