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“Impunity and human rights cannot coexist”. These are the words of Thomas Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, used to describe the mounting perilous situation in a particular state of the southeast Asian country, Rakhine.
Does Biden’s presidency put the UK in a better position to secure a post-Brexit US trade deal, or was Trump better for Johnson?
Sacha Baron Cohen has produced a diverse roster of outrageous characters, storylines and documentaries. While the projects are laced with social and political commentary, can they qualify as political activism?
No Brexit deal equals no cooperation on security matters. Both the UK and the EU will lose a valuable partner in information sharing and security measure, but is one of the two going to lose more?
Migration sees the emergence of slave networks from Libya to Italy, continuing to threaten the security of many trapped in exploitative ploys.
With Boris Johnson’s British government once again threatening to take part in illegal actions, how can the UK be trusted and will they really end up with a No-Deal Brexit?
Although there has been history of hacking activity especially from Russia, the new report released by Microsoft shows that hacking by nation-state actors has become more prominent than ever, especially from Russia.
Oil and natural gas are undergoing an important crisis, as they are running out worldwide. In this context, powers like Russia and China have chosen to detach from the reliance on Middle Eastern oil, and have been seeking to create their own regional independence to the point companies such as Gazprom and Sinopec have overtaken US and European former leaders like ExxonMobil and Shell. What does this imply for oil security in Northeast Asia? And how are these countries coping with sustainability and oil consumption?
The time to lay Homo Economicus i.e. the “economic man”, to rest has come. With the rise of feminist theory, questions have arisen over the gender inclusivity of economics today. To what extent are the theories, methods, and pedagogy of economics male centric, and therefore biased? And how does this bias compromise the accuracy, and effectiveness of our current economic models?
Despite unrest being rife in Afghanistan for many years, the causes on instability have overtly focused on war and terror. But what about water scarcity in the country and the effects this can have on everyday lives?
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