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Raid in the West Bank: Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Army

By The New Global Order 29 May, 2020 5 January, 2022 0

Zaid Fadl Qaisia, 15 years old, was killed during a raid in the West Bank that aimed at arresting him for having insulted an Israeli soldier on Facebook. The supervision of Palestinians through Facebook is one of the milder ways through which the Israeli government maintains control and surveillance over its public. Not only the West Bank, but also Gaza and East Jerusalem have been exploited as experiment fields to test and develop new tools of digital surveillance.

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Lessons from Senegal: Experience and Innovation

By Janet Kimani 28 May, 2020 26 September, 2021 1

Albeit being a small nation, Senegal had proved that with the right amount of innovation and determination, a nation could save thousands: in lives and dollars alike. What lessons therefore can fellow States pick up from Senegal’s innovation?

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Saudi Arabia: Between Reforms and Repression

By Lorenzo Pierangelini 27 May, 2020 19 October, 2020 1

Saudi Arabia has abolished the death penalty for minors. A small step in a country where many fundamental freedoms are still denied and the figure of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman is increasingly central.

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A Battle for Supremacy, But At What Cost?

By The New Global Order 26 May, 2020 22 July, 2024 1

President Trump recently decided to suspend US fundings to the World Health Organization, accusing the body of mismanaging the current COVID-19 crisis and being too China-centric. While the rivalry between Beijing and Washington dates back to the 1970s, today, the tension between the two superpowers could lead to a catastrophic response to the virus.

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Female Genital Mutilation and Improvement in Sudan

By Francesca Mele 24 May, 2020 26 September, 2021 0

Sudan has recently been added to the list of countries that prohibit female genital mutilation. This harmful practice is forbidden in different regions of the world, with annexed conventions which recognise it as violation of human rights.

REPORT

[REPORT] Australia amidst Fires

By Giovanna Diplomatico 19 May, 2020 4 August, 2021 0

The bushfire phenomenon is typical of south-eastern Australia, where the climate is often hot and dry during summer and a proper management of the fire’s activity, provides a positive impact on the environment. This is the reason why the disaster that hit the Australian ecosystem between November 2019 and February 2020, could not be easily predicted.

Human Stories

Bosnia, COVID, and Democracy – A Conversation with Una Vaskovic

By Giacomo Di Capua 17 May, 2020 19 October, 2020 2

TNGO’s Chief Editor Giacomo Di Capua interviewed Una Vaskovic, an expatriate Bosnian graduate student of International Affairs who had a first-hand view over the Bosnian government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Economic Shocks Do Not Discriminate

By Milena Di Nenno 15 May, 2020 19 October, 2020 0

The Covid-19 pandemic will have irreversible effects on the world economy. The aircraft production sector and the travel sector are even more hurt by the uncertainty on the lifting of the travel ban. Here we explore the role of pandemic’s economic consequences in the dispute between Airbus and Boeing.

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Covid-19: A Call for Perspective

By Janet Kimani 16 April, 2020 19 October, 2020 2

In countries that have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic such as Italy, many are comparing the experience to World War II, which took place way before many of us today were born. It would be correct, therefore, to say that for most of us, these are unprecedented times.

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A Strong Response to a Strong Threat

By Francesca Mele 8 April, 2020 19 October, 2020 0

By Francesca Mele While WHO announced the launch of the Solidarity Respond Fund to raise money in order to tackle …