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“I Can’t Breathe”: Enough is Enough
Minneapolis is literally on fire since George Floyd, 46, became the latest in a long line of black men and women to die in police custody. Derek Chauvin was called to the scene because Floyd was accused of writing a bad cheque; the scene climaxed with Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck, brutally suffocating him in broad daylight.
Raid in the West Bank: Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Army
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.
Lessons from Senegal: Experience and Innovation
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?
Saudi Arabia: Between Reforms and Repression
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.
A Battle for Supremacy, But At What Cost?
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.
Female Genital Mutilation and Improvement in Sudan
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.
[Analisi] La Politica D’Intrattenimento: L’Alba del Politico Celebrità
In un mondo dove i confini tra celebrità e politica sono sempre più confusi, occorre fare
chiarezza su cosa significa veramente “Celebrità Politica”. Tra la perdita di valore nella società del partito politico al significato sempre più confuso della parola rappresentatività, la figura del Politico come singolo e come celebrità è cresciuta in questi decenni, modificando completamente il nostro mondo.
Bosnia, COVID, and Democracy – A Conversation with Una Vaskovic
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.
Economic Shocks Do Not Discriminate
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.
SOLIDARITÉ EN EUROPE: Faut-il recourir à des Coronabond?
Le covid-19 à mis une forte pression sûr la coopération Européenne : quel sera l’avenir dès les relations entre les pays du Nord et Sud?