In September 2021, the International Criminal Court opened a formal investigation into extrajudicial killings by police in the Philippines. Despite the insistence of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration that such an…
Conflict & Security
The recent incidence of war in the Caucasus has shown that, when facing deep domestic troubles, Russia and Turkey demonstrate strikingly different patterns of international behavior. While Russia has become…
Five years have passed since the UN global mandate on preventing violent extremism (PVE) was launched and rapidly adopted by the Horn of Africa (HoA) countries. Since then, mostly small…
Editors’ Picks
The world order has undergone tremendous changes since the U.S.- and USSR-led Olympic boycotts during the Cold War. The growing political influence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has led some scholars…
Cyber threats to critical infrastructure are real and actively evolving. Incidents at nuclear facilities in the United States and abroad highlight the importance of developing and implementing rigorous regulatory…
Spotlight: Democracy in Transition
In the wake of the recent German federal elections, held in September 2021, the world is speculating as to how the change in leadership will affect Germany’s security,…
