On 28 November, 2025, the International Committee of the Red Cross in South Sudan recorded nearly 1,000 weapon related wounds, being the highest number of casualties since the 2018 Revitalised Peace agreement put an end to a 5 year civil war. The conflict in South Sudan has only continued to escalate since, with fighting taking place across the country’s north east between forces loyal to the country’s President, Salva Kiir, and supporters of imprisoned former Vice-President,

In strategic discourse, war is frequently measured by kilometers gained during conflict, the amount of tanks deployed or the success rate of secretive operations. Such metrics dominate portrayal in policy assessments and public reporting. However, its consequences for civilian populations manifest differently. They are revealed by prolonged family separation, large-scale destruction of residential and energy infrastructure, and forced migration. Its effects are cumulative, re

At the beginning of this year, the US began to reopen its Palisade nuclear power plant in Michigan, following increased investments and a decrease in regulations by the Trump Administration in May 2025. In October last year, an announcement was made that the US government, Westinghouse Electric Company, Cameco Corporation, and Brookfield Asset Management had entered into a strategic partnership to deploy at least $80 billion in capital to construct new nuclear reactors in the

How access to the Arctic region will reshape the world order - In the late third millennium BCE, the Akkadian Empire stood as the most formidable political achievement yet produced by human civilisation. Often described as history’s first empire, it emerged around 2340 BCE from a network of Sumerian city-states through the military conquests of Sargon of Akkad. Perhaps for the first time, a single polity exercised sustained territorial

On June 5, 2025, four individuals in the Netherlands woke up to light drizzles and a jarring announcement: they were locked out of most of the world’s financial systems. Overnight, their bank accounts were inaccessible, their cards declined, they could no longer use online purchasing platforms, and most online services were blocked. The reason for this revocation of access to the 21st century is deeply concerning: They were sanctioned by the United States for acts the US clai

Following twenty-five years of negotiations, the controversial EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) was finally signed in Paraguay on January 17. As stated by President von der Leyen, the trade deal aims to establish one of the largest free trade areas in the world, as well as demonstrate and reinforce the union’s stance “for openness, for cooperation and for mutual gain” in today’s tense geopolitical environment. Thus, it is imperative that the power-shifting consequence

“Dietro ogni articolo della Costituzione, o giovani, voi dovete vedere giovani come voi che hanno dato la vita perché la libertà e la giustizia potessero essere scritte su questa Carta.” – Piero Calamandrei, giurista, politico e deputato dell’Assemblea costituente. Entro il 18 marzo 2026 i cittadini italiani saranno chiamati a votare a favore o contro il testo della legge costituzionale elaborato dal Ministro della Giustizia Carlo Nordio, meglio noto semplicemente come “rif

The last century saw the global rise of independent constitutional courts, now present in over 80 countries. Paradoxically, this very institution has served a counterintuitive role in democratic backsliding: stabilizing, rather than constraining, executive power grabs. The core question is simple: why do constitutional courts often make democratic erosion easier by legally validating contested reforms? This article argues that courts can function as commitment devices fo

On the night of June 9th 2024, the president of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly. Only hours after his party’s defeat in the European elections, Macron made a public appearance to announce this momentous decision. The gamble came as a shock to the populace, sending the country into a spiral of political uncertainty. Indeed, it left many wondering why the holder of the largest bloc in parliament would make such a bold move.

At the end of November 2025, the British political scene witnessed the inaugural conference of Your Party, the culmination of a turbulent episode for the British left beginning in July. Promising to be a grassroots socialist alternative to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's increasingly centrist Labour government, Your Party was initially greeted with widespread enthusiasm among the British left, who had begun feeling politically homeless since Starmer's overtures to the political

In an understated ceremony within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, Israel became the first United Nations member to formally recognise Somaliland’s independence. The decision, taken almost thirty-five years after Somaliland declared independence from Somalia, gives new hope for momentum to the unrecognized state's bid for international recognition. Yet, Israel’s decision may similarly present new challenges, as Somaliland attempts to navigate the complex politics o

The political geography of the German Republic has undergone a seismic shift. Following the 2025 federal election, the Bundestag feels fundamentally different: colder, sharper, and more polarized. The disappearance of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from the parliamentary floor is not merely a footnote in electoral arithmetic; it represents a structural rupture in the German political system. For the first time in decades, the mechanism that balanced the equation between soci