Defense pact The Darwinian moment in the EU: The Defense pact Either it adapts and evolves, or it doesn't survive: here we are at the Darwinian moment of a united Europe, after the alignment between the USA and Russia. ⋙
Kako Nubukpo Interview with Kako Nabukpo, University of Lomé (Togo) Part II This is the second part of the interview with Kako Nubukpo – Full Professor of Economics at the University of Lomé (Togo), former WAEMU Commissioner in charge of Agriculture, Water Resources, ⋙
panafricanism Interview with Kako Nabukpo, University of Lomé (Togo) Part I During this interview, Kako Nubukpo – Full Professor in Economic at the University of Lomé (Togo), Former WAEMU Commissioner in charge of Agriculture, Water Resources and Environment, former Minister of Long-term ⋙
Anthropocene The Anthropocene impact on the de-peripheralization of the Arctic The Arctic is among the world's most climate-fragile regions, being very responsive to temperature increases. In the Anthropocene epoch, the Arctic’s “surface air temperatures have warmed at ⋙
Syria Captagon: beyond Syrian regime downfall Introduction The recent fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime , led by the rebel-jihadist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (former Jabhat al Nusra) and others, seems to have reshaped Syria’ ⋙
NIJAR Negotiating Peace with Militant Islam in the Sahel: Insights from the NIJAR Project The sight of Al-Qaeda’s flag flying over Mali’s Bamako International Airport after the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attack in late September highlights a stark reality: in ⋙
7 October Combat Cuties: the (self)weaponization of Israeli women soldiers’ image • Disclaimer: This blog post adopts a critical perspective on tweets and online content that explicitly trivialize and hyper-sexualize women's bodies, essentially amounting to sexual harassment. It includes such ⋙
Fentanyl The silent threat: Fentanyl's emerging impact on Europe Introduction Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is distinguished by its exceptional potency—surpassing that of heroin by fiftyfold and morphine by a hundredfold. Its pronounced potency elevates the risk of overdose ⋙
Bangladesh Bangladeshi Migration in the Mediterranean: Processes and Players In 2024, EU statistics revealed a concerning trend: up until May, 4,537 Bangladeshi individuals had irregularly crossed the central Mediterranean route, marking the highest number of migrants from a ⋙
film Reimagi(ni)ng the Resistance: the 2023 movie production Looking back to the film production of 2023, I believe that we, as out-of-time film lovers, have to be happy for such a quantity of engaging and (politically) engaged movies. ⋙
Macedonia Is the Sun (still) a star? North Macedonia 2024 elections and the EU integration process Introduction In the early 2000s, when the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) became the first Balkan country to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA), obtaining the candidate country ⋙
