Higher Education for Sustainable Development
2015 marked the outset of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which, alongside ‘Agenda 2030’ agreed on by the UN General Assembly, put the issue...
Election Monitoring in 2018: What Not to Expect
This year’s election calendar released by OSCE showcases a broad display of future presidential, parliamentary and general elections with hefty political subjecthoods which have...
Diplomacy by Sport: the Tale of the Two Koreas
North Korea and South Korea have been recently engaged in negotiations for the first time in 2 years. This military crisis hotline has the...
European Elections to Watch Out for in 2018
We have just witnessed Milos Zeman secure his second presidential term in the Czech presidential elections at the beginning of this year. Worryingly, his...
What Role Should Criminology Play in Government Policymaking?
At this very moment in time, there is not much agreement over what the role of criminology should be in society. Therefore, in this...
Scotland – 45 years in the European Union
The possibility of Scotland leaving the UK is looming large the closer we get to March 2019. This comes despite all the immediate defense...
Violence against Healthcare: Social and Humanitarian Implications
Historically, medical treatment during conflict has not been taken for granted as it is nowadays. For instance, in the 16th century, soldiers were not...
Russia-UK Relations Post-Brexit
With the news that Twitter and Facebook are facing major sanctions because of their reluctance to offer information on alleged Russian interference in the...
Drawing the EU-NATO Partnership
Why a EU-NATO Partnership Now? The recent EU-NATO meeting at the NATO headquarters on the 8th of December regarding cooperation in tackling emerging security...
Banning Killer Robots the Non-Conventional Way: The Case for Preventive Arms Control
Pressure is amounting for the UN to outlaw lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Notwithstanding the letter signed...