Global Order
Journal of Rising Powers – A Global South Policy Initiative
“There will be no bloc of ‘emerging economies’ rising up to challenge the Western order. But what comes next may be more chaotic and...
Choosing ‘the better evil’? The contrast effect and the relative nature of soft power
It is an established article of faith in the discipline of international relations that in formulating their foreign policies, in selecting certain courses of...
Trump Presidency and International Criminal Justice: Should the world be ready for a showdown?
W ith the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States the possible approach of the new administration to...
Decriminalize Victims, please
T he 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is a key document that defines the term ‘refugee’, outlines rights for refugees,...
Negative effect of Trump’s lifting sanctions imposed on Russia is overrated
T he possibility of President Trump's decision to lift some sanctions that were imposed on Russia has created some concern in both media...
Diplomacy of the conscience: The Holy See at the United Nations
7 February 2017 – Ever since 1964, when it was informally accepted to the United Nations General Assembly, the Holy See has...
The Importance of Maintaining The Balance of Power
N o one, or country, no matter how novel or inventive they are, has any right, or can be trusted, with absolute power...
State anti-semitism: Doctors’ plot as an abandoned holocaust amid the Stalin’s Russia
In today’s world, why does the world community always focus on the merely one Holocaust committed by Hitler’s Germany, which was subjected to fervent...
The Unfinished agenda of 2016’ Global Politics and expectations of 2017
The unstoppable flow of new issues in international relations (IR) always pushes aside present and past crises. The entrance of these modern day challenges...
United Nations: A new era?
Antonio Guterres, former prime minister of Portugal, who also chaired the UN’s refugee agency for 10 years, took over as the United Nations’ new...