Ocean Summit, Small Island and Archipelagic nations revisiting the spirit of Belgrade of 1961
Between honour and necessity is to address the 2025 Ocean Congress in Nice. It comes at brewing times of fragilities and re-alignments (when the...
Bastardization of Art: AI Colonialism in a Form of Ghiblification
Recently, in late March 2025, social media platforms are being bombarded with tons of animated pictures that are created with OpenAI's image generator, powered...
Militant Democracy: When Democracies Defend Themselves
In the minds of liberals, democracy is a society that is open, tolerant, and diverse. However, history demonstrates that the most tolerant regimes occasionally...
Diplomacy is Key to Resolving the World’s Humanitarian Crises
The world today faces a cascade of humanitarian and refugee crises driven by conflicts, climate change, and systemic inequalities. Millions of people have been...
Security for Resources: A New Era in Foreign Policy and Critical Mineral Diplomacy
In an age defined by the race for clean energy technologies, critical minerals have emerged as both a geopolitical asset and a bargaining chip....
For the Drug Addict in the Northern Areas of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
We are living in a Renaissance, the African Renaissance. Attachment to the anticipation for the future arises from having high levels of a false...
Beyond the Binary: Gender Roles and the Diplomacy of Open Minds
The Personal and the Spiritual
In a world that is increasingly interconnected, how we understand and respond to gender roles is more than a cultural...
Mimicking Empathy and Virtual Conversations: Benefiting AI Chatbots in Borderline Personality Disorder Recovery
Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking an increasingly large role in our daily lives. AI can be used to form exercise schedules, give food recommendations,...
Bringing the outdoors in: architecture that nurtures our connection with nature
EU-funded researchers are exploring the role of architecture in designing living spaces that harness the healing power of nature to improve the health and...
The Rice Miracle
The greatest nation, it is said, is imagination. I woke up one day and realised that prodigals were knocking at my door. The unshaven,...