My Ukrainian friends feared that President Donald Trump will sell them and they now believe that it happens. Recent images of Ukrainian soldiers removing the American flag patches to protest against what they consider betrayal is sad. This can be of little consolation for the moment, but to understand the confusing and disturbing movements of … Read more
Terrorism is a concept of political, social and legal importance, but its definition remains heavy with ambiguity. Despite decades of university discourse, a universally accepted definition remains elusive. This lack of consensus has enabled states and institutions to interpret and deploy the term in a way that aligns with their political programs, often to the … Read more
The Republic of Moldova was deeply affected by the war in Ukraine. War seriously affected Chisinau -Moscow relations to the point that Russia has reduced energy supplies to Moldova, forcing Chisinau to completely revise its energy security strategy – a painful and expensive process for the country and its population. However, President Maia Sandu, re … Read more
Ten years ago, in 2015, China introduced the plan “Made in China 2025” (MIC25), an ambitious industrial strategy to transform its manufacturing base and increase as a world leader in high technology – taking the model German industry 4.0 as a reference. Mic25 not only targeted technological self-sufficiency in sectors such as robotics, semiconductors and … Read more
Assessed at more than 3 dollars, NVIDIA, the largest market capitalization in the world, illustrates the transformative power of the microprocessor sector, but the late position in Europe raises significant concerns concerning sovereignty and competitiveness. Some companies intensify, offering concrete responses to these challenges and announcing a new era for European innovation in microprocessors. European … Read more
If the Romanov family of historical and imperial Russia proposed marriage as part of alliances between the western and eastern parts of Asia in the (subsequently peaceful) centuries following the Russo-Mongol Wars; Then, the Trump family also offers marriage across many constituencies (West and East of Europe; North, South, East and West of the United … Read more
Comedy is the art of telling the truth without reaching the threshold of offense. It is precisely in testing what this threshold is at a given moment that the usefulness of comedians for societies lies, in particular those living under an authoritarian regime (Billig 2005). This is exactly what the Syrian comedy did under the … Read more
It will not be easy for Australia to expand its influence in the Indo-Pacific region, especially with Bangladesh as its focal point. Bangladesh is now prioritizing the Rohingya crisis in its foreign relations. Australia has yet to take a firm stance to resolve this crisis in Bangladesh. Compared to the recent past, Australia appears more … Read more
On August 5, 2024, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, fled the country to neighboring India, amid three weeks of intense mass protests. Before fleeing, under Hasina’s shoot-to-kill order, Bangladeshi security forces killed more than 1,000 mostly young Bangladeshis, blinded more than 400, and injured hundreds. An interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus … Read more
The war in Ukraine profoundly affects the future of Germany and Europe. But one thing is certain: there will be a tomorrow. Since war tends to escalate to extremes, it must be politically contained with the aim of ending it as soon as possible and preventing it in the future. This is particularly relevant when, … Read more