yazidi Transitional justice failure? The international responses to Yazidi genocide On 3 August 2014, the Islamic State (IS) attacked the Yazidi community in Iraq’s Nineveh Province, Sinjar region, resulting in mass killings and enslavement of at least 12,000 ⋙
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. ⋙
