The pandemic in Croatia had very important negative effects, both on the economic level, where it caused one of the biggest GDP contractions in Europe, and on the social level. Complicating the situation further, during the two major waves of the virus, were the earthquakes of April 2020 and December 2020. However, the pandemic had … Continue reading The Effects of the Pandemic on Women in Croatia
Reassessing US Grand Strategy – Part 1: The Current State of US Grand Strategy
This is part one of a mini-series attempting to grapple with US grand strategy and the potential need for its re-assessment. The goal of this series is to introduce readers to grand strategy, ideally prompting more to grapple with US grand strategy and grand strategy more broadly. The author is fleshing out their own ideas, … Continue reading Reassessing US Grand Strategy – Part 1: The Current State of US Grand Strategy
The Declaration of Matera: A Call to Action on Food Systems in the Pandemic
On 29th June 2021, the Italian city of Matera, famous for its Sassi named UNESCO World Heritage site, has hosted the meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers of G20, the international forum that brings together the world’s major economies since 1999. In addition to this meeting, for the first time in G20 history, a joint session … Continue reading The Declaration of Matera: A Call to Action on Food Systems in the Pandemic
A Jesuit Priest’s Travails Under ‘Democracy’ in India
This article deals with the travails of an octogenarian political prisoner in India under the draconian UAPA. It describes how the UAPA and other such laws have degraded the state of democracy in India
Manipulation of Public Consciousness as a Strategy in Information Wars
Scientia potentia est (knowledge is power), so goes the famous Latin saying. This is particularly true in the 21st century, where knowledge and information are currencies with ever-appreciating value. But like any other instrument of power, knowledge can be manipulated as either a force for good or a dangerous weapon. Exploiting information and psychological manipulation … Continue reading Manipulation of Public Consciousness as a Strategy in Information Wars
Stirring Instead of Stifling: Revisiting the Spring-Summer 2016 Protests in Ethiopia
“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”― Nate Silver, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing … Continue reading Stirring Instead of Stifling: Revisiting the Spring-Summer 2016 Protests in Ethiopia
What Climate Neutrality Expects by 2050 in the EU
The G7 summit in Cornwall, United Kingdom has just ended and has laid the groundwork for the most important environmental objectives, although the transition towards a greener world may be a slow process. Among the many topics on the table, world leaders gathered to discuss the loss of biodiversity resulting from environmental and human related … Continue reading What Climate Neutrality Expects by 2050 in the EU
Breaking Away from Environmental Classism: A Case for Vehement Eco-Socialism
Although the conversation on the imminent threat of climate catastrophe has been gradually intensifying and expanding across diverse public and private sectors, one collective voice remains missing from the public debate — that of the poor. Often being portrayed as uninterested and/or undereducated in relation to environmental matters, those at the lowest ends of the … Continue reading Breaking Away from Environmental Classism: A Case for Vehement Eco-Socialism
Recalibrating our Multilateral System of Governance
Glass Ceilings in Cracked InstitutionsFor the first time in history, a woman and African citizen is currently serving as the leader of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Dr. Okonjo-Iweala assumed her post on the 1st of March, immediately being catapulted to the forefront of international news for the historic and glass ceiling-shattering nature of her … Continue reading Recalibrating our Multilateral System of Governance