by Leah Grace The COVID-19 pandemic not only represents a global public health crisis but has also created serious political and security challenges. In Latin America, legal and illicit economies alike have been hit hard by a massive slowdown in global production and consumption, leaving most organised crime groups unusually vulnerable and exposed. These … [Read More...] about Deadly Dynamics: Crime and the Coronavirus in Latin America
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Book Review: ‘The Hidden History of Burma’
by Anna Tan Thant Myint-U. The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century. Atlantic Books, London, 2019. … [Read More...] about Book Review: ‘The Hidden History of Burma’
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The Killing of Soleimani and its Implications for European Security
by William Newland One will recall the airstrike launched by the United States military that killed Major General Qassem Soleimani in early January 2020. … [Read More...] about The Killing of Soleimani and its Implications for European Security
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Book Review: ‘Dying to Serve’
by Kamaldeep Singh Sandhu Maria Rashid, Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5036-1198-6 Pp. 267. Paperback. £19.41 Are military … [Read More...] about Book Review: ‘Dying to Serve’
Coronavirus and Intelligence Failures: Lessons Learned from a Global Pandemic
by Gemma MacIntyre The transformative effect of Covid-19 upon the world is becoming more clear by the day. Since the first recorded cases in China's Wuhan starting in December 2019, the disease has transcended borders, thereby claiming 170,000 lives to … [Read More...] about Coronavirus and Intelligence Failures: Lessons Learned from a Global Pandemic
Religion as an Impediment for Social Distancing in Bangladesh
by Shuva Das For a few months now, countries from across the globe sustained lockdowns in various forms to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus known as the SARS-CoV-2. This development exposed a clash between some requirements of the prescribed … [Read More...] about Religion as an Impediment for Social Distancing in Bangladesh
Will there be an Original Sin of the Decarbonised Era?
by Michael C. Davies The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is unambiguous in saying that by 2030, without momentous efforts to decarbonise, the catastrophic effects of climate change cannot be avoided. Put simply, we have ten years to … [Read More...] about Will there be an Original Sin of the Decarbonised Era?
Genocide and its Relevance Today (Part V) – Just Words? The Failure of the ‘Never Again’ Convention
by Anna Plunkett In 1994, some fifty years after the Holocaust ended, the Rwandan Genocide rocked the world; forcing us to re-evaluate the international community’s role in addressing crimes against humanity. Yet in 2017 it became clear that the call … [Read More...] about Genocide and its Relevance Today (Part V) – Just Words? The Failure of the ‘Never Again’ Convention