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Central Asia: China’s Influence through the New Silk Road

Central Asia: China’s Influence through the New Silk Road Silk Road is the historical trade road used by traders between the eastern and western world since ancient ages, flowing from China to southern Europe. It served for the cultural, political, economic or religious purposes through the history and today’s purpose...

2021 Storming of the United States Capitol

During the rule of George Washington, it was decided that the rule of the political process would be the law that limits the presidency to two terms, that cannot be contested, not even through violent protests. 200 years later, these decisions are still considered among the greatest acts of...

Humanitarian Crisis and the Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia

In early November 2020, the first news about military tensions in Ethiopia went around the world as prime minister Abiy Ahmed, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, sent troops to the northern region of Tigray. Reports about a terrible humanitarian situation as well as violations of human rights quickly followed since...

Hundreds of Pupils Missing After the Attack in Nigeria

Hundreds of Pupils Missing After the Attack in Nigeria There is growing anger with the precarious security situation in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. According to the governor of Aminu state Bello Masari, more than 300 hundred boys were kidnaped by an unknown gang on the evening of December 11....

A New Silk Road: China’s Belt and Road Initiative

In 2013, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China announced an ambitious initiative, known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), or in Chinese 一带一路 (One Belt, One Road). The initiative is a massive infrastructure project, frequently compared to the United States’s Marshall Plan, and somewhat follows...

Central Asia: Potemkin Village of Turkmenistan 2/2

The government of Turkmenistan is generally denying the existence of any poverty in the country. It has failed to provide successful support to vulnerable groups. Unemployment is higher than the governments´ official statistics admit and current prices have skyrocketed from the beginning of the year (Human Rights Watch, 2020)....

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Serbian Orthodox Church’s Influence in Western Balkans

The history of Europe has been shaped for many centuries by churches, whether Christian - Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, or Islamic religion. The national identities...

Navigating Alliances: Armenia’s Strategic Cards in Western Engagement

IntroductionIn a significant upheaval of regional dynamics, Azerbaijan's successful offensive on September 20, 2023, targeting the de-facto Republic of Artsakh and culminating in the...

Can China Forge a Neo-Gramscian Counter-Hegemony?

Introduction In the contemporary global power structure, China's role has surged in significance, driven by its economic ascendancy with a GDP exceeding $14.7 trillion...