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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)....

EU-UK Post-Brexit Trade Talks

The European Commission has accused the UK of violating its obligations under the Brexit deal. Recall that the Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK entered into force on February 1, 2020, its Art. 5 provides for the obligation of both countries to take all necessary measures to...

North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, debuted its latest nuclear weapon on 10th October 2020 during a military parade in celebration of the state’s Workers’ Party’s 75th anniversary. The event took place at night and featured an unusually emotional speech by the...

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Challenges of Chinese Soft Power in Western Balkans

CAMR researcher Richard Straka’s work on the Challenges of the Chinese Soft Power has been looking into the spheres of influence within the Western...

Strategic Actions for Countering Far Right in Southeast Europe in the aftermath of EU Elections

CAMR founder and owner Halina Chraščová has participated in the seminar organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Dialogue Southeast Europe. During the seminar there were discussed actions...

New Tendencies on the Far–Right Scene in the Western Balkans. Mainstreaming the Extreme.

Educational conference following presentation of the research on the shifts in the far-right behaviour and the overall far-right scene in the Western Balkans was...

Brothers in Harm? The links between the Far Right in the Western Balkans and the European Union

The overarching objective of this ongoing research and educational initiative is to conduct a comprehensive examination of the intricate connections existing between the far-right...