Radicalisation and the role of the Islamist militant groups To date, terrorism has been on the rise around the globe. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the emergence of extremism has caused political instabilities in the region and in some cases, civil wars. Many voices expressed the fear that the radical Islam of […]
In due course, a new president will emerge from the US General Election 2016. For many readers and IR -international relations- scholars interested in the American elections, there is a vague idea of how a president is elected since the voting system is quite complicated and the truth is that many factors affect the final […]
Two candidates, one dilemma: Hillary or Trump? On November 8th, Americans will vote for the 45th President of the United States that will succeed Barack Obama. With the Primaries almost finished, two candidates have emerged as frontrunners by securing the majority of delegates¹ in their party primaries; Hillary Clinton from the Democrats that call on […]
IMF alerts the global community for tremors in the economic stability and growth With a new financial crisis threatening the market’s stability, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expresses the fear of reviving the 2008-09 recession that could push countries into economic and financial stagnation. The main challenges that put the global financial market at stake […]
Photo: Thierry Ehrmann, État Islamique- Daesh P1050159 (2012). Source: (flickr.com) | (CC BY 2.0) History and rebirth of the Caliphate The history of ISIS goes back to 2004, when a Jordanian jihadist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, joined Osama Bin Laden’s organisation and formed al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). Two years later, AQI was renamed into Islamic State […]
Over the last five years, more than 20 million people have been displaced inside Syria or even exiled to neighbouring countries and Europe. With a Civil War taking place between those in favour and those against President Bashar-al Assad, violence and war crimes have been committed from both sides as a result of this battle. […]
Chronicle of Humanitarian Suffering: A Historic record of forced displacements in 2015 For the first time in human history, forced displacements had hit the record of people who were forced to flee their home due to unresolved crises. The UN Refugee Agency warned that one out of every 122 persons on Earth is being forced in […]
Valuable conclusions from 2015: COP21 in Paris, Oil price drops and WEO 2015 The world has seen many developments in the international scene within 2015. Recession with drops in the oil prices, tensions in the Middle East and the COP21 that discussed the climate change action and the dynamic of the emerging green economies. With […]
Within the bosom of the European Union, the shift from the European idealism to the Euroscepticism is already a reality. In the UK, this phenomenon has gradually grown within the last three decades as opposed to deeper integration that could threaten British sovereignty (Daddow, 2006). But what exactly is the phenomenon of Euroscepticism and how […]
The European Union and Serbia began the membership negotiations in December 2015 that will allow Serbia to join the EU in 2020 by opening the first two chapters: Chapter 32 for the financial control and Chapter 35 “Other Issues, Item 1” regarding the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Out of the most important […]
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