by Ambra Visentin
The climate goals of the Paris Agreement are becoming increasingly unattainable due to a lack of academic research and NGO interest in one of the main drivers of the climate crisis - global military and armed conflicts...
International arms transfers fell by 4.6% between 2012-16 and 2017-21, although this "masks large variations between regional trends". This is according to a new report by Sipri (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) published on 14 March 2022.
Despite the small...
by Ambra Visentin
Deforestation 'to ensure Russia's security'. As The Insider reports, the experimental fields of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, north of Moscow, are the first areas within the city limits where air defence systems have appeared. In the Timiryazevsky...
by the Center for Preventive Action * - OtherNews
(Council on Foreign Relations – CFR)
In late October, a coalition of three ethnic armed groups in Shan State launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta, posing the strongest challenge...
The climate crisis and the war in Ukraine will take centre stage at the United Nations this week as more than 140 Heads of State and Government from around the world gather in New York. Gianna Pontecorboli discusses this...
by Alessandro De Pascale
At the Council of Ministers held on Wednesday in Rome, it was a difficult day on the international front for the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni (born in Rome in 1977), the first female Prime Minister...
The 25th edition of the Landmine Monitor, the annual monitoring report of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL-CMC), was launched in Geneva on 14 November. The report provides a global overview of the international anti-personnel landmine situation and...
by Alessandro De Pascale
A new escalation with cross-military activities on the Korean Peninsula. On 21 August, South Korea and the United States launched a joint military exercise that Seoul described as the “largest ever”. The stated aim is to...
by Antonio Michele Storto
While it is now clear that 2024 will be the year Sweden becomes NATO’s 32nd member, it is far from certain when this will happen. The main stumbling block - apart from Hungary’s wait-and-see attitude -...
by Thomas Gift* - The Conversation, OtherNews
Although she has been vice-president for three and a half years, recent polling showed that around one-third of Americans knew little about what Harris stood for heading into the speech. This result is...
