A STATE WITHIN THE ITALIAN STATE: ENI’s Foreign Policy in Libya

Francesco Pietro LoiJune 23, 2021

On 21 March 2021, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio flew to Tripoli, Libya to meet the interim president of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU).... Read More

TPG Instant Insights: Escalations of Tensions of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Paris GlobalistMay 25, 2021

During the past week that marked the end of Ramadan, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated into violent tensions. Although it is difficult to pinpoint t... Read More

A Repeat Episode in Côte d’Ivoire Electoral Politics?

Miroslava KovacovaOctober 29, 2020

Situation overview Less than a day before the next presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire, tensions are rising in a country that still lives in the shadow o... Read More

The Nature of Disaster

SubmissionMay 14, 2020

Lessons on Crisis Response from a Suspended Course on Global Environmental History By Ida Simonsen In 1755, the city of Lisbon was struck by an earthqua... Read More

Inside the Narco-State: The Failure of Tajikistan’s Drug Policy

Sophie SmithMay 5, 2020

Since the 1990s, Tajikistan has become a major hub for drug trafficking. Each year, around 100 tonnes of opium and heroin is smuggled across the Tajik-Afghan b... Read More

Activists respond to anti-Muslim violence and threats to democracy in India

Annina ClaessonMarch 16, 2020

The state of “the world’s largest democracy” is in an uproar. In late February 2020, Hindu nationalist mobs attacked Muslim homes, shops, and mosques in what h... Read More

The violence against Muslims in India, explained

Pariesa YoungMarch 6, 2020

By Pariesa Young and Tristan Werkmeister In India last week, mobs targeted Muslims in the streets. Death tolls are still on the rise as factions come to blo... Read More

Review: Reece Jones’ “Violent Borders” is an Indictment of Exclusionary Border Policies

Rachel GriffinJanuary 24, 2020

On the 23rd of October 2019, the bodies of 39 undocumented migrants from Vietnam were discovered in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Essex, south England. O... Read More

Opinion: Conflicting Waters: Why China should diminish its presence in the South China Sea

Meike EijsbergJanuary 3, 2020

In the southeast of Asia lies a large body of water that has received more claimants than the last piece of ham at Christmas: the South China Sea. For decades,... Read More

What does it mean to be an Indian? A look at the Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Sharbani ChattorajDecember 25, 2019

The world’s largest democracy is fighting to protect its ethos. A few days ago, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by the Indian Parliament. On Dec... Read More