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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Submitted by Max Freundlieb
In the face of violence, governments frequently invoke the policy “We don’t talk to terrorists.” George W. Bush cited it in resp... Read More
For many, the nuclear agreement reached with Iran in 2015 seemed like a glimmer of hope. In the United States, it was a sign of easing tensions between two cou... Read More