by Sabrina Rodriguez | Oct 19, 2021 | Africa, All, Covid-19, Europe, Human Rights, Latin America, Women
Violence against women (VAW) is a worldwide problem, a pandemic of its own. COVID-19, lockdowns, limited access to services, increased care burden, and economic decline have increased the exposure of women to abusive relationships and known risk factors. According to...
by Christina Revilla Chacon | Jun 6, 2021 | All, China, Democracy, Elections, Europe, National Security, U.S. Foreign Policy
Democracy in Crisis: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, authoritarianism was on the rise globally; democracies were in decline for the 15th consecutive year. Since then, much like all other aspects of our daily lives, the pandemic exacerbated those ailments. In fact, the...
by Alessandra Palazzolo | Jun 4, 2021 | All, Brexit, Europe, European Union
Next week, representatives from the United Kingdom and the European Union will meet to discuss the increasingly contentious issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol. Since coming into force on January 1, 2021, this post-Brexit agreement, which attempts to balance the...
by Danielle Barnes-Smith | May 27, 2021 | All, Elections, Europe, France, Human Rights
Emmanuel Macron was touted as a refreshing centrist after defeating Marie Le Pen in the 2017 election. But his reception by the French public has been on a downward slope since then with 60 percent of the French public currently unhappy with Macron’s leadership. As...
