by Avery Morrow | Nov 30, 2022 | All, Europe, Germany, National Security, Russia
Introduction On September 26th, 2022, in the middle of the night, an unknown actor blew up the underwater Nord Stream 1 and 2 Pipelines in the Baltic Sea, causing one of the largest releases of methane gas ever. Investigations began immediately, but findings and...
by Austin Newman | Nov 7, 2022 | All, Climate Change, Environment, Europe, European Union, Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
After decades of investing in renewable energy sectors while decreasing investment in fossil fuels and relying on Russian gas instead, the European Union now finds itself in an energy crisis. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe responded by banning the...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Nov 1, 2022 | All, Children, Columbia, Covid-19, Ecuador, Egypt, Human Rights, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations, Women
Introduction The right to protest is under threat across all regions of the world and repression has grown increasingly common. This year, we have seen various examples of this repression in Russia, Iran, Ecuador, and Chad. However, this problem has always been...
by Meredith Gusky | Oct 3, 2022 | All, Russia, Ukraine
On March 16, 2022 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Russia to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine. This order raises two very important questions for international law and policy: First, what authority does the ICJ have in ordering a...
by Eric Cunningham | May 2, 2022 | All, Russia
On February 21, 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Federation would recognize the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, two Russia-backed separatist regions of Ukraine, as independent sovereign states. On February...
by Meredith Gusky | May 2, 2022 | All, Russia
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin has struggled to keep his own people from joining the rest of the world in protesting the war. Following demonstrations, Putin heightened censorship of news media and journalists in Russia. Stifling dissent is a way for Putin to...
