Kazakhstan’s westward strategy
Kazakhstan, the largest and wealthiest country in Central Asia, is aiming to significantly increase its economic cooperation with the European Union. At the same time, a “contractual framework”...
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Latin America in three parts: natural and human threats destabilizing the region
Latin America has gone through a series of events in recent days, from natural disasters destroying the land, to political disputes that put democracy at risk. Here is some of the news that will...
Imprisoned journalist numbers alarmingly high in 2023
Around 320 journalists were imprisoned for their work around the world in 2023, according to a report released Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). This figure is the second...
Putin’s greatest enemies: Russian nationalists and communists
For the Kremlin, Russian nationalists, as well as anti-systemic communists, represent a far greater threat than pro-Western liberals. Ahead of the presidential election, scheduled for March 17,...
Humans – and dogs – donate hair to clean up Maracaibo Lake oil spill
Would you ever have thought that your hair could help to recover polluted waters? Next time you go to the hairdresser, think about this: hair is lipophilic and therefore has qualities that allow it...
“I’m very stubborn, so I did it anyway”: 2500-year-old lost Amazon cities discovered
Our understanding of ancient populations in the Amazon is changing. New research has discovered cities built at least 2500 years ago, hidden in what today belongs to the Ecuadorian jungle. The...
Want a better sense of wellbeing in 2024? Here’s how, according to science
Every time a new year begins, we have a list of things, whether physical or mental, that we want to achieve in the next twelve months. Although it changes over time, on a general scale, we all want...
Is the Russian-led CSTO falling apart?
The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) seems to exist solely on paper. In reality, with the exception of Belarus, not a single CSTO member supports Russia’s war on Ukraine,...
The meat and dairy industry is not ‘climate neutral’, despite some eye-catching claims
Caspar Donnison, University of Southampton Imagine a house is on fire, and someone is actively pouring gas on the fire. They then pour a little less gas and want credit for doing so, despite still...
Serbia: another election, another charade
Serbs love elections. There have been three elections in Serbia in the past three years, and every time the turnout was relatively high. But absolutely nothing has changed. Since 1990, which is when...