Sanctions — how they work, and how oligarchs get around them
While sanctions are supposed to always entail asset freezes, whether property is in fact frozen — or, say, remains hidden behind nominee owners and thus cannot be linked to the…
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One year after the massacre in Melilla, nothing has changed
Twitter footage of the aftermath of the 24 June 2022 (Photo: AMDH Nador) A year ago, on 24 June 2022, a massacre took place at the border between the Spanish…
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Macron’s Global South summit
The French government published a summary, which patently ignored the criticisms and calls from several Global South leaders on the process and the lack of ambition from Global North countries…
Saving the news from Big Tech
(Photo: Matthew Tempest) As Big Tech arose, the news declined. It’s not controversial to assume that these two facts are related, but there is no consensus on how the decline…
Russia, Putin, Wagner — and Africa
Vladimir Putin meeting the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, in Moscow on 17 June – before the weekend military uprising (Photo: Kremlin) Russia returning to Africa as a geopolitical…
Poorer students from east Europe priced out of Erasmus
With only €600
The Kakhovka dam disaster — what next?
Survivors in Kherson, the day after the destruction of the dam (Photo: Wikimedia) The destruction of the Kakhovka hydropower dam has precipitated the manmade disaster unfolding in Ukraine, the impacts…
Germany’s new security strategy — much ado about nothing
German chancellor Olaf Scholz, as the Munich Security Conference. Much of the government�
Big Oil lobbyists should be banned from climate summits
COP 27 was held in the UK last year (Photo: UK Government) As fires, floods, and extreme climate damage keep accumulating, the big question is how do we justly exit…
EU’s new supply chain laws over-reliant on self-certification
Governments should not outsource oversight of mineral supply chains to industry-led initiatives (Photo: Responsible Sourcing Network) Public awareness has grown about exploitation and abuse in global supply chains. Many consumers…