The potential trajectory of Japan's possible nuclear path could be shaped by the aspirations and policies of not only potential adversaries such as North Korea, China and Russia, but also those of its own allies.
Read More »HSC gives evidence to UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee ‘Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North’ inquiry – 15:00 UK time (GMT), 6 March 2023
Human Security Centre Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport is giving evidence to the UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee's inquiry 'Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North'
Read More »Malawi – Forced Labour and Human Trafficking Continues to Supply Big Tobacco
The combination of human trafficking and forced labour in Malawi continues to go hand in hand, often overlooked by corporate entities that remain entirely complacent. National implementations aimed to protect victims of these offences have consistently fallen short of genuine protection, bottlenecked by poor training, knowledge and the inconsistent application of key legislation designed to mitigate such damaging crimes.
Read More »Death Penalty Abolition – Viewing Capital Punishment as Violating the Mental Integrity of the Individual
The right to life is embodied in international, domestic and regional documents. It protects the right of an individual to be free from arbitrary deprivation of life. However, the term 'arbitrary' ensures us that the right to life is not absolute and can be derogated from.
Read More »Mali’s Abandonment of Committed Partners in Favor of Russia’s Wagner Group
Throughout the summer of 2022, the military regime in Mali took a series of steps under the influence of Russia to isolate itself from its international military and political partners. This decline in access to hard power was counteracted by the introduction of the Russian private military company the Wagner Group, with its alleged heavy ties to the Kremlin.
Read More »Bilateral relations between Japan and Haiti
What sort of trajectory have contemporary Japan-Haiti relations followed, and which factors have defined their development?
Read More »Shinzo Abe’s assassination – prospects for a new securitisation of domestic terrorism
Abe's assassination is an entirely unprecedented event has led the Kishida administration to face an epistemological insecurity which could well shake Japan and its very post-war identity as a democratic state to the very core
Read More »Muslims fear for their lives in India
If Muslims in India are not protected, they will remain in grave danger.
Read More »Unfit For Trial – The Hyper-Complexity In Executing Intellectually Disabled Inmates For Drug-Related Offences in Singapore
Despite guidance, the Singaporean government failed to accede to several international and domestic provisions that place significant restrictions on the ability to execute disabled people.
Read More »Mercenary Work – New Relationship Between Suspected Russian ‘Wagner Group’ and Mali Armed Forces Leaves 300 Dead
On 1 April 2022, the Malian government proudly announced their successes during a recent operation in Moura that left an estimated 300 ‘militants’ dead. Between 23 and 31 March, the Malian army and suspected Russian mercenary counterparts, Wagner Group (WG), summarily executed these estimated 300 men.
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