By forcing a topic to be discussed through consultations whenever a NATO member state feels threatened, Article 4 opens the door for diplomacy, during which decisions can be made that prevent NATO from being pulled into a conflict.
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Oliver Hegglin December 20, 2022 Europe, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
By forcing a topic to be discussed through consultations whenever a NATO member state feels threatened, Article 4 opens the door for diplomacy, during which decisions can be made that prevent NATO from being pulled into a conflict.
Read More »Irena Baboi November 21, 2022 Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The European Union must show it can monitor how legal frameworks and institutions function in practice, and maintain pressure on a member state to implement long-lasting democratic reforms – this will send an important message about upholding the rule of law to all European Union member states, and even the candidate ones.
Read More »Oliver Hegglin September 20, 2022 Europe, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Switzerland’s system of conscription has been enshrined in the Constitutions since the establishment of the federal state in 1848, which reads “each Swiss is subject to conscription”. In other words, military service to the state and the concept of a “citizen-soldier”, is as old as the country itself.
Read More »Oliver Hegglin June 23, 2022 Europe, Latest Articles
The omission of the red stripe is a symbol of Russia without blood, war, and aggression. Promoters of the flag say the tri-color of the Russian Federation is now forever associated with war crimes and militarism.
Read More »Nathan Woodward May 23, 2022 Environment and Energy, Europe, Latest Articles
Over the past year, food prices have been slowly on the rise. Supply chain disruption from the Covid crisis is now being compounded by the impact of the conflict in Ukraine on the global agriculture trade, with key markets now facing substantial jumps in costs.
Read More »Sam Biden May 8, 2022 Europe, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
In the wake of the liberation of Bucha by Ukrainian forces, 412 bodies were found littered in the streets, buildings and shallow graves throughout the region. As of 15 April, this tally has risen to over 600, with 80% of victims being identified as having bullet wounds.
Read More »Oliver Hegglin April 27, 2022 Europe, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
On February 21, 2022, three days before its invasion of Ukraine, Russia recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as independent states.
Read More »Sam Biden April 19, 2022 Europe, International Law, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
The tactics employed by the Russian government are nothing more than a ploy to suppress its own political opposition. These discriminatory tactics are reflective of the distaste the Russian government has for what it views as unpatriotic ideology.
Read More »Sam Biden April 7, 2022 Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit, Uncategorized
With all evidence considered, the actions of the Belarusian security forces amount to a denial of not only the rights to freedom of association and assembly but also freedom from torture, free speech, the right to due process and effective remedies and demonstrates failures of the national accountability mechanisms.
Read More »Sam Biden April 2, 2022 Europe, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, Russia and Eurasia, The Policy Unit
While the assessment of general and specific IHL only leaves more questions, the short and safe answer is that Russia’s sole use of thermobaric weaponry is permitted by IHL.
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