The promises of the Jasmine Revolution have unfortunately unraveled as it approaches its 15th anniversary. The goals of solidarity away from dictatorship appear much like a dream rather than a reality in contemporary Tunisia, with the expansive use of emergency power showing a regression, not a revolution. Until those in power revert control back to the independent bodies that are needed to maintain social order, we will likely see further progression towards total impunity.

Across nearly two decades, Egypt’s response to religious and ideological dissent has evolved from isolated prosecutions into a coordinated network of control and suppression.

Space has already been militarized and is actively being weaponized. Multilateral efforts at establishing space-based rules of behavior are faltering. And though so far only non-destructive capabilities have been deployed in space, physical acts are imminent, should geopolitics on Earth continue to degrade.

War Child UK has published the Return Every Child report, exposing Russia’s systematic campaign to indoctrinate and militarise Ukrainian children in the occupied territories. Co-authored with the Human Security Centre and Save Ukraine, the report draws on testimonies from 200 rescued children and reveals harrowing patterns of abuse. The report concludes that the most likely goal of Russia is to encourage, manipulate, or coerce Ukrainian children into the Russian Armed Forces, including participation in combat against their own country.

Behind the spectacle in the media, AA serves as another extension of the historic anti-illegal immigration policy enacted by the initial Trump administration almost a decade ago. With antagonistic roots found in the migration protection protocols, the legislative groundwork that allowed for the “Remain in Mexico” (RMX) program aimed at strict border enforcement on the Southern US-Mexico border, it became clear that AA was not built in isolation from previous policy decisions.

Recent conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have led to a marked increase in civilian casualties, highlighting a broader trend in which warfare increasingly unfolds in populated areas with limited regard for civilian safety.

The cross-jurisdictional use of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention in the three states reflects more than a decline in civil rights, pointing directly to an intentional effort by ruling authorities to eliminate dissent and fortify control of critics, all under the guise of safeguarding national security.

The rise of the M23-RDF coalition is not simply the re-emergence of an armed group, but the culmination of a state-enabled insurgency that’s influenced by the continued ethnic tensions stretching back three decades.

Addressing the human security of the different ethnic groups will be vital in the ongoing negotiations, or they risk causing a potential cease-fire agreement to fail and cause the established pattern of violence continuing.

After fifteen years of violence, the people of Syria are attempting to seize the chance for long-awaited peacebuilding, allowing them to actualise their human and political rights and revive their state.