The sanctions can potentially become a bargaining instrument in the negotiations between the diplomacy of the West and Russia.

Despite the complementary work of the SCC, hybrid tribunals provide a crucial alternative to justice where the ICC cannot exercise jurisdiction

Preparation for what is looking increasingly likely to be a period of enhanced tension lasting years or decades is now well under way across the Western alliance. Paradoxically, the diverse nature of NATO may be one of its greatest strengths in meeting the renewed Russian challenge.

The Xi Jinping Administration is facing significant hurdles in its bid to maintain consistent growth in the Chinese economy.

The US and its coalition should look hard as its position in siding with an ally that fears a Kurdish State more than an Islamic one.

The UN urgently needs to reform peacekeeping to restore accountability in its missions, and so to fulfil the core idea of protecting civilians.

It is key to see Sino-Russian cooperation not as primarily a values-based relationship, but rather a pragmatic cooperation initiative underpinned by shared authoritarian values.

As a Middle Eastern conservative nation, womanhood in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a constant struggle, one that the government tends to, often far too literally, cover up.

There is no shortage of evidence of how in the past Western-supplied goods became tools of repression.

The emergence of the EEU as a counterweight to the EU, US, and China poses a direct challenge to the efforts of much of the international community since the fall of the Soviet Union.