Category: Human Rights & Humanitarian Aid
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Follow Lithuania: Not only words, but also deeds
To what extent can Lithuania’s values-based foreign policy serve as a model for the EU? Lithuania demonstrates that a consistent values-based foreign policy is feasible in practice, but its long-term effectiveness depends on sustained support from allies and the ability to act autonomously in a complex international environment. Europe can learn from this mindset and…
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The Paradox of Tunisia’s Arab Spring
Main Question: What is the legacy and lasting consequences of the Jasmine Revolution? Argument: Democratization was undermined by socioeconomic decline and weak institutions, enabling an authoritarian setback. Conclusion: Sustainable governance relies on positive socioeconomic outcomes and accountability, not just constitutional design.
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At Europe’s Door: Italy’s Migration Crisis
How does Italy’s bilateral agreement with Albania fit within the broader EU migration framework? The protocol is innovative because it maintains full Italian jurisdiction on Albanian soil, avoiding burden-shifting while managing migration pressure. Despite its legal creativity, the agreement faces unresolved challenges and its long-term viability within EU law remains uncertain.
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Rhetoric Over Rules: EU Migration Crisis
To what extent does anti-migrant rhetoric in Hungary and Poland undermine EU migration solidarity under the 2024 Pact? Both governments use securitisation rhetoric to normalise non-compliance, deepen the East-West divide, and obstruct the Pact’s 2026 implementation. Without stronger enforcement or real incentives for cooperation, national rhetoric will continue to override collective European responses.
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Erasing the Future:
This brief investigates the systematic deportation of Ukrainian children as a deliberate instrument of Russian state policy. It argues that the integration of children into Russian society is a calculated effort to dismantle Ukrainian national identity, constituting a crime against humanity. The Brief advocates for a UN-mandated tracking registry and intensified third-party mediation to secure…
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Funding Freeze
Executive Order: “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid”; who could oppose the need to eliminate abuses of the system? Domestically, the freeze on spending carries tangible risks for essential social programmes, threatening services that many communities rely on. Internationally, it also fuels uncertainty: allies and partners are left wondering whether the country will remain…
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Maternal Mortality as Foreign Policy Failure
Why is maternal health not treated as a strategic foreign policy priority? This report argues that Sudan’s maternity crisis exposes systemic failures in humanitarian and foreign policy frameworks that marginalise women’s reproductive care. Maternal deaths in conflict are predictable and preventable, yet under-protected. Placing maternity care at the centre of foreign policy is essential for…
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Humanitarian Aid under Pressure
The 11th Humanitarian Symposium Munich was devoted to the topic “Humanitarian aid in the light of the current geopolitical situation”. Accordingly, the agenda was filled with a series of experts from the field, which allowed us to draw conclusions about the recent geopolitical impacts on humanitarian aid worldwide.
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The Failure of R2P’s Third Pillar
What barriers are there to the adoption and enforcement of the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine? Through the case studies of Myanmar, Ukraine, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this article examines how strategic and economic interests serve as a barrier to R2P’s implementation. Application of human rights law remains selective.
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