Justice in Bangladesh is on trial alongside Sheikh Hasina. The exiled prime minister’s death sentence has transformed a domestic accountability process into a test of democratic legitimacy and political retribution in the wake of persistent tensions in South Asia. The verdict does more than assign individual culpability to Hasina, it reconstructs the balance of power between the interim government and the weakened but resilient support for the Awami League.

Since 1978, the Chinese economy has maintained an impressive near-double-digit growth rate, averaging 9.5% annually until 2019. After surpassing the United States in PPP terms in 2014, many analysts expected the same to occur in nominal terms by 2030. However, this prospect now seems increasingly unlikely. At current market exchange rates, China's economy has decreased from 75% of U.S. GDP in 2021 to roughly 64% today, a change attributed to a stronger dollar, a rapid post-pa

In ogni epoca, la comunità internazionale è stata sempre attraversata da un processo dinamico di confronto in cui potenze tradizionali, che intendono conservare lo status quo, si scontrano con potenze in ascesa e revisioniste, che mirano invece a dare origine a un nuovo sistema internazionale in grado di garantire loro uno status accresciuto. È proprio da questa dialettica che sorgono molte delle tensioni che agitano le relazioni tra gli Stati, dal momento che gli interessi d

Japan’s political instability may have opened the door for Sanae Takaichi’s appointment as Prime Minister, but she must now find the key that locks it shut. Internal factional politics, the loss of a 26-year coalition partner, and potential shifts in foreign affairs are all factors to consider in Takaichi’s reign. By consolidating with both past and present strategies, both old and new partners, Japan’s new leader must confront this new age of change—however long she maintain

Three years after electing Milorad Dodik, the citizens of Republika Srpska, one of the two constituent entities making up the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are tasked with electing a new President. The election, seemingly a mostly local affair, may have a decisive role in determining the future of Bosnia; specifically in the context of stalled out EU membership negotiations and rising ethnic polarisation. 

On November 4th, New Yorkers elected Zohran Mamdani as their new mayor. In a city known for low turnout, Mamdani, a 34-year-old lawmaker, inspired more voters since the 1960s. He won in a landslide with 1,036,051 votes, overcoming Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to attract Republican voters. Mamdani, a proud democratic socialist, campaigned with a guarantee to change the social contract between the government and its citizens, promising his supporters striking reforms on taxes, hous

The 2007 presidential elections marked a turning point for France. Nicolas Sarkozy, the candidate who promised to modernize the Republic and restore France’s global authority, was elected as the new French president. To many, he appeared as a reformist, determined to turn the page on France’s stagnant political epoch. However, behind the scenes of his campaign, a more discreet and opaque story was being written.

“We have enough fuel deliveries ensured, not just until the end of the year, but even after it”, Bulgarian minister of energy, Zhecho Stankov, told a group of journalists as he participated in a joint-inspection of the new gas pipeline, Rupcha-Vetrino. Only a few days earlier, on October 23rd, the United States announced new sanctions against two of Russia’s primary oil companies- Rosneft and Lukoil- both of which continue to operate refineries and gas stations across a numbe

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his 2005 State of the Nation Address, described the fall of the USSR as “The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century”. Given the chronic instability that many post-soviet states have experienced since, combined with the multitude of conflicts that arose within the borders of the former USSR,  Putin’s statement does not deviate much from the reality of facts. Indeed, the fall of the Soviet Union marked the end of an undoubtedly aut