Adriel Kasonta There is no doubt that the return of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou to Beijing marks a historic event for the entire country that made every Chinese person incredibly proud, especially bearing in mind its timing, as the National Day celebrations took place on October 1. “Where …
Read More »The so-called privacy on the Internet
Giancarlo Valori At the beginning of last June, 8.4 billion stolen passwords were made public around the world. This large collection – made available to everyone – is named “RockYou2021” and is stored in a text file measuring 100 GB. On October 4, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram were …
Read More »John McAfee’s suicide: The Internet and conspiracy theories
Giancarlo Elia Valori According to rumours, the suicide of tax evader, bitcoin supporter and antivirus software pioneer John McAfee (1945-2021) – a British naturalised US citizen – has prompted both grief and new conspiracy theories. After his evading taxes and dribbling the US authorities for many years, a …
Read More »Can new visa systems drive the Gulf’s Covid-19 recovery?
Amid an attempt to drive a post-coronavirus economic rebound, a number of countries in the Gulf have introduced new immigration measures to help attract skilled foreign workers. One of the major players on this front has been the UAE, which is the process of launching 50 new projects …
Read More »Will the QUAD become an “Asian NATO”?
Muhammad Nauman Akhter On September 24, 2021, President Joe Biden hosted the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) summit at the White House which was attended by Narendra Modi of India, Scott Morrison of Australia and Yoshihide Suga of Japan. The QUAD leaders pledged to work towards peace and …
Read More »Covid 19: Why International Relations Need The Anthropocene
Syarifah Huswatun Miswar Anthropocene has generated intense and ongoing debate over the last decade. From seemingly diverse disciplines such as climatology, geology, philosophy, and the visual arts, scholars have taken up the task of thinking through the new Anthropocene epoch. This means pursuing various avenues of measurement, criticism, …
Read More »The new direction of the Middle East Cold War
Muhammad Fuad Tingai and Nabiila Azzahro Iran and Saudi Arabia, two hegemonic countries in the Middle East, can be said to be the Soviet Union and the United States of America Middle East. The dominance of the two countries is quite large in almost every aspect of the …
Read More »Pandora Papers: Revelation of a Parallel “Shadow” Economy
Kazi Asszad Hossan After groundbreaking revelations of Panama papers and other documents pointing to tax-evasion efforts of the global elite, another new revelations namely pandora papers has surfaced raising furore about the secret wealth of the global financial elite, leaders and public officials of numerous countries. This revelations …
Read More »What the U.S.-British-Australian Security Pact Means for Europe
Rosa Balfour During the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, the complaint from some European NATO members of insufficient consultation by the U.S. administration may have come across as petulant. Four weeks later, the AUKUS—a security pact between Australia, the UK, and the United States, whereby Canberra acquires U.S. nuclear-powered …
Read More »