On June 25th JASON Institute organized its very first webinar. In this webinar, the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the domain of international security were discussed. We were honored to welcome two experts in this 60 min. webinar. Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Bolder, Strategic Analyst at...
Over the past weeks, the world has been captivated by racial injustices that showed itself once again with the murder of George Floyd. Mass protests have been heavily covered in the news and on social media, sparking strong opinions on both sides of the conflict....
Will COVID-19 speed up U.S.-China decoupling more than the trade war? By Emanuel Skog It is blatantly obvious that the Sino-American relationship is going through a major challenge on an economic and political level as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trust between the two countries has...
By Tim Driessen General background of political history Latin America The region we today call Latin America developed into its current form largely during the Colonial Period, with Spain and Portugal as the main actors from 1492 to 1826. Within this timeframe, Spain and Portugal managed to...
By Giles Longley-Cook People have been predicting the imminent end of the Syrian Civil war almost since it started, sometimes rashly, sometimes sensibly until an unexpected development renders their prediction obsolete. Nonetheless, all but the most deluded Neocons must surely now concede that Syria’s civil war is,...
By Tim Driessen During one of the most hectic religious times of the year around the months of April and May, religions worldwide are facing immense struggles in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic [1]. Religious boards have struggled for weeks in their quest to find...
By Ruşen Koç As the past decades have been characterized by a growing awareness of the ecological impact of environmental change, scholars have identified several violent consequences linked to the environment. They have identified poverty traps as a result of environmental change and civil conflict.[1] These...
Will the Coronavirus pandemic hasten deglobalisation? By Emanuel Skoog Humanity is presently facing an international crisis – perhaps the greatest, all-encompassing of our generation [1]. The spread of the Coronavirus globally is alarming, however, not unexpected since globalisation creates universal risks. With travel, finance, commerce, cyber, and other...
By Steven van der Plas and David Mendelsohn Political instability and socio-economic uncertainty have led over four million Venezuelans to leave their country in search of a better future. The largest recorded refugee crisis in the whole of the Americas has put tremendous pressure on the...
By Agata Chmiel It seems that the world has never been more concerned with ‘numbers’ like it is right now. Patients, healthcare staff, hospital beds, medical equipment – each one is a tiny number in an overwhelming pool of data that the public and private sector...