Criminal Militarization in Latin America: Drones, 3D Printing, and the New Face of Urban Conflicts
In October 2025, during a mega-operation involving 2,500 security forces in the Alemão and Penha favelas of Rio de Janeiro, some were surprised to see the Comando Vermelho (CV) using drones to launch...
Read »Drones over Sudan: how unmanned aircraft deepened the conflict and the humanitarian crisis
Sudan is the third largest country in Africa. With over 47 million inhabitants spread across a territory marked by deserts, fertile plains, and one of the continent's largest river basins, the country...
Read »Are There Human Rights Outside the West?
When I pursued my undergraduate degree in International Relations in Brazil, between 2016 and 2019, I encountered a curious narrative. Years later, I would hear it again from Egyptian, Congolese, Salv...
Read »Between Rivalry and Integration: The Copa Libertadores and the Construction of Latin American Identity
Football, beyond being a sport, represents an important cultural and popular expression capable of symbolizing the identity of peoples and communities. In Brazil’s historical development, for example,...
Read »Energy security, war and climate: where are we standing?
The militarisation and geopoliticization of the climate agendaBecause the ecological crisis is essentially a multidimensional crisis, as complex as it is scalable, climate change agendas are easily in...
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