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22/06/2026
Soldiers of the rebel group M23 in Goma, 2025. Credit: Alexis Huguet/AFP"Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war!" Mark Antony's famous line from Julius Caesar seems to describe with precision the c...
10/06/2026
In March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq with the most sophisticated military force in history. Global positioning systems, laser-guided munitions, real-time communication networks, reconnaissanc...
06/06/2026
For decades, Brazilian migration to Paraguay was mainly associated with economic motivations. In this context, the search for lower-cost products for resale in Brazil, as well as enrollment in private...
31/05/2026
Is Fighting Corruption Authoritarian? The fight against corruption is often presented as the natural path to strengthening democracy. It is not uncommon to hear that, if we eliminate bribery, favoriti...
29/05/2026
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...
15/05/2026
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...
30/04/2026
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...
27/04/2026
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,...
17/04/2026
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...
03/04/2026
Foreign Policy is, pardon the punchline, a foreign concept for many. Although it may appear with some regularity on the news, most people are more concerned with domestic policies given that they seem...
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