The militarisation of the Korean peninsula: the Pocheon accident as a sympton of structural tensions
As reported by DPolitik, on 6 March, at around 10am (local time), residents of the city of Pocheon were surprised…
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Damascus has fallen: the impact of the offensive in Syria
By Nicolas Zupardo Dutra e Cinthya Araújo* “Welcome back, Bashar Al-Assad,” was the headline of an article published by the…
The Gripen Case: how technological dependence affects Brazil’s Defence
“It is very good to discuss agreements with a credible squad behind you”, this phrase, then credited to the Baron…
Ecos of the Cold War: From the Warsaw Pact to the Russia-People’s Korea Alliance
THE CLASSICAL VIEW OF GEOPOLITICS At the end of the Second World War, career diplomat George Kennan helped shape the…
The nuclear threat continues over Ukraine: what to make of it?
In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. What many thought unlikely has happened and as is the case with many ongoing…
The Itaipu renegotiation crisis
Promulgated in August 1973, the Treaty between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Paraguay created Itaipu as a binational entity. Since 1984, when it began operating, Itaipu has been producing clean, renewable energy (the largest generator of this type of energy in the world). Currently, Brazil and Paraguay are facing a stalemate over the scheduled renegotiating of the Itaipu Treaty.
Israeli Nuclear Opacity and the Conflict in Gaza
According to data from SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), which publishes an annual report on nuclear arsenals around the…