International

By Dr. Genevieve Balance Kupang This is the 4th article of a series we are sharing about the topic. Over the past months until this October 2025, something unfolded across borders. From Nepal, Indonesia to the Philippines, with 281 participants…

Exactly one year after the collapse in Novi Sad, candles flickered once again across continents. In hundreds of cities worldwide — from almost every European capital to major cities in the Americas and Australia — the Serbian diaspora gathered under…

By: Sheryl M. Langwas (Baguio Central University participant) Corruption is not a recent problem. It began many years ago, but as time passes and generations pass, it has gotten worse in the majority of the world’s nations. There is no…

Goodwill gestures are meant to make the recipient trust whoever does them with the expectation that they’ll then be reciprocated for improving their relations. Putin offered in late September to extend the New START, which is the last arms control pact between…

Over the past years, the question of adopting necessary reforms has been raised for the African Union, the continental organization comprising 55 African countries. Concretely, as far back as 2016, African leaders decided that institutional reforms of the African Union…

With rising exports estimated at $27 billion and several planned investment projects across the continent, Russia has consolidated its position as a key trading partner and strategic investor for Africa. The relationship between Russia and Africa has ascended beyond political…

It might succeed in terms of optics, but this won’t make any substantive difference in reality. The US’ latest sanctions against Russia, the first under the second Trump Administration, are intended less as a weapon against the Russian economy and more as a means…

The Casablanca Declaration sends a contribution to Ms. Mama Fatima Singhateh, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children (see the contribution HERE). The previous UN Rapporteur has already recognised that surrogacy most often corresponds to child sale under international…

The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as much blame as Poland and the Baltic States, perhaps even more because it was…

by Genevieve B. Kupang Busan, Korea — September 24, 2025. Embracing the morning sun and vibrant coastal energy of Busan, South Korea, the WURI Global Conference 2025 (WGC 2025) convened as the vanguard of global higher education reform. Hosted by Tongmyong…