Opinion – China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Pragmatism over Morals?
Despite criticism, the Belt and Road Initiative and the pragmatic values associated with Chinese investments are unlikely to lose popularity any time soon.
Opinion – Anti-Blackness: A Go-to Foreign Policy?
As long as predominantly Black countries themselves do not acknowledge and challenge anti-Blackness within their societies and in western quarters, nothing will change.
Visa Policies as Externalisation Practices in the Global South
It is key to engage in a more ample debate over how visa policies and other practices in the Global South contribute in shifting these countries’ borders.
Climate Change, Human Mobility and Feminist Political Economy
The responses to climate change mitigation efforts need to be targeted at not only addressing climate change impacts but also reducing gender and social inequalities.
European Union Readmission Agreements: Deportation as a Gateway to Displacement?
Despite using terms such as ‘return’, ‘removal’, and ‘readmission,’ the EU subjugates individuals by enforcing them to another re-displacement through deportation.
The Implementation of Mexico’s Refugee, Complementary Protection and Political Asylum Law
The US has conditioned Mexico’s refugee policy to the extent that it scarcely reflects the law.
Assessing the Responsibility of EU Officials for Crimes Against Migrants in Libya
There is a need to assess the implications of the EU’s collaboration with Libya, not as an international organization but as an individual agent.
Gendered Border Practices and Violence at the United States-Mexico Border
Aggressive gendered border practices and violence have been part of the construction of the US-Mexico border as women’s bodies and sexual identity shape today’s border policies.
On the Margins of EU-rope: Colonial Violence at the Bosnian-Croatian Frontier
Conventional practices of EU bordering can be questioned as being directly connected with the colonial codification of difference between worthy and unworthy peoples.
The Internal Displacement of People in South Sudan
In a volatile and ethnically diverse community, like that of South Sudan, a strong leader motivated in the wrong way could tip the scales at any moment to restart the violence.
