Yasemin Zeisl

Diplomatic relations between the European Union (EU) and Turkey are once again being tested as the EU imposes sanctions on Turkey over a natural gas and oil drilling dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Turkey has been exploring oil and gas fields near the coast of Cyprus, testing the sovereign territory claims of Cyprus in the waters surrounding the island, also known as the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) ...

As the impacts of climate change compound, emissions-free energy alternatives have gained traction around the globe. The solar energy market, for instance, is growing in many parts of the world, including India, China, Japan, Morocco, Germany, and the US ...

While financial technology, or fintech, is booming in Asia, another continent is also using the advantages of technological innovations to facilitate growth in the financial sector. Africa’s fintech sector has grown significantly in recent years. African fintech businesses have raised ...

Military tensions in the South China Sea have gradually increased in recent years. China’s claim on much of the maritime territory in the South China Sea – a territory China demarcates with the strongly contested “nine-dash line” – is what causes frictions with Southeast Asian littoral states and Western states such as the US ...

Although South Korea is still struggling with a large income gap and its current trade dispute with Japan, it is now Asia’s fourth-largest economy. This has raised the question of whether the country should retain or relinquish its status as a developing country at the World Trade Organization...

Home to roughly 300,000 people, Bougainville is an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the Pacific Ocean that attracts little attention in international media. Bougainville’s forthcoming referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea, however, could entail financial and strategic risks that could affect the larger Asia-Pacific region ...

Smartphones, computers, and many other electronic devices are based on a simple but vital natural resource: sand. Sand appears to exist in abundance and is one of the most consumed natural resources on earth ...

Fintech, short for financial technology, has become a central component of the banking and finance industries. Innovations in technology permit a host of new financial services in retail, corporate banking, private banking, and insurance ...

On September 23, 2019, the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that one of the most well-known travel companies, Thomas Cook, had declared bankruptcy. This event drew attention to both the rights and the risks of the roughly 600,000 Thomas Cook customers who were stranded abroad ...

Germany has backed international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decelerate climate change, yet its energy transition (Energiewende) initiative must clear a number of hurdles before substantial progress can be achieved. Germany’s energy transition includes the expansion of the country’s electricity grid and a shift from fossil fuels and nuclear power to renewable energy sources like solar and wind power ...