Yasemin Zeisl

New polls indicate that the policies of Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, may be leading the country to a more violent future. The militarization of the country's police and greater access to firearms could soon exacerbate Brazil's high crime rates...

Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline mega-project between Germany and Russia that has been a subject of contention for politicians from Europe and the United States. Opponents refer to the Nord Stream 2 as a harmful political project while advocates claim that it is necessary for European energy security...

Increased electricity coverage of the African continent has been an ambitious long-term goal. In 2016, only about 43% of the population in Africa had access to electricity. Estimates calculate that...

Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena alarmed Western media when he expressed admiration for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s shoot-to-kill drug policy. At a state banquet in Manila on January 16, 2019, President Sirisena praised Duterte’s war on drugs as an...

In April 2019, the Council of the European Union voted in favor of adopting the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market as European Union (EU) law. The copyright directive entered into force on June 6, 2019. EU member states now have to convert the new legislation into domestic law by...

On Sunday May 26, 2019, roughly 7.2 million Belgians went to the polls to votes in three elections: the European Parliament election, the Belgian federal election, and the Belgian regional elections. Voter turnout is commonly high, as voting is mandatory in the country. Despite this...

As the world is racing for alternative energy sources, many are turning towards wind and solar power. Some companies and scientists, however, have directed their attention at fusion energy. Promising enormous volumes of zero-carbon energy, fusion may become a viable option in the long run...

2018 was a critical year for the development of hypersonic weapons. Russia conducted two tests, one in March and one in December, that accelerated the race among a small group of states to attain hypersonic weapons. Aside from Russia, these countries are the United States, China, Australia, Japan, India, and France...

Retail giants like Amazon or the Walmart-owned Flipkart increasingly dictate the Indian e-commerce market, frustrating local businesses and offline sellers. A few months before the 2019 general election, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion stepped in and drafted a new e-commerce policy...

Highly dependent on its oil industry, Venezuela’s economy is increasingly corroded by a weak state infrastructure and international sanctions affecting oil exports. Since the onset of the country’s presidential crisis in January 2019...