Yasemin Zeisl

By 2050, roughly 40% of Japan's population will be over the age of 65 years. This has serious implications for the country’s economy and labor market...

While it was clear that the African National Congress would win the general election in 2019, the extent of the party’s victory was critical. On May 8, 2019, approximately 27 million South Africans...

A United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission confirmed in October 2018 that the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar continues to simmer, displacing thousands of people of the Rohingya ethnic group and forcing them to seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh. During the peak of the conflict in 2017...

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has been struggling to ease the country’s ongoing economic slump. On April 25, 2019, the Argentinan Peso fell to a record low of 46.5 per U.S. dollar. In March 2019, consumer prices increased by 4.7%, leaving Argentina’s population frustrated with...

Austria’s national intelligence agencies have been under close scrutiny by international intelligence services since right-wing parties have gained traction in the country. Western secret services and European intelligence sharing networks in particular now fear that...

North Korea’s economy has been suffering for a long time. Victims of this situation are largely the North Korean people, who experienced a reduction in daily food rations from 360 grams (12.7 ounces) to 300 grams (10.6 ounces) per person in January 2019...

The Chinese technology and electronics vendor Huawei has come under fire ever since espionage allegations against it have surfaced. Officials from the United States labeled the telecommunications company as a national security threat and...

The Yemeni Houthi militia has become increasingly proficient in the utilization of drones, raising concerns about regional security. Drone technology is propelling the role of the Houthi militia in the war in Yemen to a new level...

Roughly ten years ago, western countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom were quick to adopt financial technology (fintech), while Asian markets were slower to pick up on this development . Over the years, however, fintech has gained enormous traction in Asia and has now...

When Hong Kong’s government announced that it would introduce a new law permitting the extradition of suspects and criminals to mainland China, Macau, and Taiwan, masses of people in Hong Kong marched in the streets in protest. On April 28, 2019...