Turkey has been the first country to sign and ratify the Istanbul convention, but also the first to withdraw. Before analysing the possible consequences and the impact that this decision has caused, we must first briefly present the content of the Istanbul Convention. It is relevant that women's rights are human rights, thus violations against the former are human rights violations. The United Nations has sought through the establishment of international treaties such as CEDA

Following the French, German and Dutch guidelines, the Council of the European Union (EU) has released its Conclusions on an EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific last April[1]. This document comes amid a growing sense that the EU should recalibrate its ties with the world’s most populous, dynamic, and security-tense region. Although the EU’s immediate neighborhood is still its foreign policy priority, the Indo-Pacific clearly could no longer remain beyond the scope

The recent appointment of Peter Dutton – known as one of China’s most outspoken critics – as the new Australian Secretary of Defence has sparked scathing criticism from Beijing. The former Home Affairs Secretary, who established a reputation for blunt comments and a limited interest in political correctness, has spent the last six years overseeing Australia’s homeland security against a background of increasing Chinese assaults on Australian internal institutions. Unsurprisin

For months, the lives of citizens all over the world have been marred by uncertainty. As for those in Germany and the European Union, this uncertainty has existed in stark contrast to the certainty that the end of an immutable force of German and European politics is on the horizon: as of 27 September 2021, Angela Merkel will no longer be chancellor of the Federal Republic. Though Merkel announced this over two years ago[1], it is still unclear how the political vacuum that i

This article aims to present the main features of what is known to be the worst humanitarian crisis which have derived from the Yemeni War that started in 2015. Although this war could not directly affect the European Union and its interests in the immediate term, the Union – as a global actor – has throughout its history engaged in spreading its values. In 2016, the Union presented the European Union Global Strategy (EUGS), aiming to establish a set of objectives to be carri