It is easy to think in cliches, to resort to conventional wisdom. When academics, policy makers or military officials are asked to think about what ‘security’ means, the terms are often from traditional realist perspectives, involving state power, instruments of force, security from external threats. Over
When we hear the word “slavery”, we usually imagine the past, but sadly, this is still a cruel reality for many around the world. Human trafficking is a worldwide phenomenon affecting various groups of society: children, women and men. In December 2016, for the first
With all the media noise surrounding Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy, the international community has not paid enough attention to Russia’s domestic events. This February the president signed an amendment to the Russian criminal code that decriminalized certain forms of domestic violence. The new law qualified
