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Testing of COVID-19 Virus
COVID-19
Milind Mhaske

Today’s learnings for a better tomorrow

Praja had commissioned the household survey to Hansa Research in December 2020 to understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on livelihood, housing and transport, education and health in Mumbai. The first step towards fixing a problem however is understanding the problem.

Malaysia
Malaysia
Norman Goh

Malaysia's Political Impasse: The Battle of Two Tigers

Malaysia has been experiencing a hung parliament where no party or coalition controls a reliable majority since March 2020. As premier Muhyiddin struggles to keep in power, the Covid-19 pandemic in the country worsens. How will Malaysia chart its direction with the new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob?

Tunisia at the Crossroads
MENAPOL Blog
Sophie Schmid

Tunisia at the Crossroads - Why Tunisia’s power shift should be a cause for concern

Tunisian president Kais Saied has assumed sole power in the country and now represents the executive, the legislative and the judiciary unified in one person. Tunisians are celebrating his power grab. Observers in the region and in Europe are awaiting his next steps. The country is at a dangerous pathway.

Das größte Solarkraftwerk der Welt, Noor 1
Energy turnaround
Sebastian Vagt

Morocco - climate champion with question marks

From a ban on plastic bags to the world's largest solar power plant, Morocco likes to present itself as a pioneer in climate policy. Europeans are also pinning their hopes for green electricity from the desert on the kingdom. But Morocco's image as a climate champion is increasingly being tarnished.

Prison cell
ITALY
Andrea Bitetto

The state of prisons in Italy

Andrea Bitetto reports on the current state of human rights in prisons in Italy and what should be done to improve the situation. The news and the corresponding video footage, which was leaked last month, showing the mistreatment of prisoners in the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (a town not far from Naples), shocked the Italian public.

Tourism
Mediterranean Dialogue
Anwar Zibaoui

Mediterranean Tourism, need for change

Tourism cannot be separated from the local, national or global context in which it operates. Whether it is epidemics, wars, economic crises, whatever happens in its environment affects it, as we have seen, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on the tourism sector.

Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Theresa Caroline Winter (in Elternzeit)

76 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki

76 years after the nuclear attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that claimed more than a hundred thousand victims, contemporary witnesses are becoming a rarity, and with them, part of the culture of remembrance will be lost. Especially when it comes to nuclear disarmament, we need to be aware of why we remember - out of respect, reverence and as a warning for our and future generations.

Flagge Indonesien
Indonesia
Ahmad Junaidi

Indonesia presidential elections: Ready for the race

Who will win the next presidential elections in Indonesia? Although President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, is still ranked first in popularity and electability in prominent political pollsters, he is now in his second term and is banned by the State Constitution to run for the third term.

lebanon blast
MENAPOL Blog

One year after the disastrous explosion

August 4th marks the commemoration of the catastrophic Beirut blast, which killed more than 200 people, injured more than 6,000, and destroyed large parts of city. Many people have not been able to come to terms to what has happened. This comes as no surprise since for many, everyday life has become a never-ending nightmare: the lack of medicine, the long queues in front of gas stations, or the collapse of

Atomwaffen
START Treaty
Theresa Caroline Winter (in Elternzeit) Jeroen Dobber

Envisioning a nuclear-save world: nuclear arms control, disarmament and deterrence

Thirty years after the signing of the the START Treaty, US-Russian negotiations still lie at the heart of the global rules-based order to control and reduce nuclear weapons. Although recent talks between the two powers are a good sign, other actors have to step up their efforts to address the growing threat of nuclear proliferation.

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