29/11 – 04/12 of 2022

Iranian Morality Police Suspended The Morality Police, which inspected the Iranian population’s moral behaviour, namely the fulfilment of codes of conduct, for example, regarding the clothes Iranians wear. The decision from the Prosecutor-General of the…



7th-13th November 2022

Translated by: Matilde São José The Democratic Party wins the US midterm elections The Democratic party managed to retain control of the U.S. Senate after a victory by Catherine Cortez Masto in the Nevada state…



To Think of a Post-Putin Future

This article intends to further the central argument presented in “Potemkin’s Armies: Russia’s Final Defeat in Ukraine”, published on October 6th. Stemming from successive Russian failures both on tactical and logistical levels, as well as…


30/10-06/11 of 2022

Translated by: Daniela Aires e Matilde São José The post-election scenario in Brazil After the polls gave Lula da Silva the victory on October 30th, Brazil entered a wave of contestation in reaction to the…


17th-23rd October of 2022

Liz Truss resigns after 45 daysBritish prime-minister Liz Truss submitted, last Thursday, her resignation after little over a month in office. It lasted 45 days. “I cannotdeliver the mandate”, she said, following a truly hallucinatingParliament…


Can sports be an instrument of soft power?

Translated by: Daniela Aires, Matilde São José and Tiago Jorge The dynamics on the international scene largely depend on the interaction between state and non-state actors. States, as “conscious actors who develop common understandings that…


2nd-9th October of 2022

Translated by: Daniela Aires Bridge connecting Crimea to Russia destroyed, Kremlin talks about terrorism “The reaction of the Kyiv regime to the civil infrastructure damage demonstrates its terrorist nature”, stated the spokeswoman for the Ministry…