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The Nordic Countries and gender equality: how public policies in Iceland and Sweden guarantee influence on the global stage

21Nov

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The Nordic Countries and gender equality: how public policies in Iceland and Sweden guarantee influence on the global stage

The overall objective of this article is to investigate the global impact of Iceland and Sweden's gender equality policies, avaliando como essas iniciativas influenciaram reformas em outros países e estabeleceram novos paradigmas internacionais em termos de equidade de gênero. Meanwhile, os objetivos específicos do artigo incluem: Analisar as principais políticas públicas de igualdade de gênero adotadas pela Islândia e pela Suécia, bem como avaliar como essas políticas influenciaram outros países, especialmente em termos de igualdade salarial e licença parental. Besides that, esse artigo explora a influência da política externa feminista da Suécia em fóruns internacionais e sua contribuição para discussões globais sobre segurança, paz e direitos humanos. Lastly, o texto deve investigar...

The growing Western abandonment of Ukraine: how the war in Ukraine has been losing the global spotlight

19Nov

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Europe, Ukraine

The growing Western abandonment of Ukraine: how the war in Ukraine has been losing the global spotlight

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in the year 2022 generated a wave of international solidarity, but it also highlighted the complexity of geopolitical relations and the games of interests in this "Xadrez 4D" – a quarta dimensão se refere às jogadas políticas complexas e estratégicas de longo prazo que parecem antecipar os movimentos dos oponentes –. However, apesar da condenação generalizada da agressão russa e do apoio humanitário à Ucrânia, since the beginning of the war, alguns países mudaram esta postura humanitária. Thus, este artigo busca explorar o fenômeno por trás dessa crescente falta de apoio à Ucrânia, analisando fatores como interdependência globalizada, alinhamentos políticos e receios de escalada do conflito. Ao compreender as motivações por trás dessas diferentes posições, podemos...

The Ozempic effect on the Danish economy

6Jun

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Denmark, Europe

The Ozempic effect on the Danish economy

Article written by Helena Holland, Isabella Xambre, Camila Freddi The aesthetic pressure of weight loss has reached another level: the economic. Celebrities, like Khloe and Kim Kardashian, has been appearing thinner and thinner at events and social media, leading users to question their diets and exercise, since they dictate the world of fashion. Like this, the big secret of Hollywood figures became public, o Ozempic, a drug developed by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk for diabetics, which has liraglutide as its active ingredient, which replaces the action of a hormone called GLP1, making the person feel more satisfied, generating accelerated weight loss. The increase of more than 25% in sales of this product, around...

3Jun

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Germany, Europe

The dark past of German industry

Article prepared by Bruna Marques and Raphael Krykorka Revelations about a hidden past of large German companies have highlighted severe crimes that shaped the history of German industry. After Adolf Hitler's accession to the Weimar chancellery in 1933, the consolidation of national socialist ideology began in the country. It was a fact that the German Chancellor influenced German domestic production through political pressure, tax and regulatory, however, transnationals shared their ideals hiddenly. Relevant German third sector companies volunteered to assist the Hitler regime, by secretly beginning a process of compulsory labor analogous to slavery in factories, restricted to Jews and Slavs. In this context, German corporations implement ideal practices..

2May

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Spain, Europe

Analysis of racism in Spanish football

Article prepared by researchers Ana Vitória Guerra, Eduarda Vieira and Maria Eduarda D'urso. Racism in Spain reveals itself as a phenomenon intrinsically intertwined with the country's colonial legacy. Over centuries, Spain exercised dominion over several territories in different parts of the world, imposing your culture, language and belief systems to colonized peoples. In this sense, This colonization process implanted ideologies of racial superiority that persist to this day. In this way, from the perspective of postcolonial theory, racism in Spain cannot be understood separately from its colonial history, as colonial narratives and practices continue to shape social dynamics, political and cultural of the country. At first, a falta de uma legislação...

Visit of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to Brazil

23Apr

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Americas, Brazil, Europe, France

Visit of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to Brazil

Article prepared by researchers Beatriz Begalli, Maria Eduarda Jaworski and Matheus Onofre Garcia The French president, Emmanuel Macron, arrives in Brazil on an official visit scheduled for the day 26 March, this being his first visit to Brazilian territory. Your schedule includes visiting 4 Brazilian cities: Bethlehem, Itaguaí, São Paulo and Brasilia, involving various themes, such as: bilateral investments, discussions about climate and environment, Mercosur agreement - European Union, war Russia and Ukraine, defense of democracy, strategies to combat misinformation, accountability of social networks and also about Brazil's entry into the presidency of the G20. The first destination of the French president's official visit to Brazil was Belém, no stop. The governor of the state...

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine impacting sectors around the world

16Nov

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Europe, Russia, Ukraine

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine impacting sectors around the world

By Marina Ariboni and Nicole Bonafé In today's globalized world, armed conflicts between states can have direct economic repercussions on other countries, even if they do not have political relations, economic or commercial some with others in conflict. under this bias, the current war between Russia and Ukraine is observed, in a perspective that these countries, mainly Russia, are important players in the international market, with expressive export and import flows. In the case of Brazil, for example, the partnership is very intense, because Russia is the sixth country from which Brazil buys the most products, being the most common, wheat, corn and fertilizers, who represented in 2021, US $5,7 billions in imports (according to Ministry of Industry, Comércio Exterio...

The influence of the Ukrainian War on the Balkan countries

2Nov

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Europe, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine

The influence of the Ukrainian War on the Balkan countries

By Karen Laura and Luísa Ambrosio From the first moments of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, it was already common sense that a possible war would cause a tremor in the contemporary geopolitical order. With the outbreak of the conflagration it was possible to notice the impacts that began to appear in the economic dimensions, political and social around the world, especially in the Balkan countries. The consequences are many, but there is a specific point that directly impacts the course of the conflict: the energy issue. European countries are among the biggest importers of Russian fossil fuels, fundamental for the generation of electricity and the functioning of the factories, especially during the severe winter that countries face. Hist place, as the war progresses, os Estados se depararam c...

Swedish elections in 2022 and the surprising victory of the far right

31Oct

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Europe, Sweden

Swedish elections in 2022 and the surprising victory of the far right

Ulf Kristersson By Ana Luísa Munhoz Mastromauro and Maíra Figueredo Gomes Sweden is currently experiencing a period of many changes.: the abandonment of approximately three decades of neutrality when choosing to start the NATO accession process; preparing to preside over the European Union from January of next year; e, for the first time, is the scene of a historic clash between the left and the extreme right in the elections for the post of prime minister - with the unexpected and unprecedented victory of the far right. A woman has never been seen holding the position of Prime Minister of Sweden as she currently is., However, Magdalena Andersson, acknowledged his defeat on the day 14 of September, before the official results, afirmando que “era importante que a Suécia tenha...

The energy crisis and the rapprochement between Biden and Maduro

23Jun

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Americas, U.S, Venezuela

The energy crisis and the rapprochement between Biden and Maduro

Article written by João Paulo Costa The possibility of rapprochement between two great enemies of the Americas, the United States and Venezuela, occurs as a consequence of a military dispute distant from Latin Americans, the current war between Russia and Ukraine. When deploying Russian troops to Ukrainian territory, Vladimir Putin used the allegation of a “genocide” in the eastern region committed by “neo-Nazi” troops. Para Volodymyr Zelensky, which received support from other international actors, including the United States, Russian interests go beyond this. By opting for military invasion, Putin sends a message to the adversary: Ukraine's entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, who had been making great strides in Zelensky's administration, will not be tolerated. Para os Estados Unid...