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Global Consequences of the Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Economic Impacts and World Stability

20Oct

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Americas, Asia, China, U.S, Europe, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Russia

Global Consequences of the Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Economic Impacts and World Stability

The conflict between Israel and Palestine, that lasts for decades, It is an issue that transcends regional borders. Its ramifications have the potential to reconfigure the world order, both economic and political. Let's deepen our analysis of the possible repercussions of this conflict on the international scene. 1. Economic Impacts Oil Price Fluctuation: Detailing: The Middle East is responsible for a significant portion of world oil production. Any instability may interrupt supply, leading to a sudden increase in prices. Global Repercussion: Economies that rely heavily on oil imports, such as the European Union and India, may face energy crises and inflation. Besides that, exporting countries, like Ru....

russia and ukraine: attempts to establish a peace plan

14Jul

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Europe, Russia, Ukraine

russia and ukraine: attempts to establish a peace plan

Vatican Media Vatican Pool/Getty Images The war between Russia and Ukraine has been a prolonged and devastating conflict., with significant humanitarian and geopolitical consequences. In the midst of this chaotic scenario, efforts were made to seek a peaceful solution and establish a peace plan between the two nations. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has shown a refusal to go ahead with the proposals presented so far. Although the current conflict is little more than a year old, tensions between the two countries are much older and have already been the object of attempts to establish peace agreements. Among the most outstanding attempts are: Minsk Accords: The Minsk Agreements, signed in 2014 e 2015, were the main efforts...

food safety, a health problem… but also geopolitics

13Jul

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Europe, HIM-HER-IT, International Organizations, Russia

food safety, a health problem… but also geopolitics

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, released by 5 UN agencies indicate that 735 millions of people went hungry in the world in 2022. Hunger is one of the most urgent and devastating problems facing humanity., and unfortunately persists in many parts of the world. While lack of access to food is multifaceted and complex, there are certain factors that have a significant impact on global food security. Two of those factors are sanctions on Russia and the fertilizer issue.. Economic sanctions imposed on Russia by various nations have a direct effect on the availability and affordability of food for the Russian population.. These restrictive measures are usually aimed at punishing or putting pressure on governments or individuals involved in activities..

7Jul

By Paulo Roberto da Silva Gomes FilhoNo Comments

Americas, Asia, China, U.S, Europe, UK, Russia, Ukraine

500 days of war in ukraine

Today, complete each other 500 days since Russian troops crossed Ukrainian borders, in 24 February of last year, in what they predicted would be a fulminating military action, with which they hoped to defeat the Ukrainian army, removing President Zelensky from power and replacing him with a ruler “friendly” to the Russian regime. The Russian invasion is blatantly illegal. Contrary, not minimum, three instruments of International Law to which the country is a signatory. The first is the UN Charter, specifically as provided for in no. 4 of article 2, which provides that “Members (da him) shall avoid in their international relations the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political dependence of any State.”. The second is the Budapest Memorandum, of 1994, in which...

Conflict between Russia and Ukraine: a new Yugoslavia?

4Jul

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Europe, Russia, Ukraine

Conflict between Russia and Ukraine: a new Yugoslavia?

The war between Russia and Ukraine has been a prolonged and devastating conflict., with significant implications both for the regions involved and for global geopolitical stability. A crucial issue that needs to be addressed in this context is the supply of weapons to the parties involved and their potential to increase the intensity of the conflict.. Besides that, It is important to examine the possibility of an escalation so serious that it could lead to nuclear conflict. To better understand this situation, It is useful to draw a parallel with the war in Yugoslavia. The supply of weapons in the war between Russia and Ukraine plays a significant role in prolonging and intensifying the conflict. Both sides have received weapons and support from different sources, either directly or via....

10May

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Europe, Moldavia, Russia, Ukraine

Moldavia: a new ukraine?

Transnistria is a breakaway region located in eastern Moldova, which proclaimed its independence in 1990, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The region is inhabited mainly by Russian and Ukrainian speakers and has a large population of Russian origin.. Since then, Transnistria has been the scene of a series of tensions between Moldova and Russia. Russia has had troops in Transnistria since the start of the conflict., claiming that the troops were sent to protect the Russian population of the region. Moldova, in its turn, regards Russian military presence as a violation of its sovereignty. In 1992, the conflict erupted into a brief war between Moldovan forces and Transnistria separatist forces, resulting in hundreds of deaths and the flight of tens of thousands...

The impacts (unwanted) of the International Criminal Court in the Ukraine-Russia War

24Apr

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Americas, Brazil, Europe, Russia, Ukraine

The impacts (unwanted) of the International Criminal Court in the Ukraine-Russia War

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization that investigates and prosecutes individuals accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The ICC was created with the aim of ensuring international justice and ending impunity for the most serious crimes that affect the international community.. The Court's function is to prosecute those responsible for serious violations of human rights, who have not been prosecuted by the national authorities, or who have been judged inappropriately. The ICC has jurisdiction over individuals and not states., and can judge any individual, regardless of your nationality, who has committed crimes within his jurisdiction. War crimes include acts committed during armed conflicts, such as the roast...

Lula, hindering the respect for otherness so necessary for the coexistence between nations, Ukraine and NATO

19Apr

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Americas, Brazil, Europe, Russia, Ukraine

Lula, hindering the respect for otherness so necessary for the coexistence between nations, Ukraine and NATO

© Ricardo Stuckert/PR Radicalizing the controversy... Sorry...this text is long and controversial...I reflected a lot until I decided to write about President Lula's statements regarding the war in Ukraine. Firstly, because I committed to speaking only about Asia, which is "my beach"... "Secondly", because I know that I am “poking the ox with a short stick”... But my conscience leads me to try to analyze as free as possible from any “ideological” bias (?) the statements that Lula has made on the subject. The vast majority of “well-thinking” individuals agree that what is happening in that region is an unspeakable tragedy...I think so too...But, for most of them, President Lula's statement that “Ukraine is also responsible for ...

The role of renewable energy in the energy crisis

1Feb

By Center for European Studies and BusinessNo Comments

Europe, France, International Organizations, UK, Russia, European Union

The role of renewable energy in the energy crisis

By Ana Luisa Munhoz Mastromauro and Maíra Figueredo Gomes “The energy crisis can be a turning point to accelerate clean sources and to form a sustainable and secure energy system”, said Faith Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (AIE), in september 2022. Faith also stated that renewable energy capacity and installation is being accelerated in many countries across Europe., with the aim of lowering the value and cutting the licensing of Russian gas, being these consequences of the war with Ukraine. Firstly, it is noteworthy that this confrontation made energy security an increasingly frequent agenda, after all, hindering the respect for otherness so necessary for the coexistence between nations, being the world's second largest exporter of natural gas, was responsible for half of imports..

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine impacting sectors around the world

16Nov

By Center for European Studies and BusinessNo Comments

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, Former trade.