The International Community's Review

Let’s discover all the pros and cons of such an interesting and at the same time challenging idea put forth by some countries in recent years. Although at that specific time, the five permanent members of the Security Council held much of the global power, the current post-1945 international order has been questioned several times and additionally, many challenges have been posed as to whether these countries should hold such a strong power such as veto. Examples are countries’ claims and historical facts, such as the US invasion of Afghanistan and claims by African and Latin American countries to shift to a more democratic UNSC composition.  Additionally, the total number of Security Council members has also been questioned regarding the actual representation of under-represented regions. Challenges vary in form and content, but above all, they evolve over the years, also The United Nations' strategies must cope with a review of its working strategies, to be always a function...

  “ I’d been to a number of war zones before in my life, but I had never been in one as terrifying as Chechnya ” -  Scott Anderson , American author and war correspondent   “ How we react to the tragedy of one small person accurately reflects our attitude towards a whole nationality, and increasing the numbers doesn't change much ” -  Anna Politkovskaya , a Russian journalist, against the Russian war in Chechnya Introduction Chechnya is a region located in southwestern Russia, in the northern part of the Greater Caucasus mountain range, close to the Caspian Sea. This territory represents one of the Republics of the Russian Federation, bordering the other Russian Republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia, and North Ossetia-Alania in the north and west, with Stavropol Krai in the northwest and with the country of Georgia in the south. Although Chechnya today represents just one of the 21 republics and one of the 81 subjects that compose the Russian Federation, it has not alway...

 A short reconstruction of Sudan's history from independence to the current conflict. Sudan is a State located in the northwestern part of the African continent. It borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya. With its 1,886,068 square kilometres, Sudan represents the third-largest country on the continent (until the secession of South Sudan, in 2011, it was the largest country in the area). Until 1881, the State was part of the Ottoman Empire, ruled by the Governor of Egypt. Following a series of rebellions, it became part of the British-Egyptian rule in 1899, under whose control remained until 1956, when, finally, the State gained its independence. However, with the gain of its freedom from colonial rule, the pain of this country was only to begin. The democratic government installed in 1956 with an elected representative Parliament lasted only two years before a coup d’état started a civil war.  The liberalism imported f...