The International Community's Review

Forlì, 28th of May - For the first time in Italy, the European Youth Event (the biannual youth event which usually takes place in Strasbourg organised by the European Parliament) has taken place in Forlì , precisely on the University of Bologna campus from the 17th to the 19th of May, featuring thousands of young Europeans and NGOs, including ours, gathering to discuss several key topics.  ReformEU: Bring the Change as an MEP, Forlì (c) International Community NGO 2024 For the International Community NGO's members, EYE Forlì is definitely not the first type of participation in such events. Still, as a youth organisation, it has represented a milestone in the history of the International Community NGO given the possibility to network with like-minded changemakers, develop the audience for future IC events and share knowledge on such a significant topic, the one concerning EU institutional reforms.  ReformEU: Bring the change as an MEP . During the workshop, participants ...

Election time for Taiwan!   This weekend on Sunday, January 13th the so-called Yuan elections will take place again in Taiwan. Since 1992 this format has boosted the country’s democracy tremendously and currently, Taiwan can be regarded as one of the most successful democracies being slightly below the Netherlands in 10th place in the World Democracy Index 2022 ( Our World In Data, 2022 ). During the Yuan elections, a new head of state will be chosen as well as members of the parliament. To understand Taiwanese politics, it’s inevitable to take a good look at history and the current Taiwan cross-strait relations with China.   The Establishment of the ROC and Taiwan’s Shift.   A long time before the Second World War, Taiwan was colonized by Japan, guiding Taiwan through modernity and also performing its effect on the 6.3 million people already living in Taiwan in 1944 ( Taeuber, 1961 ). After the Chinese Communist Revolution under the lead of Mao Zedong between 1946 a...

On the 13th of September in Strasbourg the European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen has hold the annual speech concerning the State of the European Union. But what is it and what has been said? The State of the European Union (in short SOTEU) is the annual speech deliver by the President of the European Commission (currently Ursula von der Leyen) to the September plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The aim of the speech is to outline the main priorities and flagship initiatives for the year to come, while also giving an update on the European Union's successes and achievements of the past years. But what has been said during the speech?  After an introduction reminder of the upcoming European elections, which will be held in June 2024, the President has started her speech with an address about battles aiming at stopping violence against women , as “there can be no true equality without freedom from violence”, strong words, which underlines the import...

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...