Since gaining independence in 1960, Somalia has enjoyed only a few periods of stability. 

Piracy and armed robbery at sea are a threat to security in the hydrocarbon-rich Gulf of Guinea.

Successive attempts to institutionalise Islam in France have not resulted in an entirely satisfactory outcome.

A wide-ranging look at the way Gazprom interacts with an increasingly challenging global gas market for Russia.

A distinct feature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first year in office was the remarkable speed and alacrity with which he moved on external engagement. During his first twelve months as Prime Minister, he travelled to almost twenty countries in different parts of the world. Indeed, Modi appeared to be guided by the impression that high rates of economic growth cannot be generated only by domestic policies and initiatives.

Gangs have relied on cyberspace to evolve. New information technologies have allowed them to speed up and globalize their operations.

When Dmitry Medvedev announced in late 2014 that the presence of ministers and other officials should be sharply increased on the boards of public companies, observers were surprised, considering that four years before the former President started a campaign to remove them from the very same structures.

Since the April 2015 shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, the right of asylum has become a priority in European talks. However, states have remained reluctant and sometimes hostile to measures of solidarity recommended by the European Commission. Such tensions raise the question of the European Union’s capacity to enforce a European asylum policy.