Between 15-21 November 2017, a day short of one week, Africa’s second longest-serving leader, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was forced out of office through a spectacular coup d’État. The collapse of Mugabe is hardly surprising, with the country having experienced close to two decades of democratic backsliding.

As the 19^th National Congress is now over, questions about foreign policy implications of China’s leadership reshuffle are raised.

Alice Ekman deciphers the 19^th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in foreign policy terms.

India’s digital economy is characterized by “last mile” data protection, with privacy norms, data collection and sharing standards being set at the level of the application (“app”), operating system (OS) and the device. This practice lends itself to multiple, often crisscrossing rules maintained by smartphone manufacturers, mobile operating system vendors and application developers. The user is caught in a maze of privacy policies that bear on important questions: what data is collected, where it is stored, who it is shared with, and legal recourse in the face of policy violations or unauthorized use of data by third parties.

Donald Trump is disrupting the established world order. But, despite his provocative declarations, is he really looking to challenge it?

Since Xi Jinping became president of China, the number of think tanks has considerably increased.

Going beyond the numerous claims of rupture, is Trump overturning the international order and the place occupied in it by the United States?

Since Kim Jong-Un came to power, the North Korean regime has significantly strengthened its nuclear and ballistic capabilities.

The exploration of space and the use of digital tools and systems have in common to be quite recent in human history but to have changed the world, society and economy by connecting people and things, breaking down borders, and redistributing knowledge, power and control.