A look at the 2022 popular mobilization in Ecuador, its challenges and prospects

This week the Congress of the Communist Party of China is being held. This is an important event not only for China but globally. Xi Jinping, will be confirmed for an unprecedented third term as party leader and will therefore also continue as China's president when the National Congress meets next March.

Despite earning at least $2 billion per year in gold sales, 40% of Burkina Faso’s population lives below the poverty line. Additional features that challenge sovereignty and social advancement are the entrenched jihadist insurgent groups, emboldened by NATO’s war on Libya.

As Hurricane Ian was causing devastation in the province of Pinar del Río, over 37,000 accounts on Twitter replicated the hashtag #CubaPaLaCalle (Cuba to the streets) calling for mass protests. However, less than 2% of the users who participated in this virtual mobilization were in Cuba.

While far from an alliance, the SCO is increasingly utilized for managing Eurasian affairs without traditional Western mechanisms and organizations.

The closest that the clock has been to midnight – that is, the end of the world – is now. Since 2020, the clock has sat at 100 seconds from midnight. Amid this dangerous situation, we have launched a new series, Studies on Contemporary Dilemmas, to stimulate debates around on these issues and galvanise social forces to act to prevent the impending doomsday.