Benjamin White, Author at IVolunteer International

Disarmament Diplomacy: A Nuclear-Age Necessity

With the Doomsday Clock set at just 100 seconds to midnight, the nuclear threat is more apparent now than ever before. We must push back against the nuclear tide

Benjamin White August 22, 2020

International Dysfunction, Institutional Failure & The Post-Pandemic World

No Order, No Peace Horror vacui, a fear of emptiness can be likened to the coming age in international affairs. The era of western-led order is ending and we, as citizens of a globalised world, now coexist in a nonpolar international spectrum. Power has diffused and is no-longer held by monopolising states or alliances in…

Multiple Authors July 22, 2020

Rooting Out Racism

The Black Lives Mattercampaign has been reignited. With its new found momentum we could see real change.

Multiple Authors July 12, 2020

A New Normal: Building a More Resilient and Socially Just World During a Pandemic

“Humanity can get ahead of this virus and in the process create a fairer, more equitable world” – Dr. David Nabarro, World Health Organization

Benjamin White June 5, 2020

The Coronavirus: A Crisis of Leadership and Relations

Despite the detached and nationalistic nature of today’s global relations, the world will only get through this if done so together. Afterall, the Coronavirus and the disease it causes are a common enemy.

Benjamin White April 28, 2020

The Endemic Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century

The issues associated with slavery are incredebly widespread. They all fall under the same bracket, however, and whether you attempt to abolish human rights abuses on an acute or systemic scale, it all makes a difference to those who only know a life of misery, condemned by their captors.

Benjamin White March 7, 2020

Systematic Counter-Oppression: A Case For Louder Voices

Ranking as the most heinous war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing are prevalent in a number of regions today. Two cases, in particular, have recently caught the world’s attention, however, and both are against highly vulnerable minority groups. A wider response is necessary to counter these cases of oppression and, as this account will argue,…

Benjamin White January 30, 2020

Africa On The Up

While Africa has a highly turbulent history, associated with vicious regional conflicts, exploitionary colonialism and mass slavery, there are signs of democratic and socio-economic progress.

Benjamin White January 21, 2020

China’s Suzerainty, Britain’s Failure, and Hong Kong’s Dilemma

The stand-off between Beijing and the Hong Kong rioters has reached a new phase and the situation is now spiralling out of control. The protests erupted following an extradition bill that would enable Hong Kong citizens to be tried in mainland China and was widely condemned by Hongkongers as an assault on their legal system…

Benjamin White November 29, 2019

Terrorist Dealings in Afghanistan

Transitioning Democracy, Peace in the Balance Afghanistan, a state that has been ravaged by tortuous war for four decades, has become the subject of a failing peace process and a highly ambitious push for democracy by the Afghani President, Ashraf Ghani. While democracy is widely propelled as a catalyst for peace, in this case, it…

Benjamin White November 12, 2019

Conflicts, Climate Change, and Humanitarian Catastrophe

The developing world, predominantly situated close to the equator, is more prone to both natural disasters and conflict than the developed. Although the severity of climate change affects us all, northern states still have the benefit of largely stable environmental conditions while regions such as the Horn of Africa and Central / Southeast Asia are…

Benjamin White September 30, 2019