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The STEAR Digital Policy Journal

Our Digital Policy Journal is the beating heart of STEAR, publishing articles on current affairs and foreign policy opinion pieces between 1,000-1,500 words in length. We are looking for original work, offering novel insights and taking a specific and well-argued standpoint that contributes to collaborative and fruitful discussion.

We accept ad-hoc submissions as well as contributions from our regular writers. Please send your articles to our Editor-in-Chief (steareditor@gmail.com) together with a short summary of your writing and a fifty-word biography about yourself.

Confronting a Shared Responsibility: Europe’s Role in Asia’s (Illegal) Wildlife Trade

Quinlan Rijks

Jun 25
8 min

Confronting a Shared Responsibility: Europe’s Role in Asia’s (Illegal) Wildlife Trade

0. Introduction Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, attitudes towards illegal wildlife trade (IWT) have been cast in a new...

Europe and Indonesia at Odds: The Ongoing Debate over the European Union’s Palm Oil Legislation

Naletha Pangemanan

Jun 23
10 min

Europe and Indonesia at Odds: The Ongoing Debate over the European Union’s Palm Oil Legislation

In the context of international trade, a trade dispute is defined as an economic conflict between countries resulting from extreme...

The EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership: A Newly Upgraded Old Relationship

Polina Petrova

Apr 23
4 min

The EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership: A Newly Upgraded Old Relationship

The 23rd ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) was marked by a historic event. On 1 December 2020 – inaugurating a new chapter in the...

The South China Sea Disputes: A Brief Introduction in International Law

Kerem Cankılıç

Apr 17
5 min

The South China Sea Disputes: A Brief Introduction in International Law

Recent developments in the South China Sea implore us to examine the situation from both a legal perspective and an international...

The New EU-China Trade Deal: Setting the tone for Global Politics in 2021?

Luke Cavanaugh

Jan 24
5 min

The New EU-China Trade Deal: Setting the tone for Global Politics in 2021?

This article was originally published on the Website of the European Student Think Tank as part of a partnership between STEAR and the...