... for Georgia’s territorial integrity—a position they staunchly hold to this day. Unfortunately for Russia, states willing to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been hard to come by. Both territories are recognized only by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Tuvalu. Nauru and Tuvalu are Pacific island...

... islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, and pariah states, which neither sign treaties nor attend international conferences. Nauru in the South Pacific, for example, will still appeal to some erratic criminals, smugglers, and tax evaders. However, no big fish would dare to be (openly...

... for their nations’ misfortunes, most accept that good internal decisions are the key to success.” Moving on from Latin America, photographer Vlad Sokhin takes us to Nauru, once one of the richest nations per capita due to its phosphate mines. Now, with its single resource gone, the economy is in ruins, the land...

..., a coalition of States had been Assembly, where countries such as Nauru prepared to act in defence of the Tutsi and Tuvalu with a population of 12,000 population, but did not receive prompt each have the same vote as countries such Council authorization, should such a Humanitarian Intervention...

... of their or by legal fees to set up dummy corpora­ offshore partners and the need for computer tions offshore. The private banking cul­ software and other screens against money ture is essentially “don’t ask, don’t tell,” laundering.4 The South Pacific island of Antonio Giraldi, a former private banker, Nauru...