Month: December 2020
Finally, a vaccine! – And now?
After a year of terrible losses, great abandonment, loneliness, and overall hardship for many people around the world, there finally seemed to be a glimmer of hope on the 8th
Read MoreLife after IR: Charles Drapers
Charles Drapers graduated from the IRIO programme at the University of Groningen in February 1990, which makes him the second IRIO graduate ever. After his graduation, he moved to Hong
Read MoreHow Airbnb supports the violation of human rights
In 2018, the well-known rent company Airbnb promised not to rent accommodations in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory any more. However, in April this year it withdrew this promise
Read MoreThe non-state side of IR: Can multinational corporations turn palm oil sustainable?
“No, I don’t use that product because it contains palm oil, which is not environmentally friendly.” Most of us will have said or heard some variation of this sentence at
Read MoreWe Need to Talk About Climate Migrants and We Need to Talk About Them Now.
As Climate Change intensifies, Climate Migrants become more of a terrifying reality. Already crippled by the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus, Guatemala and other Central American countries are facing
Read MoreUnpacking the EU cookie policy
We are constantly disrupted and interfered by it, luring into our searches, and claiming a few centimetres of our screens. Indeed, we have reached a time where not only bakers
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