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Democracy.exe, Albania’s AI-Minister experiment

This article was written by guest contributor Ruben Snip, a 1st year IRIO student with a particular interest in cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. ’The Constitution speaks of duties, responsibilities, transparency,

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HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE LINE: HOW AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES AND GERMAN POPULIST PARTIES THREATEN THE LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ORDER

This article was written by guest contributor Anton Ruholl, and was originally written as an extension to his bachelor thesis. The Unsettling Alignment The so-called “forced labor” in Xinjiang is

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Understanding, not deterrence: A response letter to “End of the Beginning”

This article was written by guest contributor and former checks member (2022-2023) Paul Johann Lindhorst. In the new print edition of the “Checks&Balances” magazine, the author sincerely and seriously contemplates

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“Mining Our Way To Carbon Neutrality”: The Cost of the Capitalist Logic

This article was written by guest contributor Adam Sereir. The Green Lie. As the planet burns and temperatures soar, world leaders scramble to draft climate resolutions.However, these policies are less

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Egyptian Election 2018: Rubber-stamping the strongman?

The Egyptian election is due to be held at the end of this month. Ostensibly a “democratic” contest, the incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win a

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Designing Change: The Rise of Humanitarian Architecture

by Aleksis Oreschnikoff – an independent writer interested in living better As Europe faces an unprecedented influx of refugees fleeing conflict in Syria, international organizations, and international humanitarian development look for

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Why a Beheading in Saudi Arabia Threatens the Whole Middle East

Written by André Harris Beheadings are not uncommon in Saudi Arabia – but one carried out this week has the potential to destabilise the whole Middle East. Sheikh Nimr Baqr

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