Category: Conflict and Security
Achieving Solidarity amongst the EU Member States in the Syrian Refugee Crisis
The European Union is currently challenged by a flow of refugees, that mostly originates from Syria. Last year, more than a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe. We have
Read MoreWhy 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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EU-Ukraine Association Agreement – What It Brings to Europeans, Dutch, and Ukrainians The referendum on the approval of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine will be held
Read MoreThe Man Who Turned Fiction Into Reality?
-An article on Michel Houellebecq’s Soumission and a changing France- Paris, the night of the 6th of January 2015. Michel Houellebecq, enfant-terrible of the French literary world, is sitting in
Read MoreA unified Korea?
Ask yourself for a moment who are the closest people to you. To whom do you go when you need a warm embrace, an encouraging voice and a loving
Read MoreTorn Apart: how the Korean War destroyed a story of Love
‘’What greater punishment is there than life when you’ve lost everything that made it worth living?’’, Shakespeare wrote in his play Romeo and Juliet. These thoughts must have crossed more
Read MoreKamikaze in Ankara
“There has been a vicious terrorist attack in Ankara Train Station at 10:04 am on 10th of October. This attack is an atrocity against the Turkish Republic.” Turkish President, Tayyip
Read MoreConcerning Bombings of Hospitals
When I heard the breaking news about a bombing of a hospital in Kunduz yesterday, I immediately thought of a suicide bombing, of an “act of terror” how it is
Read MoreTurkey: A Brief Analysis
What is going on in Turkey? I mean, what is actually going on? Our newspapers have been filled with stories of specific events: fragmented but somehow related. Yet, a holistic
Read MoreNo More Singing Protest
I had the pleasure of watching the documentary Searching for Sugar Man last week. A movie that focuses on the life of the biggest rock icon America has never had. Despite a
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