The cost of the sun disappearing 

The rays of the sun are far more than a simple provider of Vitamin D; they are there to pick you up after your worst shifts at work, or when

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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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Justice: one war crime at a time

‘I don’t give a sh- what you call it’ – Vice President JD Vance Since 2nd September 2025, the USA has conducted seventeen airstrikes against alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boats. As

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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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All Quiet on the Eastern Front: Trump’s redefinition of NATO’s Eastern Flank

Trump – a name not only repeated by the media countless times in recent months but also by world politicians. His return to the White House has triggered a reevaluation

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Blurred Flavours: How Globalization Has Redefined Cuisine

The word cuisine is to some simply a fancy way to say food, but to others, it is an art form. A cuisine is far more than the dictionary definition

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This is what happens when a city becomes a brand

Every week or so, a new TikTok decides that Dubai is the final boss of late-stage capitalism. You know the ones: sped-up footage of endless towers, self-driving police cars, influencers

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The Netflix show and the IRC 

Netflix’s Transatlantic explores how Varian Fry, Mary Jane Gold, and the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) evacuated thousands of refugees from Marseille during World War II. Fry and Gold are two

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