Crowdfunding Journalism – Alternative Funding for Alternative Journalism
At the end of January, the Washington-based ‘fact think’ Paw Research Center published a report on crowdfunded journalism that brings again on the spotlight the hope for a long-term rehabilitation
Read MoreGenocide ain’t no Genocide?
Genocide. A word that triggers intense emotions. A word with some of the strongest connotations, comparable to rape, enslavement or torture. Genocide is the bad stuff, the one crime, especially
Read More”Risk It All”: Fighting ISIS with Pop Music
High heels, smoky eyes and Molotov cocktails. At first sight, those words do not seem to define a fighter. Born at the end of the 1980s in Iran, Kurdish singer
Read MoreShaking Schengen
Schengen keeps alive the idea of a Europe free of internal border control which facilitates a rapid and smooth flow of goods, services and persons, without any border check delays. However, the
Read MoreThe Day Bowie Brought the Wall Down
‘The Day Bowie Brought the Wall Down’-David Bowie’s political heritage- ‘Look up here, I’m in Heaven, I’ve got scars that can’t be seen, I’ve got drama that can’t be stolen,
Read MoreAchieving 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 MoreEntering the Field of International Relations
In the business of IR it is partly what you know and mainly whom you know… The study of international relations (IR) is a theoretical one. The obligatory courses revolve
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
Read MoreThe Peculiar Political Potentialities of Social Media
Political activism. What a beautiful phrase. It rolls off your tongue with heroic ease and fills your soul with lofty ideals. It invites connotations of emancipation, community and justice. We
Read MoreStaying below 2°C: The implications of the Paris Agreement for the Netherlands
Are you enjoying your Christmas holidays? If you are in the Netherlands you will probably have noticed by now: no white Christmas this year. In fact, this is the warmest
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