Author: Lucia Mohr
Lucia is a second year student of IRIO in Groningen. She has a special interest in the environment and in international organisations. As a reporter of Checks & Balances, she aims at asking critical questions whilst trying to open readers' eyes that would otherwise remain closed.
Satire – A Humorous Means to Enhance Political Participation?
Satire has long been a tradition in many European countries. Historians describe caricature drawings of King Louis XVI of France having an impact on the French population on the eve
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Turkey’s Military Invasion in Northern Syria
While most people know about the fighting in the Syrian Civil War between troops loyal to president Baschar al-Assad and the rebels, mainly lead by the Free Syrian Army, there
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Failing of Jamaica and the Implications for Germany
The island in the Caribbean has in fact little to do with a political development in central Europe. Late on Sunday evening news from the coalition talks in Berlin shocked
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A Big Mess in the Oceans – And No One to Clean Up?
It is a normal part of our daily life, it comes in all different shapes and sizes and is used in a variety of ways – plastic. Ever since its
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