From brave heroes to the real implications of warfare

What we can learn from Francisco Goya’s revolutionary approach to painting war scenes To see the paintings mentioned in the following article, follow these links: Fear sparks on the faces

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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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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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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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Entering the era of guns and violence, Robert Fico in the eye of the storm

Can politics ever be free from violence? As news flood our daily reports, it is quite astonishing to realise that more and more of the media that we consume is

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Mass killing in Burkina Faso

“He tried to catch a glimpse of his wife, but the crowd was quickly obscured by a cloud of dust as men in uniform opened fire. Another soldier ordered him

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Renewed debate on Western troops in Ukraine: Macron´s remarks spark discussion

Two years ago, headline over headline with the newest developments, newest death numbers and newest information regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reached us over basically every news report. With the

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Houthi rebels attack container ships – exposing the fragility of our globalised world

The imagery was quite impressive: a ‘James Bond-style’ infiltration on a transport ship, complete with helicopters and Kalashnikovs. The incident, which happened on a freighter off the coast of Yemen,

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Guyana and Venezuela to meet amidst fears of annexation

And how rejecting a 1899 ruling provides the basis for Venezuelan territorial claims December 2023- This month has seen an interesting development in the continent of South America. Venezuela’s president,

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A ‘frozen conflict’ in action

Notwithstanding what is written in the history textbooks on the Korean War, technically, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are still at war. In April

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