Category: Miscellaneous
Hans Rosling – The fundamental hole in media coverage
Hans Rosling died at the age of 68 on 7 January 2017. As a person striving for a better educated population, more optimism and a more accurate understanding of our
Read MoreCooperation & Competition in the Arctic Circle
Climate change is more apparent in the Arctic Ocean than nearly anywhere else on the planet. In the coming decades, this area is likely to be of increasing interest to
Read MoreBorn into addiction- how opioids affect the next generation
‘Sarah Murray tends to two dozen babies in the neonatal therapeutic unit at Cabell Huntington Hospital. They shake. They vomit. Their inconsolable, high-pitched screams pierce the air. The symptoms can
Read MoreFrançois de Callières and the Practice of Diplomacy
This year we mark three hundred years since the first publication of one of the classic texts in the history of diplomacy: De la manière de négocier avec les souverains
Read MoreThe Mountain of Men
Somewhere deep down in the second ‘leg’ of the peninsula of Chalkidiki, Greece, lays a mountain where only men live. Anyone wanting to see the stunning landscape surrounding Mount Athos,
Read MoreBrexit: Reflections From A New Britain
When I closed my eyes on the eve of the 23rd, I had no idea that I would be waking up at 5 am to the face of Nigel Farage,
Read MoreThe OSCE – a Victim of Its Own Legacy
written by Ansgar Fellendorf The Organization, formerly Conference, for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was created as a product of the Cold War roughly forty years ago in 1975. Then
Read MoreTowards global justice: Pax Initiative
It is crazy how people know everything about Kylie Jenner’s lipstick but not about what ICJ does…like which war it prevented and so on. The Pax Initiative is a non-governmental
Read MoreLocalism, Internationalism, and Nationalism: A 21st Century Debate
written by Aleksis Oreschnikoff Connectivity is all around us. We strive for network accessibility, and in many ways, location has shifted from geographical to virtual: when I’m online, where else
Read More(Review) Orhan Pamuk: history, politics, and melancholy in modern Turkey
Studying scholarly facts-based history can sometimes elude us from understanding human experience in terms of feeling and emotion. We can often escape from the dangers of this (potentially) alienating experience
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