Brexit: 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 MoreSongs of Protest
In the 1970s hippies embraced the countercultural voices of their generation and protest music was very hip. Now, protest music has a crusty punk rock or dread-locked folk singer imago.
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 MorePolitical Cartoons: There’s Some Method to the Madness
Before my Core Module, Visual Global Politics, I did never really pay attention to them, I thought they were just some faint dull jokes. However, when I delved into the
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
Read MoreThe European Left: All Eyes On Slovenia
The Left in Europe has shown glimpses of electoral success recently in both Greece and Spain. Even a grey-haired, bearded, self-titled socialist has been elected as the leader of the
Read MoreForum Lecture on EU-Ukraine Association Agreement – Q&A
‘Let’s stop being naïve and let’s accept that only by using force can we get Russia to the negotiation table’. In the light of the upcoming Dutch Referendum on the
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