The Fall of Mosul and the death of a “state”
The Battle for Mosul started on Cctober 16th, two years after the city fell into the hands of the militants providing them with equipment...
No Man’s Land in The Balkans – The Liberland Case
On April 13, 2015, the world’s newest micronation, the Free Republic of Liberland, was born on a 7 square-kilometre parcel of uninhabited swamp. Situated in...
Unfrozen Armenia?
In April 2016, the tensions on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan fuelled an outbreak of violence which left more than 200 people dead....
“The ones who suffer the most in the Syrian War are Women!”
Majdoleen Hassan is a Syrian lawyer and Human Rights activist. She is part of the Women’s advisory Board to the UN Envoy for Syria....
Vienna Migration Conference Report
Migration is about people. The ICMPD’s motto was boldly displayed all over the venue, the beautiful Hofburg Palace, ready to welcome international dignitaries, politicians...
Behind the Facade: Women’s Rights in India
Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl has seen incremental improvements in the situation of women in India but there is still dramatic disparity between legislation and practice. For centuries, deeply ingrained religious...
POST-BREXIT, POST-TRUMP
After the Brexit dust had settled, it looked as though Barack Obama’s prophetic warning that the UK "would be at the back of the...
