The Strongmen and COVID-19
Throughout history political figures have used crises
to gain political advantage; COVID-19 offers no exception to this.
“In moments of crisis, people are willing to...
The end of the European holiday from history: Katarzyna Pisarska on the revival of...
24th February 2022. “Hello, I’m sorry, but we have to reschedule this meeting.” The timing of our first interview turned out to be more...
The Kazakhstan Riots: Orientalism and Power in the Heart of Asia
Between the 2nd and the 11th of January 2022, Kazakhstan saw the biggest and most violent riots of its three decades of independence. Within...
Girls’ Educational Challenge in Rural Vietnam
By: Jaewon Son (Guest writer)
-The Case of Lao Cai Province, Vietnam-
This December, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is turning 70. Although it holds...
Secessionist Tendencies in Bosnia – The Beginning of the End for the Bosnian Entities?
At a party conference in 2015 the President of the tiny Republika Srpska (RS) announced a referendum on the independence of this Bosnian entity....
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...
YPJ: Female Freedom Fighters on the Front Lines
By: Sebastian Egger (Guest Writer)
At the end of a long and brutal war, there is now a degree of stability in the region. Moreover,...
Intimate Diplomacy: International Adoption on the World Stage
A shocking 40% of adopted children in the US are of a different race or culture than their adopted parents.
Foreign adoptions have dropped from...
Who Trumped Whom? Making Sense of the US Midterm Elections
By: Thomas Kögler (Guest Writer)
The US midterm elections resulted in a split Congress, with the Democrats taking control of the House and the Republicans...
The Syrian paradox: Why ‘one does not simply walk into Mordor,’ nor out of...
Dark and obscure Mordor has almost nothing to do with culturally rich and fascinating Syria. The only common factor is that third parties can...
