Offshoring of the Asylum Processing – The EU and the Italo-Albanian Migration Agreement
On Wednesday, 16 October, 2024, an Italian Navy vessel carrying sixteen migrants of Egyptian and Bangladeshi origins arrived at the Albanian port of Shëngjin,...
Gabriel Attal – Portrait d’une ambition
L’hiver semblait porter une chaleur et un élan. Au début du mois de janvier 2024, Élisabeth Borne, à la tête d’un gouvernement déjà vieux...
Gaza – The End of the Rules-Based Order
The current post-World War II global order is on the brink of collapse as our society is faced with an unprecedented number of horrific,...
Fought but Unnamed
Today, politicians rarely refer to military conflicts they start as “war”, often using less direct terms. The reasons for this lie in the foundations...
Is the West (and Austria) in Breach of the Genocide Convention?
Since 7 October, 2023, the Israeli government has received immense financial, military, diplomatic, and political support from many Western powers. The Austrian Government especially...
Germany’s Democratic Dilemma: Navigating AfD’s Extremism Ahead of Regional Elections
The partially rightist-extremist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany is facing an unprecedented combination of scandals with crucial regional elections in Eastern Germany...
Born to Lose: Why the DNC is Condemning Itself to Irrelevancy
In a recent appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show, Hillary Clinton expressed her strong disapproval of undecided voters in the upcoming election. In...
A Commentary on the Human Dimension of Conflicts
Outbreaks of conflict and wars, regardless of their scale, location or causes, invariably divert the bulk of the attention to the violence. I am...
Confronting Our Past Wrongs: Killers of the Flower Moon and Difficult Conversations
*spoilers for Killers of the Flower Moon*
Coming out of Killers of the Flower Moon, I felt a deep sense of anger and sadness within...
Erasmus for America
In the 21st century, the United States has experienced a weakening social contract between citizens and their governing institutions, festering animosity between different cultural...
