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Martial Law in South Korea and Impeachment of the President, 11 days of tension in Seoul.
South Korea has been in political turmoil since December 3rd when President Yoon Suk-yeol declared Martial Law at 22:30 in a television...
Guest Writer - Andrea Dartigues
Dec 25, 2024
A Progressing or Decaying Democracy? Sunday Summary - 22nd December 2024
Is our democracy decaying or progressing? The age-old question, which often plagues our generation, once again is at the forefront of...
Miren-Alai Rudorfer
Dec 23, 2024


FashionClash Film Programme: Mutual Attraction
In 100 Years of the Fashion Film , Marketa Uhlirova describes the relationship between fashion and cinema as a “mutual attraction.” In...
A.G Thor and Charlotte Godfried
Dec 19, 2024


French governmental crisis: Fears and apprehensions from a French student
Plot Twist I don’t have the age to vote. Still, my age didn’t stop me from being surprised by last June Parliament’s dissolution and...
Augustin Forjonel-Legrand
Dec 17, 2024


"Let the IDF win and f*** the Arabs:” What Really Happened during Amsterdam’s Unrest after Europa League Football Match
On November 7th, the Europa League football match between the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam led to violent clashes...
Léa Besnard
Dec 16, 2024


Sunday Summary- 15th December 2024
Despite the year drawing to an end, issues around the world are far from being concluded. From the constitutional crisis of South Korea,...
Zeteny Jakab
Dec 15, 2024


Knitting in Norway: A Steady Hype
Knitting is going through a revival across social media, but in Norway, it was never dead. When I started my exchange in Trondheim,...
Fin Gerke
Dec 15, 2024


CC - Have You Ever Heard of Sintra?
This town, located next to Lisbon, holds many castles and royal residences. It became a UNESCO Heritage Site in 1995 and the European...
Faustine Rocoplan
Dec 14, 2024


Sportswashing FC? Saudi Expansion in the Beautiful Game
It is official: Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 edition of the FIFA World Cup, the biggest sporting event in the world. The anticipated...
Simone Capuozzo
Dec 13, 2024


Unravelling Dutch Politics: What international students should know about the government and its education reforms
As every student has probably deduced from the amount of emails UM has sent out, Dutch universities are not particularly excited about...
Jet Brinkman
Dec 12, 2024


Sunday Summary - 8th December 2024 - Diving in Troubled Waters: Worldwide Confusions and Concerns.
December is finally here and is supposed to be the “most wonderful time of the year”! However, this week, many sudden developments...
Augustin Forjonel-Legrand
Dec 9, 2024


Global Change Hidden in Plain Sight: The ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion
On Tuesday, I was on my way to the Law Café to get myself a cappuccino, as usual. In the background, the TV was not playing the usual...
Mahault Etienne
Dec 8, 2024


Ukraine’s Next Chapter? 1,000 Days and Counting
As the Ukrainian conflict exceeds a thousands days of relentless fighting, the war has entered an unpredictable phase with heightened...
Emma Larrue
Dec 6, 2024


Has the royal family in Spain become a symbol of division instead of unity?
The Spanish monarchy is a subject of significant divide within Spanish society. Indeed, the royal family raises many questions from a...
Jade Thiebaut
Dec 5, 2024


No Other Land wins IDFA Audience Award as Israel paves the way for Gaza’s resettlement
No Other Land has won the IDFA NPO Doc Audience Award 2024 , the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) public prize...
Ana Navarro
Dec 4, 2024


Data center wars: How the AI Revolution is drawing the new geopolitical battlelines
It is a 100,000 m2 large, energy-consuming, grey box, that stores innumerate computers. What is it? If your guess was a data centre, you...
Zeteny Jakab
Dec 3, 2024


French mass rapes: How the horrific rapes of Gisèle Pelicot highlight the huge effort still needed to achieve gender equality
Trigger warning. This article tackles several difficult topics, including rape and being drugged. More and more people are claiming that...
Violette Gabriel
Dec 2, 2024


Sunday Summary- 1st December 2024: Social Media Ban for Aussie Teens
Very demure word of the year 2024 The last week of November always tends to be chaotic. With Black Friday at the end of it, people...
Patrycja Tobola
Dec 1, 2024


COP29 and the History of Climate Inaction
COP29: The ‘Finance COP’ Between November 11 and 23, 2024, COP29 convened for nearly two weeks of debates, press conferences, and...
Jule Frank
Nov 28, 2024


The Fatal Flaw of the Dutch Welfare State
The Netherlands is a rich country. On a global, even European scale, it is extremely wealthy. It consistently ranks high in quality of...
Jaap Steunenberg
Nov 26, 2024
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