Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history
Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...
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Leilani Radaideh
May 8, 2022
The Contumacious Opioid Epidemic: The Five Pillars
Chinese water tortue is a process by which cold water slowly drips onto the scalp or forehead of a victim who is strapped face up on an...
Ana Navarro Bullo
May 8, 2022
The GIG economic times for the EU: on our way to a more socially proactive Union
Thirty years have gone by since the city where we find ourselves, Maastricht, witnessed the birth of the European Union (EU), bringing...
Anthi Likitsakos
May 7, 2022
The Cryptocurrency debate: Is cryptocurrency harming or helping sustainable development?
Cryptocurrencies have caused a lot of buzz in the past few years with some subscribing to the idea of a decentralized currency system,...
Rhiannon Read
May 6, 2022
Who is ensuring the Rights of Refugees? The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis
Mustafa Mohammed Murshed Al-Raimi, a 37-year-old Yemeni migrant, was buried in Bohoniki, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. He was one of the...
Sarbani Bag and Jonathan Wijayaratne
May 6, 2022
Snakes and Ladders: Sudan’s Long Way to Democracy
Sudan’s movement towards democracy has been a long and arduous journey that has yet to find light at the end of the tunnel. The fight for...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
May 6, 2022
A license to hack: Russia in Ukraine
In cybersecurity it is no longer asked if your system gets breached, it is asked when. No system is safe in the 21st century. Since...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Apr 20, 2022
What it means to be a climate activist during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lockdown. People can only leave their homes for emergencies. Large events are prohibited. The immense momentum of the 2019 Fridays for...
Ethan Bergman
Apr 8, 2022
Anonymous’ Revolution; The Wild West of Cyber Warfare against Russia
‘’One two three four, they declare Cyber War. Five, six, seven, eight hackers do proliferate. Nine, ten, eleven, twelve servers can’t...
Rhiannon Read
Feb 27, 2022
“A Slap In The Face And A Kick In The Head”: The End Of The Road For The Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Since my first visit to Tuol Sleng prison, I have always found it hard to capture the injustices that took place here.
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Feb 21, 2022
The Maastricht Treaty turns 30
On 7th February 1992, the Maastricht Treaty established the foundation of the European Union. In a live broadcast organized by Studio...
Anthi Likitsakos
Dec 29, 2021
Assigning Value to Clothing
A couple of summers ago, my grandmother and I visited her childhood home in her village. Essentially our family's makeshift storage unit,...
Ana Navarro Bullo & Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Dec 12, 2021
Housing in Maastricht: A Human Right Being Sold Off
Travel or you’ll become racist, And you’ll end up believing That your skin is the only one that is right That your language is the most...
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