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Dec 5, 2017
“An energetic man and a born performer”
Donovan Livingston. Harvard Graduate. It has a certain ring to it, and one would expect things from such a name and title; and I believe...
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Dec 5, 2017
The End of the Liberal World Order
Do we live in a world of paranoia and selfishness? Realist thinkers certainly think so. Realism as a school of foreign policy was the...
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Dec 1, 2017
Lebanon: What is going on and why does it matter?
If you know anything about political relations within the Middle East, you know they are a hot mess. Nowhere is this as exemplified as in...
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Nov 29, 2017
Technology, Truth, Trade: Alexander Stubb’s vision of Europe
He adjusted his jacket, made a wide smile and, after having thanked the moderator and sticked to the formal pleasantries, addressed to...
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Nov 24, 2017
‘Thoughts and prayers’ trending once again: US Mass Shootings
As the first lines of this story were scribbled, aimed to remind the mass shooting on November 5 in First Baptist Church in Sutherland...
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Nov 23, 2017
The Alla’s Conspiracy
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, call it superstition but this year’s unlucky day was...
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Nov 22, 2017
A Catalonian Crisis Timeline
As we are well aware, or should be, this turn of events in Catalonia is a cause for consternation in Europe. With the rise of nationalism...
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Nov 20, 2017
Catalonia: Emancipation or selfishness?
There is not much in this world that brings the heart to the throat such as a close miss in a crucial moment. An almost goal. A hand of...
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Nov 18, 2017
War through the lens of Christina Lamb
On Monday the 6th of November, Maastricht University had the privilege to welcome on its premises a world renowned foreign correspondent...
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Oct 16, 2017
Walking for Action
On Saturday, October 14th 2017, over 140 people dressed up in dark clothes and walked silently around the city of Maastricht drawing...
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Sep 11, 2017
No Place for the Middle Ground
It’s not often that I can say that Donald Trump has elicited any form of debate within me, my usual response being both intellectual and...
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Jun 18, 2017
There is no “Us”, There is no “Them”.
On the 16th of June 2016, MP Jo Cox was murdered while campaigning in her constituency as part of the Remain campaign in the Brexit...
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May 28, 2017
“Losers”: Trump remembers terrorists the way we should.
May 22nd marked 4th anniversary of the murder of British Soldier Lee Rigby, who was hacked to death in the streets of London by two men...
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May 23, 2017
(In)Evitable Disaster
Global warming is an issue that has been imposed on us since my generation was born. We have been told that mankind is destroying our...
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May 18, 2017
Don’t blame 13 Reasons Why
Eszter Sailer | I am sure a lot of you are familiar with the hit series, 13 Reasons Why, or at least have heard about it (a.k.a. seen the...
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May 13, 2017
Jeff Sessions: ‘I did not have sexual relations with that Russian’
Jeff Sessions, despite recusing himself from the FBI’s Russia investigations into the Trump administration, has actively recommended the...
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May 12, 2017
The forgotten war.
Greta Koch | When was the last time you heard news from the war in Ukraine? Quite a while ago? No need to worry, you are not the only...
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May 7, 2017
The West and the Rest: A Global (dis)order | Part 2
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May 4, 2017
The West and the Rest: A Global (dis)order
Giovanni Stanga | What is going on the world? Why is all of this happening right now? What’s next? These are undoubtedly the most...
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Apr 25, 2017
Resist To Exist
“Whoever differs from us, be it a foreign or a political opponent, is seen inevitably as evil. History has to help us to be cured from...
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