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Doe het niet! Maastricht’s Anti-Budget Cut Protest Turnout
Decked out in ponchos with umbrellas and anti-budget cut signs, a congregation of students, tutors, professors, and concerned citizens...
Emma Godfried & Ella Leffler
1 day ago

Autocrats in trouble?: Political turbulence in Southeast Europe
With Trump’s election to power and the arguable decline of the liberal world order, this might be an untimely question to ask. However,...
Zeteny Jakab
4 days ago


What To Expect From The New German Government
Germany’s incoming government presented a coalition deal last Wednesday, pledging to boost the economy and military – but critics say it...
Jule Frank
4 days ago


Monsters and Their Morals: The Danger of Demonizing Nazis
In 1963, Hannah Arendt pointed out that portraying all Nazis as pure evil is incorrect. But next to incorrect, it is also incredibly...
Bas Crousen
4 days ago

Mr Booker Goes to Washington
On April 1, 2025, Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey made history by delivering the longest floor speech ever in the United...
Emma Larrue
5 days ago

U.S. Increases Tariffs on Chinese Imports
Thought to be risking significant trade tensions, President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports, effective...
Sena Gonel
6 days ago

“Je suis Marine”: an Overview of Le Pen’s Embezzlement Conviction
After a meteoric rise in popularity in recent years, far-right French candidate Marine Le Pen was, by far, one of the likeliest winners...

The A69 Project, or the Inertia of our Current System
It is no surprise that our current system needs a radical makeover if we wish to keep our blue planet habitable. As of today , we have...
Virgile de Maupeou
Apr 12


Is it the end of 'The End of History'? The ReArm Europe Plan
The trend is becoming clearer: the EU is entering its 'rearmament era'. On Thursday, March 6th, just hours after US President Donald...
Lisa Volpin
Mar 27


The March 10, 2025 Agreement: A Historic Turning Point for Syria and its Neighbors
On March 10, 2025, Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Charaa , and the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi ,...
Jade Thiebaut
Mar 24

Unpredictability as Power? Trump’s Madman Diplomacy and its Implications
Donald J. Trump, the self-proclaimed master negotiator, has already caused plenty of turmoil in his second term as president of the...
Mark Sijtsma
Mar 20


The Struggle for Free Speech: Social Media and the EU Digital Services Act
Free speech is back. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, has surprised the online world by announcing the termination of fact-checking...
Simone Capuozzo
Mar 15


Und Jetzt? Germany's future after the elections
Do you think this is just the start? It's over, finally! After more than three and a half months of a dirty electoral campaign, the...


Wake EUp!
We, students of Europe, believe in a more powerful European Union. You may think it's a craze, but we assure you that European...
Head Editor
Mar 5

Is He Just Teasing Us?
Trumpian Rhetoric In A Sensitive Question A lunatic is best identified by his erratic words, followed by actions alike. The US President...
Jakob Aufenberg
Feb 27

Diagnosing the Crisis: How to Explain the Structural Failures of the US Healthcare Model?
Last October, in the early days of my exchange program in Washington, D.C., I found myself at a birthday dinner. As the conversation...
Charlotte Pennings
Feb 24


The UN Security Council: Victim of Inefficiency or Lack of Legitimacy in International Relations?
The United Nations was founded in 1945 with a clear mission: to maintain international peace, enforce international law, and prevent...
Jade Thiebaut
Feb 22

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show and the Politics of Performance
Except if you live in a cave, you could not have missed the annual U.S. Superbowl game, which took place in New Orleans (Louisiana) on...

“Please don’t let it be a Muslim”: an interview on Islamophobia and racism after last summer’s events in the UK
On July 29 2024 in Southport, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana was arrested after repeatedly stabbing three little girls as they left a Taylor...
Esther Wolff
Feb 19


Ethiopia’s Strategic Pursuit of Water and Maritime Access Through Somalia
The Horn of Africa is witnessing new unrest as Ethiopia seeks access to water and port facilities through Somalia. Ethiopia’s move, the...
Jules Boelens
Feb 13

China’s Solar Oceans
On a sweat-inducing, sweltering day last summer I landed in Shanghai. It had been a long time coming. Since high school, I had wanted to...
Jaap Steunenberg
Feb 11

Silent Suffering: China's hidden grasp on Hong Kong
When I was planning my solo trip to the mountains this year, I had no idea I would meet this inspiring Hong Kong citizen along the way...
Patrycja Tobola
Feb 10

The Gaza Ceasefire : 3 Stages for 1 Lasting Peace
On January 15, 2025, after 15 brutal months of conflict, a temporary ceasefire deal was finally reached between Israel and Gaza...
Emma Larrue
Feb 7


Germany: Stop Playing With Fire
At exactly 12 PM on January 29 , the German parliament gathered in Berlin for a memorial service in honour of the Holocaust victims. The...
Jule Frank
Feb 4

Tech titans to tech tyrants: The remarkable journey of tech entrepreneurs to the heart of power
“I believe the former president should be responsible for his words, and the people who broke the law should be responsible for their...
Zeteny Jakab
Jan 31


How to Bring Down a Tyranny: Lessons from South Africa to Palestine
A few days ago, I watched a documentary at Lumière titled Ernest Cole, Lost and Found , which explored the brutal history of Apartheid in...
Léa Besnard
Jan 27

The Trial of Luigi Mangione and the American HealthCare System
On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...
Elena Bovée
Jan 23

Terror at the Christmas Market: A Catalyst for Migration Debate
The 20th of December, only four days before Christmas, turned out to be a tragic day for many German citizens. A car driven by...
Patrycja Tobola
Jan 17


The UN’s New Cybercrime Treaty: Win against Cybercrime or Loss for Human Rights?
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has adopted a new Convention against Cybercrime on December 24th 2024. The multiple years of...
Fin Gerke
Jan 15

Don't Paint It All Black
Much ink has been spilled about the German political and economic demise from domestic and foreign contributors. This is the great thing...
Jakob Aufenberg
Dec 29, 2024


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


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


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

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

Germany: Lets Go Green, But What About the Economy?
Germany without a doubt has one of the leading economies in the world, and as their ambitious energy transition is coming underway, it...
Sena Gonel
Nov 29, 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

“If Crisis Comes” Lessons from Sweden and the Nordics on War
For the next two weeks, in addition to their weekly magazines and newspapers, millions of Swedes will receive in their mailboxes what...
Alexiane François
Nov 25, 2024

Monuments of Peril and Power: The Politics of Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers have long transcended their utilitarian function, now serving as emblems of national pride, political power and economic...
Mark Sijtsma
Nov 20, 2024

Germany: The New Sickman of Europe
“Blühende Landschaften” 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the former chancellor Helmut Kohl’s evocation of “Blühende...
Augustin Forjonel-Legrand
Nov 16, 2024


Cancelled Protests in Utrecht: an Isolated Event or a Threat to the Right to Demonstrate in the Netherlands?
The nationwide protest against a 1 billion cut in the 2025 Dutch budget for higher education and research, originally scheduled in...
Léa Besnard
Nov 15, 2024


The Fall of a Dictator: An Account of the Student-People’s Uprising in Bangladesh
Quotas for government jobs may not be what you think would spark up a revolution — even though they were indeed the initial driver behind...
Léa Besnard
Nov 14, 2024

Femicides in Turkey: A National Emergency
The republic of Türkiye, majorly known as Turkey internationally, is a country in the Middle East famous for its tourist spots and...
Sena Gonel
Nov 13, 2024
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