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The Case Of Switzerland (Part I): Defining Neutrality

Switzerland is among the most prominent neutral states in the world, while it is at the same time being important…

2 years ago

The Case Of Switzerland (Part II): Defining Neutrality

In the previous part, the history and essence of the Swiss neutrality policy was reviewed, along with moments in which…

2 years ago

The Muslim Efficacy of Daesh (ISIS): Without Philosophy, With Myth

It has become a norm to hear, that the Muslim ‘extreme’ is of the minority, a thesis perpetuated by the…

2 years ago

Urban Centres And Rural Areas – The Return Of The City-state?

Over the last couple of years and electoral cycles, one of the oldest pieces of news has been the dichotomy…

2 years ago

Deforestation, Logging And Mining: A Deadly Combination For The Amazon Rainforest

Deforestation, Logging and Minning: a deadly combination for the Amazon rainforest. Fig 1: Eco4u, 2011 The Amazon forest is the largest,…

2 years ago

Kenya’s Battle Against Terrorism

With the world’s attention focusing on recent terrorist attacks in Nigeria it is easy to forget that other African countries…

2 years ago

Same-Sex Marrieage – A Global Social Movement

Activists in the LGBT+ community celebrated an historic legal victory this summer when the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold…

2 years ago

The Peruvian…Miracle? Why We Should Look Beyond the GDP

For the past fifteen years, the Peruvian economy has been booming; since the start of the last decade, the country…

2 years ago

Thai Politics: More of the Same Old Story?

Following months of speculations, Junta leader General Prayut Chan-o-chan confirmed in his weekly television programme, Returning Happiness to Thai People, that he would not…

2 years ago

Europe’s Role in an East Asian War

This article was originally published on Seidler’s Sicherheitspolitik blog. Major war in East Asia is a very unpleasant, but not unthinkable scenario.…

2 years ago