Posted on March 19, 2015. Tags: Atizapan, Baltic States, Crime, discrimination, EuroLat, femicide, feminicidio, gender, global, inequality, machismo, macho, Michelle Bachelet, patricarchal, violence, Women, Women's Rights
Gender inequality is a thing of the past. This is the narrative we are fed; that any incidences of violence or discrimination regarding gender, particularly towards women, are anomalies often attributed to developing countries. We are all quite content to think, “We’ve got this under wraps” and the discussion is closed. The fact of the […]
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Posted in Europe, Latin America, Mexico, UN, Uncategorized, World
Posted on February 21, 2015. Tags: Arab Spring, Asylum Seeker, boat, Brussels, consequences, Death, Dublin, Europe, Frontex, Hungary, Immigration, International Security, Iraq, Ireland, IS, ISIS, Italy, Middle East, Migration, navy, problem economy, Refugee, Sea, Syria, Terrorism, Threat, Triton, UN, UNHCR
John Donne famously reminded us that ‘no man is an island’. Likewise in today’s polycentric, ever-globalized, and interconnected world, no state can remain untouched by social, economic, or political influences from neighbouring states. As terrible as Islamic State has been for people living in Syria, Iraq and Libya, its effects on Europe are also increasingly being felt. […]
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Posted in Africa, Conflict, Economic Security, Europe, Germany, Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Refugees, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, UN, World
Posted on January 27, 2015. Tags: humanitarian intervention, Iraq, r2p, responsibility to protect, UN, united nations
The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine was agreed by UN member states in the 2005 World Outcome document. As we near the tenth anniversary of its adoption, how successful has it been? R2P replaces humanitarian intervention as a way in which the UN has justified state intervention. Implementation of R2P has come in 3 forms: i) […]
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Posted in Conflict, Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, UN, World
Posted on January 25, 2015. Tags: Afghanistan, Aid, Al Qaeda, Counter-terrorism, Culture, development, Enlightenment, Human, Humanitarian, Iraq, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Military, Modernity, Philosophy, Politics, Poverty, rights, Taliban, Terrorism, UN, World
Why are humanitarian workers targeted? On World Humanitarian Day this year the United Nations reported that in various conflict zones in 2013, 155 aid workers were killed, 171 were injured and 134 were taken as captives. We have to ask, what is the justification for such acts? Let us begin with the illegal occupation of […]
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Posted in Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Religion, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, UN, World