Last weekend on Sunday, 28th of July, the population of Mali was called to the boxes to decide about the future of the conflict-ridden state. Against all odds, no violent incidents happened but a bitter aftertaste remains. Fast-Food Democracy –
The protests that we are witnessing on different continents, also involving Brazil, occur through the initiatives of people who interconnect, spontaneously, from various territorial points, giving rise to huge manifestations, without the necessity of a vanguard. This calls into question
Why did the international community fail to prevent and stop the Rwandan Genocide? The Rwandan genocide materialised as one of the most severe cases of mass murder in the post World War II period and represented a violation of the
The debate about new wars has gained a lot of currency in recent years. Scholars out of the field of International Relations as well as Peace and Conflict Studies argued that contemporary wars are qualitatively different form the nature of
[dropshadowbox align=”center” effect=”lifted-both” width=”40%” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ] Mark O’Doherty Map for Realization of Peace between Palestine and Israel Shabka Background Nr. 8-2013 [/dropshadowbox] In the following qualitative explorative study 16 Israeli and Palestinian people were questioned regarding their
Sacrosanct sanctions: A chimeric construction They aim to bring recalcitrant tyrants to their senses, to put an end to their external as well as internal malefaction. With surgical precision, they pull the noose ever closer around the tyrant’s neck, so
German-Egyptian secularist scholar, Hamed Abdel-Samad, is living in fear because he is being bombarded with death threats, after holding a speech about “Islamism” in Cairo. Abdel-Samad became famous in the German-speaking parts of the European Union following his two publications,
This Fotojournal is ought to give an impression about a Syria that ceased to exist in the course of the last years events. One central aim of this Shabka Fotojournal is to promote a differentiated image of Syria and the
Anyone who has aspirations of becoming a president or prime minister in their country has a steep hill to climb. The liberators/revolutionaries are still sitting pretty and in some cases claim they still have years to go. The usual generation
The world’s mineral resources are limited and the extraction and consumption of minerals has expanded dramatically during the recent years. The current pace of expansion pace has brought the depletion of ores nearer, for example Steel manufacturers consider that high-quality
