The repatriation of ISIS’s European fighters is one of the most pressing and divisive issues that Europe is faced with today. Politicians have been reluctant to repatriate them and to risk another attack on European soil. However, member states’ current
Building a better global architecture for international development cooperation after the COVID-19 pandemic The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the multiple crises it unleashed around the world coincided with the beginning of the period that the world leaders dubbed
Lukas Wank moderated the recent online discussion with Michael Zinkanell and Sofia Maria Satanakis, which was organised in cooperation with the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES). Together they debated the security implications of the Covid-19 pandemic. The most relevant
Die COVID-19 Krise als Pandemie ist weit mehr als nur ein gesundheitliches Problem. Sie wird viele Menschen, Staaten und Gruppierungen vor gesellschaftliche, politische und wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen stellen – dies gilt auch für so manchen lange festgefahrenen Konflikt. Diese Kommentarreihe geht
German Version An unserer Welt rüttelt es. Schauen wir nach oben, sehen wir eine Klimakatastrophe. Beim Rundumblick in die Welt sehen wir immense humanitäre Herausforderungen, wir sehen grassierende Ungleichheiten und Konflikte. Wir erkennen, dass unsere Welt vernetzt, komplex und umkämpft
Shabka hosted its first webinar on Wednesday, 13th of May 2020, titled “From Civilian Power to Defence Union. Do we need to rethink peace policy in the EU?”. The debate was opened by Marie-Curie doctoral fellow Johann Wolfschwenger. He gave
There are manifold similarities between Niger and Mali in terms of their history, geography, demography, societal challenges, and security threats. Nevertheless these two countries differ quite substantively in how stable they are. An article about peacebuilding in West Africa.
Since the rise of globalisation, the world has now become like a small neighbourhood where people can easily interact with each other without facing any serious barriers.
Am 13. März diskutierte Shabka gemeinsam mit dem Think Tank Ponto in Kooperation mit der „Cooperative Security Initiative“ (CSI) der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung und dem slowakischen Think Tank Globsec am International Institute for Peace (IIP) über die Zukunft europäischer Sicherheit. Ziel war
Introduction In Oceania at the present day, Science, in the old sense, has almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word for “Science”. The empirical method of thought, on which all the scientific achievements of the past were
