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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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Mathis Hampel
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There is something –missing– about Brazil: Women, social protest and massive sports events0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 30/06/2016
Brazil is used to dealing with two issues lately: massive sport events and extensive social protests that challenge them. Yet the recent brutal gang rape provoked a discourse that had always been downplayed, forgotten – or neglected. When massive sport events make the sex industry flourish, how do we address and tackle the underlying stigmatization of women in Brazil? Authors: Irene Zugasti & Simon Marijsse
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There are too many cars in Azerbaijan. It is essential to switch to bikes.6
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 14/06/2020
Statistically, every seventh person in Azerbaijan owns a car. Three out of four cars are driven in the capital, Baku. Are you not fed up with a habitual picture of omnipresent cars forming jams with noise and stress they produce? It is high time to launch the bike infrastructure in Azerbaijan.
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The ‘Berlin Promise’ – Dashed expectations must not spell defeat in the Western Balkans0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 20/08/2017
The countries of the Western Balkans are facing numerous socioeconomic challenges, such as a dramatic deterioration in democratic governance, slow rates of growth and high unemployment. Despite the fact that full membership for the Western Balkans countries is unquestionably a long way off, EU approximation represents hope for reforms to prevent the region from fading into oblivion and insecurity. This approximation could best be secured in the framework of the Berlin Process.
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The world’s favorite drink: The right time to change producing practices0
- International Trade, Op-ed
- 21/09/2016
No, it is not beer. It is coffee. The beverage that inspired Johan Sebastian Bach to write the Coffee Cantata is a distinct and important part of our lives and cultures. Being a major export commodity nowadays, coffee is a part of the extremely developed market with a very complex production chain. While big coffee players are striving to be “green”, with a strong hue of sustainability, it is questionable how green it is, especially when considering the way coffee is being produced.
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The winding road to full EAC regional integration: lessons from the EU0
- International Trade, Op-ed
- 29/02/2016
An ambitious full regional integration plan by the East African Community has been in the works for the last 16 years after a similar deal collapsed in 1977. Informed by the recent experiences of other regional blocks such as the EU, there are expectations that this time round, the Community will do better.
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The war on terrorism financing – a success in disguise?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 20/02/2017
Last weekend, hundreds of high-level decision-makers from the field of international security and governance came together with heads of government at the 53rd Munich Security Conference. When discussing terrorism, they should also have reassessed the global war on terrorism financing.
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