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  • Putin’s fan club on the rise in Europe and America

    Putin’s fan club on the rise in Europe and America0

    In 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and involved itself in the secessionist wars of Donetsk and Luhansk, the consequent international sanctions from the European Union and America signaled an end to Russia’s positive diplomatic relations with the west. Now, almost three years later, these sanctions have failed to act as a deterrent for Putin to yield Russia’s control over the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine.

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  • Pretending to care for migrants

    Pretending to care for migrants0

    On August 20 the Italian ship U. Diciotti with approximately 190 refugees on board docked at the port of Catania, Sicily. Soon after, the Italian government refused to let people off the ship, under the orders of new interior minister Matteo Salvini. For five days the entire group was detained in the docked ship. Under pressure of international community, the passengers were finally allowed off the ship on August 26. A similar situation occurred in June 2018 with the vessel Aquarius, which has been refused access to ports in Italy and Malta in the end having gone to Spain.

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  • Positive implications of CETA on the wood industry sector in the EU and CANADA

    Positive implications of CETA on the wood industry sector in the EU and CANADA0

    The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between EU and Canada promises to create a better business environment on both sides of the Atlantic. When applied, the CETA will strive to remove customs duties, open up to the services market, end the restrictions on access to public contracts and support future investors. Moreover, the agreement is designed to support standards, especially those that Europeans are sensitive about such as food safety and worker’s rights.

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  • Politika ubijanja oduševljenja (crtice o predizbornoj kampanji u BiH)0

    Kako nazvati predizborno šarenilo od plakata i glasila razasutih po Bosni i Hercegovini? Kako opisati terensku demokratiju, pusto ispražnjenu od svakog sadržaja, napose od političkog? Kako dati ozbiljan, analitičan pregled programa političkih stranaka, kada su njihove sadržaje zasenila lica, stara i nova ‘pamflet naslovnica’? Nema tu oduševljenja. Suzbijeno. Isto se gradivo potvrđuje godinama. Kao lošim

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  • Politicizing children’s rights: the United Nations and the crisis of impunity

    Politicizing children’s rights: the United Nations and the crisis of impunity0

    UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflicts recently issued its well-known ‘list of shame’. This report tracks State Parties and non-state actors that commit grave violations against children in armed conflict. Saudi Arabia is not included.

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  • Political Commission: What can we learn from the past and what does the future hold?

    Political Commission: What can we learn from the past and what does the future hold?0

    On 1st of November 2014, the new European Commission with Jean-Claude Juncker as President started its mandate. Among the first public events Mr. Juncker chose to attend are the presentation of Helmut Kohl’s book in Frankfurt and a debate with former Commission President Jacques Delors. The two people he decided to meet have, along with Francois Mitterrand, marked the process of building the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in the 1990s. This process is known to be characterized by the strong influence of the Franco-German engine of EU integration and the European Commission with a strong leader, Jacques Delors. I believe most of us can agree that in the meantime, we had three Commission Presidents that hardly left a mark.

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