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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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On Dinkos and the Rule of law: Bulgaria facing migration0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 08/08/2016
Bulgaria has a problem with migrants. But most importantly, Bulgaria has a problem with itself.
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Oil extraction in Italy and “collateral” damage0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 21/03/2018
The hydrocarbon sector threatens health and environment in Italy, but fossil fuels continue to be the cornerstone of the national energy policy.
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Offshoring EU Asylum: Where to draw the line in the fight against irregular migration?0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 10/04/2017
Calls from high-profile European politicians to adopt a policy resembling Australia’s controversial ‘offshore’ asylum model have rightly been rejected as legally inadmissible, logistically unfeasible, and morally unacceptable. The fact that such a discussion is taking place, however, highlights the ongoing failure of Dublin reform discussions and the overall lack of a credible EU strategy for managing arrivals and saving lives in the central Mediterranean. It is also symptomatic of the growing influence of the right in Europe’s migration debate.
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Obama’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity: Sharing is caring or a new loophole for ubiquitous surveillance?0
- Digital Policy and Internet Governance, Op-ed
- 13/03/2015
“Everybody is online, and everybody is vulnerable” – claims the US President, Barack Obama, preaching for the necessity of strengthening the US cybersecurity at the White House’s Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection on February 13, 2015. However, there is always the reverse side of the coin, and, ironically, such a statement could have been equally used to describe the consequent situation with consumer privacy and omnibus surveillance.
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Nuke-armed South Asian governments adopt a “me first” approach on water – and it goes poorly0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 26/01/2017
Since 2010, South Asia has witnessed a resurgence of the long standing Indo-Pakistani territorial dispute over Kashmir. Yet, while the conflict has oft been simply characterized as friction over Pakistani support for the regional Muslim self-determination movement, underlying water sharing concerns also play a significant part in the prolonged tension between the nuclear powers. The climate-change induced Bengali migration and water scarcity that affects these nations will only worsen. The resulting stress on resources portends longer-term threats to South Asian stability – the extent depends on whether the region hoards or cooperates.
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Not-so-green games for a blue planet0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 06/07/2016
The organisers of the Rio Olympic Games promised to clean up Rio’s dangerously polluted waterways and provide sanitation for at least 80% of the inhabitants before 2016. As the games draw near, they admit that they have failed, but claim that there are no risks to athletes or to the general public.
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