Op-ed

What drives Japan towards a more aggressive foreign policy?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 22/04/2017
Izumo is a Japanese 249 meter-long warship that can operate up to nine helicopters. It’s the largest warship to be dispatched in the South China Sea and symbolizes the shift of Japanese politics from a pacifist approach to a more aggressive one. Izumo will counter the menaces in the South China Sea, but it will definitively shake up political relations as well.
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The flawed rhetoric around NATO’s two percent 3
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 19/04/2017
Increased contributions to NATO’s budget might not significantly alter member states’ security situation – the aggressive rhetoric around them could.
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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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The urgency of responsible sharing and reform of the asylum system 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 28/03/2017
Is it time for the Common European Asylum System to be reformed?
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When you’re a country, size matters 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 24/03/2017
Recently, media and people all around the world have been paying a lot of attention to migration and asylum policies of countries such as Germany, France, Canada or the United States. Some decisions of leaders of big countries have sparked outrage, while others were met with enthusiasm. But the one thing they had in common was that people heard about them. Smaller countries, on the other hand, often manage to push through controversial legislation without gaining much attention. This is why this piece puts a spotlight on the migration legislation in Slovenia, a European country currently hosting 252 asylum seekers.
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Good practices on disability rights: no more stones on the road 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 21/03/2017
Nowadays, according to the assessment of the European Disability Forum, about 80 million Europeans have a disability. One in four Europeans has a family member with a disability. Six Europeans out of ten know someone, who has a disability. Thus, the protection of vulnerable people requires urgent attention.
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