Op-ed

Europe’s ‘Other’ Refugees: Denying asylum to the continent’s most persecuted minority 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 30/01/2017
The European Commission plans to establish a common list of ‘safe countries of origin’ (SCO) across EU Member States in a bid to deal more efficiently with asylum claims from nationals of countries where persecution is deemed unlikely.
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Nuke-armed South Asian governments adopt a “me first” approach on water – and it goes poorly 0
- 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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Dubai, What’s Next?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 18/01/2017
Could Dubai turn into the next Silicon Valley?
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EU citizenship for sale!5
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 12/01/2017
One of the fundamental values of the European Union is democracy: is it democratic for some Member States not to grant citizenship to foreigners’ children, born and raised in their own same country, while others sell citizenship in exchange of money and investments?
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To accept or not to accept?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 09/01/2017
2016 has brought us Brexit and Trump, and with them came the loud, mass calls for repeating or at least recounting the votes. So what happened to respecting the will of the people? Don’t get me wrong, I am just as appalled and disappointed by the recent turn in Western politics as you probably are. However, the people have voted and I must respect that. And so do you and so does everyone else. Whether we are happy about the result or not.
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Central bank independence: Time for a change?0
- Financial Policy and International Markets, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 05/01/2017
The European Central Bank possibly is the most politically independent central bank of our times. But a new era of populism and the related pressures on central banks in the US and Great Britain should catch the attention of European policymakers concerning the relationship with their central bank.
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