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Pluralism in a favela: A story of violence and evangelicalism0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 04/05/2016
When walking the streets of Complexo da Maré in Rio, pluralism is engraved in various, albeit paradoxical, ways. Based on live field experiences, this op-ed tackles the social, political and religious twists and turns pluralism takes when entering one of Rio’s most contested spaces.
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Who pacifies the market? Community policing and gentrification in Rio de Janeiro0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 24/03/2016
Imagine Rio de Janeiro. The dilapidated colorful shacks boom up majestically from the exotic beaches of Ipanema and Leblon. Recently pacified favelas like Rocinha and Vidigal are open for business. Yet, formalizing the informal via policies like community policing (UPP), has once again shown Rio’s obstinate urban exclusion and the persistence of its fragmented democracy.
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Europe’s hesitance towards China’s market economy status reframed0
Whilst Free Trade Agreements cause protests around the globe, the debates surrounding China´s WTO accession have largely escaped public turmoil – remarkably so. Hovering in a depoliticized, neutral jargon, technocrats have successfully reframed the latter into a matter of economic criteria, minimizing their divided political views. Europe however should speak one voice, one that is not misguided by the utopia of extreme globalization, yet aware of the political and social stakes that remain.
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Refugee diaspora groups: Bridges between civil society and the state0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 05/02/2016
What type of government or society do we imagine when confronted with a problem as dire and encompassing as the refugee crisis? Recently, the OECD urged the European member states to scale-up and adapt to the refugee crisis. Yet it remains unclear and opaque what this adaptability should look like, how it should take form and what the role of civil society might be. What is clear is that instead of pointing fingers at other states, governments should take an empowering stance towards their own civil society and refugee diaspora groups.
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The third intifada: Has the EU failed to comprehend once again?1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 03/12/2015
Mogherini calls for strong leadership to end the violence and to maintain the two-state solution as a sole pathway to peace in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Yet, recent grass root developments and local political shifts last March expose the blindness of this diplomatic hand wave.
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Policy Research Internship
- Opportunities
- 22/10/2018
Policy Research Internship
- Opportunities
- 22/10/2018