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17 Apr 2006
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Do you feel Dutch or Moroccan? Jewish or not? Anne-Ruth Wertheim discusses why we should refrain from posing the loyalty question.
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 The re-emergence of Jemaah Islamiyah as a potent terrorist force has raised serious questions over the effectiveness of the combined Indonesian and Australian security response.
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10 Oct 2005
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by Alan Cafruny and Magnus Ryner
'Far from promoting greater integration, as its architects predicted, the European Monetary Union (EMU) serves to intensify conflict among and within member states by accelerating uneven development, dramatizing inequalities, and provoking demands for the renationalization of monetary policy.'
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Review of the book 'The Profit of Peace: Corporate Responsibility in Conflict Regions' by Karolien Bais and Mijnd Huijser, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield (UK): 2005.
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 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is progressing beyond its role as peacekeeper in the region's violent conflicts, establishing the first zone in Africa, where people can move freely across borders, and making plans for ECO, a single regional currency.
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Contemporary warfare, engaging non-state actors in terrorist attacks and guerrilla tactics, demands a reassessment of the options available to enforce International Humanitarian Law.
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 Het is belangrijk de gang naar het stemhokje te maken; óók als je 'blanco' wilt stemmen.
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In France, the referendum on the European Constitution is sparking more political discussions than most general elections in the last forty years. Reflections on a lively debate.
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Vier agenda's voor democratische hervormingen in het Midden Oosten.
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In January 2005, at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brasil, over a hundred NGOs launched a global call for action against poverty. Soon after, WSF host president Lula, left for the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he repeated the call - receiving as much acclaim there as in Porto Alegre. What does this mean?
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15 May 2005
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 Maina van der Zwan en Pepijn Brandon (Internationale Socialisten) kijken terug op de protesten tegen het bezoek van Bush aan Nederland, en blikken vooruit op de toekomst van de anti-oorlogsbeweging.
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Amper drie weken voor het referendum gaan de campagnes eindelijk van start. Een bedrag van één miljoen Euro werd beschikbaar gesteld aan 'maatschappelijke initiatieven'. Veel van de uitverkorenen zijn echter geen maatschappelijke organisaties maar politieke partijen en gemeenten.
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22 Apr 2005
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Volgens HealthNet International, een Nederlandse hulporganisatie, belemmert de internationale troepenmacht in Afghanistan de wederopbouw van het land.
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A process of slow and hidden transfer is being carried out in the West Bank, where nearly 400,000 Palestinians are candidates for “voluntary emigration” to refugee camps.
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Radio and television journalists like to think of themselves as objective conveyors of different points of view. But the method they use to interview people promotes the division in society.
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This review article draws attention to a new focus in feminist writing on the international/global.
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19 Mar 2005
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 Meer dan 300 organisaties, waaronder RISQ, hebben subsidie aangevraagd voor de campagne voor het referendum over de Europese grondwet, dat op 1 juni plaatsvindt.
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 In Bush´s recente pleidooi voor een levensvatbare Palestijnse staat liggen mogelijkheden voor Europa om bij te dragen aan een daadwerkelijke oplossing van het Israëlisch-Palestijnse conflict.
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10 Mar 2005
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 A recent report of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) documents widespread intolerance, aggressive political rhetoric and discrimination against Muslims in Europe.
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Racism is changing, manifesting itself in more dangerous ways than in the past.
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Lokale sociale bewegingen in El Alto, een dichtbevolkt en arm deel van Bolivia's hoofdstad La Paz, hebben besloten later deze week het waterbedrijf Aguas de Illimani in handen te nemen.
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Faced with the proliferation of tools to measure 'Corporate Social Responsibility' or other 'ethical practices' of private companies, one might want to pause for a second to consider the effectiveness of these new instruments.
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Even if African leaders had the political will, and the African Union (AU) had the capacity to intervene in Sudan, it would be difficult to do so without international support.
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 The Sharm-el-Sheikh summit of Sharon and Abbas is hailed in the media as the opening of a new era. But the bitter reality is that nothing has changed.
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09 Feb 2005
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According to Jan Pronk, the top United Nations envoy in Sudan, there is evidence for ongoing "tribal or ethnic cleansing of dozens of villages" in the Dafur region.
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Should we worry about terrorists attacking us with Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)? An assessment.
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24 Jan 2005
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Auteurs: Christian Ernsten en Joost Janmaat
Dit jaar valt er een besluit over de toekomst van Kosovo. De EU kan een sleutelrol vervullen en bijdragen aan conflictoplossing. De bevolking van Kosovo is echter zeer sceptisch over de EU en blikt angstig vooruit.
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11 Jan 2005
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 Een fotografisch onderzoek naar de effecten van toerisme rond Angkor, Cambodja.
Fotografie en tekst: Linus Harms
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The European Union (EU) is trying to develop a stronger relationship with Israel because it believes this will 'enhance its ability to influence' that country. The EU has not had much success so far. It should think again.
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New U.S. plans to develop earth-penetrating low-yield nuclear weapons for the purpose of destroying underground bunkers and similar hardened targets constitute a major threat to international security in more than one respect.
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