Category: Guest Articles

Photo: Piotr Cierkosz | Unsplash Guest Author: Alexandra Sowinska Alexandra Sowinska studied European Studies at the University of Osnabrück. From the third semester onwards, she concetrated on the domestic political situation in Poland, and was particularly interested in the reforms oft he rule of law and the media system. After that, she continues with the Master’s programme in Eastern European Studies in Hamburg, which offerds her an interdisciplinary view of Poland.   Einleitung Die Europäische Union vertritt in ihrer Verfassung eine Vielzahl von Grundwerten, die nicht nur erstrebenswerte Ideale symbolisieren […]

Photo: the blowup | Unsplash Guest Author: Clara Paulina Hoffmeister  Clara Paulina Hoffmeister recently completed her undergraduate studies in Political Science at the University of Munich. She studied law as a minor, specialising in international law. She is currently preparing for her M.A. in Political Science.   Einleitung Am 21. Oktober 2022 legte das Internationale Komitee des Roten Kreuz (ICRC) der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen einen Bericht vor, wonach zu diesem Zeitpunkt mehr als 180,000 Menschen weltweit beim ICRC als vermisst gemeldet waren. Seit 2017 sind die registrierten Fälle um […]

Photo: Kyle Glenn | Unsplash Guest Author: Costanza Galetto Costanza Galetto is a Master’s student in European Affairs at the Sciences Po, Paris. Enrolled in the “Europe in the World ” policy stream, she explores various topics related to European and International Affairs. She is particularly interested in subjects related to crises and crisis management by governments in the EU, such as the role of politics in narrating and constructing crises. She holds a deep interest in environmental sustainability and climate policies. In the past, she worked on topics related […]

Photo: ev | Unsplash Guest Author: Adil Yildiz Adil Yildiz is a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, in the United States. Previously, he completed his master’s degree in European and Global Studies at the University of Padova in Italy. His research interests are diverse, but include political institutions, social movements, human rights violations and abuses, and international affairs.   The success and efficacy of social movements in influencing policy changes typically originates from their reliance on garnering support from other political and social entities. […]

Photo: Ruthie | Unsplash Guest Author: Amal Sadki Amal Sadki is pursuing a Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Otto-von-Guericke Universität of Magdeburg, after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Global Law and Transnational Legal Studies. Her main areas of interest are migration, border securitisation, arms exports, and postcolonial theory. She loves to write and dreams of a future in Peace and Conflict research.   On 14 July 2021, the Polytechnic University of Turin, one of the most prominent higher education institutions in Italy, announced through its magazine Poliflash […]