By Jacco van der Veen and Rachelle Wildeboer Schut Robert Harris is one of the UK’s most widely known authors. Although mainly known from his works of historical fiction, his most recent book is set in the future. In The Second Sleep, the world is experiencing...
By Sabine Stroband The presidential elections in the United States are coming closer. On November 3rd, the American population will vote either for President Donald Trump, or his opponent Joe Biden. The United States seems to be in a state of crisis, not only due to...
- Will the deal inevitably lead to the Union’s deeper economic integration? By Emanuel Skog “We did it: Europe is strong, Europe is robust, and above all, Europe is united” [1]. Those were the words uttered by the European Council President Charles Michel when reaching an agreement on...
Frank Creations is a non-governmental organization based in Nieuwspoort, the international press centre in The Hague, with employees stationed throughout the globe. Frank Creations was founded by former diplomat Boy Frank, who has held posts in various conflict areas around the world. Chief Operations Officer...
By Franziska Kuehl On 19 February 2020, Ferhat Unvar, 23-years-old, met some of his friends in the Arena Bar, a 24/7 Kiosk in Kesselstadt, Germany. It was late at night, somewhere around 10 pm, when an armed man arrived at the establishment and opened fire. He...
By Aileen Schuurmans This is the second article of the series on the narratives of state leaders about the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first article of the series, which was published last week, it was shown how many, mostly Western, state leaders presented the crisis as...
By Aileen Schuurmans Political communication and the role of language is extremely important for policies themselves and the way in which they are perceived by the public. In a crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic this becomes clearly visible. In this article I attempt to show...
7 Rules for Jihad Why Jihadis go where they go, and where that might lead them next. By Giles Longley In March 2003, Osama bin Laden laid out his list of new fronts for the international Jihad movement. The list included Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.Iraq did...
By Franziska Kuehl Since January 2020, the world has been heavily impacted by a pandemic. Although somewhat predictable, many countries seemed underprepared and overwhelmed with its consequences. Amidst these chaotic times, a particular phenomenon has not been paid a lot of attention to: how extremists continue...
- What Washington’s campaign of targeting Huawei tells us about the U.S.-China tech war and its consequences By Emanuel Skog The countdown to the 5G revolution has already begun. The rollout of the more advanced 5G mobile networks is not a question about whether it will materialize, but instead...