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18 hours ago

Make women feel safe again.

It’s late at night and you are a woman walking home. Alone. You have your keys between your fingers (a trick passed down for...

Valentina Couceiro & Brendan Hogan

a day ago

A war fought in the dark

With a long history and various players, Ethiopian politics is to most people an unknown. For many university students, it is not a...

Piracy, kidnapping and maritime instability: The Gulf of Guinea has caught Europe’s attention

Jan Haverman

2 days ago

Piracy, kidnapping and maritime instability: The Gulf of Guinea has caught Europe’s attention

The European Union has evolved its maritime policy in order to regain control over African waters. Already two years ago, in 2019, the...

Council of European Union & European Parliament – Rule of Law Conditionality of EU Budget

Marence Jurgens

3 days ago

Council of European Union & European Parliament – Rule of Law Conditionality of EU Budget

In the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the European Union declared its proposals for a new long-term EU budget. The framework...

The Eastern Mediterranean Dispute and the Future of NATO as a Security Alliance

Parthabi Kanungo

4 days ago

The Eastern Mediterranean Dispute and the Future of NATO as a Security Alliance

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which completed 70 years in 2019, has come a long way from its early vision of providing...

Céline Zahno

5 days ago

Learning from the EU’s mistakes

Pan-Africanism and sustainable strategies to provide electricity for all In 2013, the African Union introduced Agenda 2063, its...

Head Editor

6 days ago

It's all over bar the shouting.

My last four years with the Maastricht Diplomat are coming to a close. This will be the last Editor's Letter that I will write here....

The persistent nature of Blood Diamonds: Permitting slavery in the Modern Diamond Pipeline

Ethan Bergman

6 days ago

The persistent nature of Blood Diamonds: Permitting slavery in the Modern Diamond Pipeline

As the old saying goes, some would claim that Diamonds are forever. Yet, does that include the accompanying exploitative characteristics...

‘Forced loneliness’: new challenges for the WHO Mental Health Plan in light of the pandemic

Teresa Costa & Carmen Critelli

7 days ago

‘Forced loneliness’: new challenges for the WHO Mental Health Plan in light of the pandemic

‘Imagine yourself closed for months in a cage. You can only communicate with others through the cage’s bars and you are not able to free...

MASEL TOV COCKTAIL: A Short film about Jewish stereotypes…Or just an angry Jew

Max Welford

May 2

MASEL TOV COCKTAIL: A Short film about Jewish stereotypes…Or just an angry Jew

Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15az-XaW6Ms&ab_channel=KINO%21GermanyNow%21 A scene from Masel Tov Cocktail (Vimeo) “You got...

Natasha Simpson

May 2

Bring back the Bronzes

The scramble for Africa’s lands, minerals and labour by European nations seeking wealth and glory forever changed the ways in which many...

Pan-European, pragmatic, and progressive – Volt Maastricht

Marence Jurgens

Apr 28

Pan-European, pragmatic, and progressive – Volt Maastricht

A while ago I had the privilege to meet with Konrad von Klitzing (City Lead Volt Maastricht). He shared with me his views on politics, wh...

The Backbone of the United Students of Maastricht: In Dialogue with the Party’s Founder.

Paula Cepeda Gallo

Apr 13

The Backbone of the United Students of Maastricht: In Dialogue with the Party’s Founder.

As Maastricht University boasts a reputation as the most international university in the Netherlands, it is interesting to note that...

Head Editor

Apr 11

A changing of the guard.

It is with great solemnity that the Maastricht Diplomat marks the passing of Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of...

Getting Away with Murder: Entitlement and Accountability in Turkish Femicide

Ela Jade Unal

Apr 9

Getting Away with Murder: Entitlement and Accountability in Turkish Femicide

The decade has seen a massive rise in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide in Turkey.Between 2008 and 2019, at least 3,185 women...

Natasha Simpson

Apr 7

Better Days Ahead.

Trigger warning: Eating disorders, anxiety, depression. Sometimes it is difficult to express what it is like to feel like the world is...

Natasha Simpson

Apr 7

Masturbation Magic.

Studies show that having frequent consensual sex and or orgasms reduces stress levels, lowers blood pressure, and may even get us more...

Suzon Mazataud

Apr 4

Coups, corona, and tax hikes.

Starting with some fresh news: Jordan's former crown prince, Hamza Bin Hussein, has been placed under house arrest over an alleged coup....

Head Editor

Apr 4

A spring clean.

There is a glimmer of sunshine. The worst of winter is behind us and the promise of a vaccinated summer lies ahead. Although covid...

Jan Haverman

Mar 28

DOPE: Large, Pragmatic and Dutch

Maastricht's biggest student party demands the best possible education, even in Covid times. When Rozemarijn Kahle (second year student...

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