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“A Slap In The Face And A Kick In The Head”: The End Of The Road For The Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Since my first visit to Tuol Sleng prison, I have always found it hard to capture the injustices that took place here.
Rhiannon Read
Feb 27, 2022


The Maastricht Treaty turns 30
On 7th February 1992, the Maastricht Treaty established the foundation of the European Union. In a live broadcast organized by Studio...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Feb 21, 2022


Greenwashed or Willfully Ignorant? The EU and Shark Fin Trade
Emre Küpcük is a student of European Studies at Maastricht University and the Chief Communications Officer of Bridge Europe. He focuses...
Guest Writer
Feb 8, 2022


The Economics of Sustainable Cannabis Trade
For a Sustainable International Cannabis Trade of the Future Cannabis users of Maastricht are no strangers to coffeeshops such as Smokey,...
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Dec 21, 2021


Forgotten borders?
A thought on borders from one of Europe’s smallest countries For many people of our generation who have been born and raised in Europe,...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Dec 16, 2021


Terrorism: Our Heritage in Danger
In the twenty-first century, terrorism still murders our heritage, plunders, and robs us of our references. By "our heritage", I mean the...
Léane Del Duca
Dec 14, 2021


Housing in Maastricht: A Human Right Being Sold Off
Travel or you’ll become racist, And you’ll end up believing That your skin is the only one that is right That your language is the most...
Ana Navarro Bullo & Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Dec 12, 2021


The Great Phenomenon of the Gauche Caviar
In the United Kingdom, we use the term “Champagne socialist”, in Germany “Salonkommunist” and in France it is called “Gauche de Salon” or...
Alodia Heijmans
Nov 25, 2021


UN101: What is UNESCO and why should we care about it?
Imagine an agency of the UN that focused on spreading and promoting peace and security through the means of international cooperation in...
Leilani Radaideh
Nov 24, 2021


COP26: Business as usual?
On Wednesday evening last week, speakers from Maastricht’s different climate organizations came together to debate the outcomes of this...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Nov 22, 2021


Calais five years on: Covid, Brexit and hostile policies
Guest article by Carla Laudien, Fundraising and Events Executive at Maastricht Goes to Calais At the beginning of the last academic year,...
Guest Writer
Aug 2, 2021


Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act: a pragmatic step toward principled wilderness
In November 2020, almost unnoticed between a second wave of Covid infections and the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court...
Peter Pelzer
Apr 30, 2021


India’s Farmers rise up and the world is not watching
In the closing months of 2020, over a quarter billion people have taken to the streets of India to protest the new farming bills that...
Céline Zahno
Mar 25, 2021


Arabia’s Temple of Dreams and the World’s Horrifying Nightmares.
“Hey, you, the unfair tyrants… You the lovers of the darkness… You the enemies of life… You’ve made fun of innocent people’s wounds, and...
Guest Writer
Mar 13, 2021


Political Poisoning – The Downfall of the Ultimate Silencer
“When poison becomes a habit, it ceases to injure” Assassinations are as old as all human societies. Whether you wish to replace a...
Ethan Bergman
Feb 10, 2021


Guns, Oil & Heat for the North Pole; The Actual Cold War
Sometimes the perception of power is more important than physical might. It seems Santa Claus will no longer have a monopoly on business...
Ethan Bergman
Jan 17, 2021


Football Hooliganism & Identity Hijack; Ajax’s Jewish Persona
The vast majority of sport club fan bases have a formed identity and culture which permits them to differentiate themselves from others,...
Ethan Bergman
Jan 9, 2021


Let us not forget our humanity.
Since February, societies worldwide have found themselves in a downward spiral of crisis. Negativity is all around and difficult to...
Marence Jurgens
Dec 30, 2020


Easy as ACB – On Amy Coney Barrett’s Induction Into the SCOTUS
From Ginsburg’s era of freedoms and equality to Coney Barrett’s conservative reign of dismantling minority rights. On September 18th of...
Paula Cepeda Gallo
Dec 23, 2020


Blowing the dogwhistle and dividing society
“Globohomo”, “Le Happy Merchant”, "Identitarianism », « Jogger », « Kalergi Plan », « Magapede », « Power level », « Shlomo », « Three...
Ethan Bergman
Nov 13, 2020
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