What makes a good university? Is it the amount of informational knowledge it manages to shove into its paying clients’ minds? Is it not...

On Tuesday 12th Feburary, the Franz Palmer lecture hall was teeming with people, from students to Maastricht citizens, wearing classic or...

Happy new year! The Maastricht Diplomat is back from its winter break and we’re looking forward to 2019. It will be an exciting year. Two...

On October 9th, an auditorium packed to the rafters welcomed Mr. Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent,...

Are you interested in or concerned about today’s economic situation? Up for discussions and controversy? Keen to meet like-minded and...

If you missed the Schumann Lecture at 7th May, worry not! Here is a summary of and commentary on Michael Ignatieff’s lecture on Open...

How happy are you with the EU? Do you think you are democratically represented through the institutional set-up consisting of the...

The longest, bloodiest and most complex War that has ever been fought in the world’s history. A War in which a myriad of factors...

Introduction- The Debate’s Structure The Franz Palm Lecture Hall is packed. 400 students, or even more, have come to the Student Debate...

On Monday 22nd January, MaasX organised an open evening named “Maastricht- What’s up Democracy?” for members of the Maastricht community...

Donovan Livingston. Harvard Graduate. It has a certain ring to it, and one would expect things from such a name and title; and I believe...

Do we live in a world of paranoia and selfishness? Realist thinkers certainly think so. Realism as a school of foreign policy was the...

He adjusted his jacket, made a wide smile and, after having thanked the moderator and sticked to the formal pleasantries, addressed to...

On Monday the 6th of November, Maastricht University had the privilege to welcome on its premises a world renowned foreign correspondent...