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Vigilance Needed Over Duterte’s ‘Emergency Powers’

Going to the supermarket these days brings back memories of the 1970s, when the Philippines was in the iron grip of a dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. It’s because last month, President Rodrigo Duterte...

Dont let economic stability be a pay off in social distancing

On March 31, 2020, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued Directive No. 16/CT-TTg, which mandates strict social distancing throughout the country for 15 days, only factories, production facilities and...

68th Session of ME 2.0 Forum - Israel After Third Elections

We continue to move our activities online! Yesterday we conducted our first online session with the members of our ME 2.0 Palestinian-Israeli Young Business Leaders Forum. The zoom session was...

Covid-19: A Time for Introspection in Zimbabwe

As of today, my government imposes a 21-day lockdown without the necessary measures in place, at the very least of ensuring that we have water supply. We hear of deaths happening in people’s homes yet...

IR Theories in Times of COVID-19

Coping with Crisis the Vietnamese Way – A Role Model?

The world is currently teetering on the brink of the corona crisis. This pandemic was the trigger of the downturn, but certainly not the cause, which lies much ...

All eyes on Janna7 project with FNF Tunisia and Libya

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

A human tragedy is unfolding at the Turkish-Greek border. While Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, is waving refugees through to Europe, the European Union is failing to come up with a humane solution...

Freedom of Speech Award of Deutsche Welle

The prize, which has been awarded to people or initiatives committed to human rights and freedom of the press since 2015, went to 17 journalists from 14 different countries this year. Honored were...

African Media and Press Freedom in the Time of Covid-19

Journalists indicted that media coverage of Covid-19 is largely concentrated on events, updates and statistics. They said the reportage is driven by information coming from the official channels...