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Fear, Freedoms, and the Right to Information During a Pandemia
Good Governance

Fear, Freedoms, and the Right to Information During a Pandemia

As the world was alerted with a new strain of the coronavirus, it was expected that people would react with fear.

Let us take off our blinders

Let Us Take Off Our Blinders and Build A New World

For the past couple of months, the coronavirus has been raging, wreaking havoc at our borders, and destabilising the world order. We are left with a feeling of helplessness and inferiority in the face of such an imperceptible threat. Every day the virus erodes the health of our citizens but also the heart of our economy, and forces us to make urgent decisions and in doing so destroys the foundations of our democracy.

I am free Magazine 2019

I am Free Magazine 2019

I am Free Magazine 2019

Prof. Paqué
Globalization

Globalization is not the Problem, It’s the Solution!

In times of the corona crisis, we should call for more political, economic and scientific cooperation. Like never before, the world stands still and is yet in turmoil. The corona virus has been spreading rapidly and led the economy to a global standstill. Some are calling for far-reaching economic restrictions, even for the time after the crisis. Others blame globalization for the spread of the virus. Globalization has become a pawn sacrifice in a heated debate on guilt and innocence in a worldwide health crisis. 

#RESTART21

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 placed the country in a state of emergency, his main weapon in the battle against the coronavirus.

Prof. Paqué

Globalization is not the Problem, it’s the Solution!

In times of the corona crisis, we should call for more political, economic and scientific cooperation. Like never before, the world stands still and is yet in turmoil. The corona virus has been spreading rapidly and led the economy to a global standstill. Some are calling for far-reaching economic restrictions, even for the time after the crisis. Others blame globalization for the spread of the virus. Globalization has become a pawn sacrifice in a heated debate on guilt and innocence in a worldwide health crisis.

Frau Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, Sprecherin Parlament
Kosovo

​Kosovo's government in the end

The Kosovar government under Prime Minister Albin Kurti is already at an end after only 52 days. After a vote of no confidence was introduced by the co-ruling LDK, the subsequent vote of 82 to 34 against Kurti, who will now remain in office until a new government is formed.

Liberal Values
Liberalism

Values of Liberalism

In this series we would like to introduce you to some of the different ideas that compose liberalism. Liberalism is a coherent vision made of various components, and that can be grasped complementarily from different disciplines. 

Safeguarding Freedom in the Digital World

Safeguarding Freedom in the Digital World

Digitalisation has opened up a world of opportunity. Today we have access to vast amounts of information, inconceivable 20 years ago. The cost of communication with others has plummeted and is now marginal. The majority of the world’s population has cheap access to the means of communication, hardware, software and the associated services.

#FemaleForward2020
#FemaleForwardInternational

Southeast Asia’s empowered women in spotlight

Women can shatter the glass ceiling. They can overcome the glass cliff. These are invisible barriers that hinder women from succeeding in their professions, but they are not impossible to surmount. #FemaleForward2020 presents stories of five women rising above tides and hierarchies.

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