Until the end it does not become apparent what Correspondent Dietmar Ossenberg and his team want to put over with their documentary “The fragile dream – the Orient after the revolution”. The title already could be the key to the documentary’s statement: “Nice try but were all attempts in vain?” It is a pity that already at this point one
In my last article „R2P – fig leaf of the West?” (https://www.christinaschlegl.de/en/mem-kategorien/r2p-das-feigenblatt-des-westens) I pointed out a lecture organised by the Friedensinitiative Braunschweig. This lecture took place last Tuesday (17.05.2011) at the technical university (TU) in Brunswieck. Bastian Loges, research associate at the TU and Peter Strutynski of the Kassler Friedensratschlag, held speeches. The lecture was meant as a disputation where
A term that sounds like a Rap-Song: R2P – “Responsiblity to Protect”. And who protects whom? Wikipedia gives us a clue: “The responsibility to protect (RtoP or R2P) is a norm or set of principles based on the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege, but a responsibility.” Participating in a lecture held by Dr. Ute Lampe past friday at
It could be midlife-crisis that has never been overcome or just the reaction of a former political pop-star who’s missing the stage: colonel Gaddafi once again slipped into one of his most wanted roles, the Enfant terrible of the world stage. After all he still manages that the press writes about him and sometimes an interesting discussion unfolds. Sometimes he
The political approach of the lybian head of state, Muammar al-Ghaddafi, might be debatable. However, its creativity is not. As German newspapers reported lately Ghaddafi is about to construct his own car on the occassion of this 40th anniversary of coming into power. In the face of the expired car scrappage scheme there might be envy. Oil in place and