Unconvenient truth

These days there is much contradictory to be read or to be heard in the news. Such as the question, whether the Revolution in the Arab World should be hailed or feared in the West. It has been a while that the revolting youth movement has widened its sphere of influence. Protests are reaching from Tunisia via Egypt to Spain,

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Reasons but emotions

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

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R2P – fig leaf of the West?

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

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