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Roe vs Wade: a sentence for women’s rights?

Sep 26, 2022

The overturn of Roe v. Wade was met by the international community with dissent and condemnation, including European leaders. But can Europe really declare itself safe from such major overturns? The U.S. Supreme Court decision is nothing else but the triumphal result...

Germany and the EU’s policies on inclusive education: is it inclusion or segregation?

Sep 12, 2022

The council recommendation of 22 May 2018 on promoting inclusive education (2018/C 195/01) declares that the Member States of the EU should provide inclusive education by giving all learners quality education and providing them with the necessary support according to...

Promise or Tokenism? Assessing the EU’s Pay Transparency Directive in bridging the gender pay gap

Sep 12, 2022

Introduction According to recent EuroStat research, the median wage gap in the European Union has remained persistent at 14.1 per cent. Moreover, the situation edges towards precarity due to the pandemic that has exposed a stark contrast between the union’s values,...

Understanding Rashism

Aug 19, 2022

Since Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the question of how to classify modern Russia has begun to be discussed in political science discourse. Are the modern day dirigeants of Russia the heirs of Bolshevism, Stalinism or fascism? In order to answer...

EVENT REPORT – War in Ukraine: a watershed moment for European defense policy and transatlantic security? by Politico

Aug 18, 2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine has fundamentally shaken Europe’s sense of security. European governments are urgently reviewing their defense plans and ramping up military spending while the EU itself wants to get much more serious about defense. After years when European...

The future of the Asylum and Migration Pact in the context of the Czech Presidency’s priorities

Aug 3, 2022

Russia’ invasion of Ukraine marks the beginning of a new geopolitical order that is bound to stay and change the way main global players interact with each other and act within this order. The invasion led to the displacement of an extraordinary number of Ukrainian...

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