This article originally appeared DEMO, the magazine of Jonge Democraten. “Do be careful! As I understand it, all US citizens have to leave the country, and the Netherlands is an ally…” I had been in Iran for almost a week…
Contact-Tracing Apps: Different Countries Different Rules
All over the world governments have started to use contact-tracing apps to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the use of this technology is touted as an effective way to limit transmission of the virus, critics worry about the privacy of…
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The Blot of Europe
Moria – a small city on the Greek island Lesbos, a Hellenic idylle — is hosting the biggest refugee camp in Europe. Consisting of approximately 20,000 refugees, the camp at the border of Greece and Turkey has become both the…
Global GDP to Decrease by $43.274 Trillion in 2020, if Covid-19 Pandemic Persists for Half a Year.
The Global economy is likely to shrink if the Covid-19 pandemic persists strongly across the globe for half a year in 2020. For the past two decades, the global economy has become very adaptable in responding to major world economic…
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Interview with August Stengaard, Venstres Ungdom’s International Officer
Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. Why should liberal youth organizations engage in international work? And are we, as young people, able to achieve anything by doing so? While sitting on a corona-deserted train, I…
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On Brussels: a Bigger Problem than Brexit
Over the past few weeks, the response to COVID-19 has gone from being an internationally coordinated effort, to a series of largely domestic political and socio-economic issues. Ending the lockdown in Denmark is now very much a Danish issue, salvaging…
Drought in Times of Corona: Old Inequities Exacerbated
As the number of reported cases of COVID-19, or “Coronavirus”, continues to proliferate around the world, governments have enacted a number of policies intended to mitigate the worst impacts of the virus. These measures range from quarantines / lockdowns, social…
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The European Response to Corona
At the end of March, the WHO declared Europe the new centre of the pandemic caused by the Coronavirus. Since the first people have been infected in European countries, national governments and health care systems have been fighting against the…
What will change after the pandemic?
Life under lockdown, to contain the pandemic, has started to normalize. The newsworthy part is that now countries like Austria, Norway and New Zealand are planning to ease up their restrictions. The aim is to make a gradual recovery back…
Globalize it!
Globalization is the reason the coronavirus spread so rapidly around the globe. But can it also be its solution? In the spring of 2020, the world is as small as it has never been before. It is extraordinarily easy for…