Admittedly, some foreign recruits articulate a clear understanding of why they elect to take part in foreign terrorist organizations. They believe they are doing something meaningful, something that solidifies their name in history. In one interview, when I asked about…
My Time at the Council of Europe
Besides the European Union, there is another European organization with a very similar name: the Council of Europe. This organization has more members than the EU – including for example Russia and Turkey, but its purpose is more narrowly defined.…
The Death of True-Data: Political Branding in Action
Take from this article information about personal branding, what to look for when trying to distinguish brand from action, and why separating brand from policy is vital. Selling your personal brand isn’t anything new. Musicians, politicians, and public figures sell…
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Former Danish Climate Minister: “The World Needs More Climate Change Knights” – Nickolas Pagonakis and Jonas Hall-Andersen
“In a time where the world experiences a drastic change in leadership, liberals must unite to deal with one of the most existential threats: climate change.” These are the words of Martin Lidegaard, the former Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
The Ticking Time Bomb of Youth Unemployment in Ghana and Africa
**Regardez ci-dessous pour la version française de cet article** No matter who we are, where we live, how good we might feel, we all face situations that cause us to fear. For young people Africa, a systemic lack of decent…
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Blasphemy Laws: a Liberal’s Point of View
I assume many of the world’s liberals originate from secular countries, where Blasphemy laws have become a thing of the past. However in countries like Pakistan, these laws still exist to date. People can give their judgement about these laws,…
IFLRY Needs to Become Less Eurocentric
To my great regret, I must point out that the recent Bureau elections have turned IFLRY into a club of Dutch and Scandinavian friends. Not only are the IFLRY President and the Treasurer members of the same Dutch IFLRY member…
IFLRY Delegation at COP22 in Marrakech – Dorien Lugt and Jonas Hall-Andersen
Dorien Lugt (Netherlands) and Jonas Hall-Andersen (Denmark) were on IFLRY’s delegation to the UN Climate Change conference (COP22) in Marrakech this year. What follows is a report on their overall experiences. It is easy to get lost in the small…
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Youth MRF’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy
Виж по-долу за българската версия на тази статия. / See below for the Bulgarian version of this article. This report investigates the 46 one-day seminars that have been held on youth entrepreneurship all over Bulgaria and may serve to our…
Climate finance: what to do with 100 billion USD? – Dorien Lugt and Jonas Hall-Andersen
Dorien Lugt (Netherlands) and Jonas Hall-Andersen (Denmark) were on IFLRY’s delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech this year. Besides this article on finance, they wrote about their general impressions, the impact of the US presidential elections,…