Ukrainian presidential elections: perspectives for peace and democracy

30 april 2019 | by Cinta Depondt

In Ukraine (where orthodox Easter comes one week later for many), Easter Sunday was first and foremost the day of

At the polling booth in Ukraine: a positive mood

2 april 2019 | by guest blogger

Presidential elections were held last week in Ukraine, a country where PAX works on peace building. Some were concerned about

‘Do you hear the silence’

22 maart 2019 | by Jan Gruiters

“Do you hear the silence.” A poem Utrecht´s city poet Els van Stalborch wrote  in response to the horrible, irrational

Election in Congo: undemocratic democracy

11 januari 2019 | by Marianne Moor

The regime change in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can now be accepted as fact. Although protests did cost

The Orchestrated Elections of Congo

7 januari 2019 | by Marianne Moor

On the eve of 2018, on Sunday the 30th of December, the elections for the presidency and the National Assembly of

Trump’s Troops: Stephen Bannon

2 februari 2017 | by Anke Kluppels

“And by the way, I think anger is a good thing. This country is in a crisis. And if you’re

Trump: a house divided against itself cannot stand

10 november 2016 | by Jan Gruiters

In 1858, in accepting the party’s nomination as candidate for the Senate, Abraham Lincoln told the Illinois Republican Convention, “A

Same shit

10 november 2016 | by guest blogger

Even in besieged East Aleppo, people were following the US presidential election. What do they think of Trump’s win? Muhammed,

Will armed drones policy change?

4 november 2016 | by Jessica Dorsey

With less than a week to go before a new US President is elected, we are thankfully in the home

Are Tribes the Key to Peace in Libya?

19 maart 2015 | by guest blogger

Militias who fought and toppled the Khaddafi regime in 2011 have now increasingly turned on each other in Libya, seemingly