Checks&Balances Checks and Balances is the magazine of the Study Association Clio from the program "International Relations and International Organization" at the University of Groningen. Topics include international politics, ethics, conflict and development
Recent Articles
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Libya Does Not Come to Rest – Announced Elections in 2018 Will Not Solve the Crisis
For decades, Libya’s politics only had one face: that of Muammar al-Gaddafi, a military colonel, ... Read More » -
Bellingcat and Social Media: How to Become an Armchair Journalist
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Nice, new and smart missiles?
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Hezbollah’s Footprints in Latin America – How the Wars on Drugs and Terror Coincide
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Will These Bullets Alter Brazil’s Future?
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Hezbollah’s Footprints in Latin America – How the Wars on Drugs and Terror Coincide
The Tri-Border Area (TBA) of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina is the breeding ground of a ... Read More » -
Death of a Dynasty: Change vs. continuity in Cuba
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Marketing for States – the Power of Nation Branding
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Power of the Passport and Controversies of Investment Immigration
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A Link between Worlds: The History and Future of the Silk Road
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The Beastly Component of Conflict: How War Endangers Species
New Year’s: it is the time of excessive drinking, an overdose of oliebollen and rants ... Read More » -
Hurricanes Are Having Their Period
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A Big Mess in the Oceans – And No One to Clean Up?
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An Essay on Urban Design – The Problem of the Automobile
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The White Gold: Lithium Exploitation and its Impact on the Native Populations
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Marketing for States – the Power of Nation Branding
The common war strategy of demoralizing the enemy by providing them with one’s own ideology ... Read More » -
”Risk It All”: Fighting ISIS with Pop Music
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BB-8 Star Wars Droid
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In Conversation with Eric Niehe
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Interview with Jean-Pierre Kempeneers
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Libya Does Not Come to Rest – Announced Elections in 2018 Will Not Solve the Crisis
For decades, Libya’s politics only had one face: that of Muammar al-Gaddafi, a military colonel, ... Read More » -
Ethiopia at crossroads after Prime minister’s surprise resignation
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Gypsies in Europe: Free Movement or Forced Movement?
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Turkey’s Military Invasion in Northern Syria
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Rodrigo and the Rainbow: Same-sex marriage in the Philippines
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Bellingcat and Social Media: How to Become an Armchair Journalist
This article was inspired by a presentation given by Christiaan Triebert, a former member of ... Read More » -
Pathways to an egalitarian society – how to make sense of social psychology of power and sexual violence
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Satire – A Humorous Means to Enhance Political Participation?
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Plotting Against Democracy: Conspiracy Theories and Their Ramifications on Politics
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And the Twelve Points Go to… Amsterdam!
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Malaysia’s 92-Year-Old Comeback Kid, Mahathir Mohamad
With the surprise victory of the opposition on May 9th, it is the first time ... Read More » -
Libya Does Not Come to Rest – Announced Elections in 2018 Will Not Solve the Crisis
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Nice, new and smart missiles?
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Extraordinary Times: A New Era for Ethiopia
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Death of a Dynasty: Change vs. continuity in Cuba