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Am Sonntag veröffentliche die Terrorgruppe, die sich "Islamischer Staat" (IS) nennt, ein weiteres Enthauptungsvideo einer Geisel: dieses Mal eines US-amerikanischen Entwicklungshelfers. Binnen Minuten dominierte dies die westlichen Medien: Eilmeldung auf Sendern wie CNN und N24, Hauptmeldung von…

On Sunday, the group that calls itself the "Islamic State" (IS) released another video of the beheading of a hostage, this time an American aid worker. Within minutes, Western media was all over the story. From CNN to N24, It was breaking news on all channels. From Deutsche Welle to the New York…

An Unlikely Middle East Mediator Works in the Shadows Three days before the media reported the deaths of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaier, and Naftali Fraenkel, I was tipped off to their tragic fate. In early June 2014, the three Israeli teenagers had gone missing while hitchhiking in the West Bank; their…

Europe has been recently experiencing a new wave of economic disruption driven by the Internet: the so-called Sharing Economy. Companies like Uber, a service that connects drivers and passengers for short-rides, and Airbnb, a short-term apartment and room rental service, want to change how we take…

Introduction: Major Powers and the Contested Evolution of a Responsibility to Protect by Philipp Rotmann, Gerrit Kurtz, Sarah Brockmeier The debate about a responsibility to protect people from mass atrocities goes to the heart of current changes in the world. Coinciding with the shift of power and…

The establishment of the India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) as one of the principal platforms of South-South cooperation is one of the most notable developments in international politics during the first decade of the twenty-first century. While the concept is now frequently referred to…