Hiding Hate in Plain Sight: Extremists’ Obscured Branding | Brief
Extremists often employ subtle coding instead of being bold and blunt, be it via tentative allusions, fashion statements, or references to cultural items, such as music. This helps them avoid…
Deradicalization: Keeping the Bad From the Good | Context
Let us face it: there are major issues with deradicalizing a person who has fallen prey to extremism. But we must differentiate between counter-radicalization, which works well in many trajectories,…
Balancing Free Speech and Customer Satisfaction | Context
How to put in line a) the value of free speech and b) the different understandings of customer satisfaction on social media platforms? The answer is this: via moderation by…
A Watchdog For P/CVE Content? | Context
Regulation scares many. Despite this, we will ask the question: is there a need for a watchdog when it comes to documents on preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE)? The…
How Artificial Intelligence Can Make More Of Energy | Context
By Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip Smartphone assistants already use artificial intelligence (AI). But AI is equally relevant in the energy sector. Through analyses and predictions, through secure and smart networks…
Résolution de conflits : Normes praticiens | Context
En général, il est différencié, parmi les practiciens, entre les conflits d’agence et les conflits structurels, selon la norme développée par l’emblématique Johan Galtung. Les conflits d’agence sont caractérisés par…
Conflict Resolution: Practitioner Standards | Context
Commonly, it is being differentiated between agency conflicts and structural conflicts, following the standard developed by practitioner Johan Galtung. Agency conflicts are characterized by a consciousness of suppositions and contradictions,…
The German Basic Law | Brief
The German party Die Linke (left-leaning) has recently welcomed the observation of the right-leaning AfD by the Office of Protection of the Constitution (BfV). But Die Linke wants to change…
“Homo homini lupus” | Brief
The above phrase, meaning “Man is a wolf towards men,” was made popular by adherents of Thomas Hobbes who linked the sentence to states in conflict. But in political philosophy,…
A strong EU defense complementing NATO | Brief
As part of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), EU states should reinforce their national defense forces and augment investment into their respective defense capabilities. This is to complement the roles…