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【Anis H. Bajrektarevic and Petra Posega | Academia】Nuclear Commerce –...

Abstract: In an ever evolving and expanding world, there is a constant quest for both more energy and less external energy dependency. With the fossil fuels bound industry setting […] The post 【Anis H....

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【Eve Hepburn | Academia】Scotland: If Not Independence Then a Federacy?

A great deal of analysis has gone into why Scotland voted ‘no’ to separating from the UK, in a referendum on independence held on 18 September 2014, by 55% to 45%. In a series of s […] The post 【Eve...

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【王正毅 | Academia】中国崛起:世界体系发展的终结还是延续

经济史的研究表明,16世纪之前,在欧洲之外的其他地区不但存在着各种各样的「区域世界经济」(Regional world-economy),而且这些不同的「区域世界经济」相当繁荣,有的甚至处于世界领先地位,如学者们经常提及的13世纪的中国、美索不达米亚、埃及和印度河谷。 ①经济史家们普遍认为,16世纪之前的世界主要有两个基本特征:一个特征是,「区域世界经济」林 […] The post 【王正毅 |...

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【Marján Attila and Szuhai Ilona | Academia】Global Markets of Misery

Is our global humanitarian system in transition? If so, what are the key issues before the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit “Today’s needs are at unprecedented levels and […] The post 【Marján Attila and...

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【梁晓遴 | Academia】严复如何看言论自由?从《天演论》说起

近来经常读到有关言论自由的论述。晚清思想家、翻译家严复,相信是最早以自由人权立论的学者。然而,在二十一世纪的今天看来,他的相关思想能否适用于现今的社会? 甲午战争惨败后,严复先生深刻体会到,只有「自强」,才能「保种」。他透过对达尔文(Charles Darwin)、赫胥黎(Thomas Henry Huxley)和斯宾塞(Herbert Spencer)相关 […] The post 【梁晓遴 |...

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【Ting Fai Yeung | Academia】Ethical Approaches to Terrorism: A Very Short...

Abstract This article will conceptualise ‘terrorism’ and highlight its differences with other forms of organized violence. It will also argue that this type of indiscriminate viole […] The post 【Ting...

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【Jonathan Benthall|Academia】Building a Reform Movement: Could Muslims Emulate...

Let us start from the premise, though not all social scientists would agree, that religious doctrines generate their own ideological dynamic distinct from the markers of language, […] The post...

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【Nicolai N. Petro|Academia】Understanding the Other Ukraine: Identity and...

The cultural and political differences besetting Ukraine are the product of very different patterns of regional settlement. Among these, the settlement of eastern and southern Ukra […] The post...

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【Anis H. Bajrektarević|Academia】Eastern Europe – The World’s Last Underachiever

25 years ago, the Russian historical empire melted down. Although often underreported, this also marked the end of alternative society in Europe. Collapse of the II world, made the […] The post 【Anis...

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【Dubravko Lovrenović|Academia】Bosnian Myths

The continuing disasters in human history are largely conditioned by man’s excessive capacity and his urge to identify with the tribe, the nation, the church or a common goal, and […] The post...

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