The Age of Modern Weapons - CBRN Threats
If you are interested in political and national security world affairs, you might have stumbled over the term “CBRN threat” a few times....
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Daneel Akers
- Sep 21
- 5 min
The less common type of criminals
The less common type of serial killers When the topic of serial killers comes up the first few to be mentioned are often Jack the Ripper,...
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Daneel Akers
- Jun 1
- 5 min
Hidden Floating Giants
To a certain degree the world revolves around them, incredibly large ships that haul cargo around the world towards their destination....
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Maria Dragosin
- May 25
- 5 min
The Cali Cartel or The Cali KGB
During the 1980s until the 1990s the international cocaine trade was dominated by the Medellin Cartel found in the city with the same...
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Sarah Jacobs
- May 18
- 4 min
Battle of the Bad Guys - Organized Crime Groups versus Terrorists
News about organized crime groups and terrorist groups appear with an alarming frequency nowadays, and very often it is not sufficiently...
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Dillon Ashmore
- May 11
- 5 min
Peace and Politics in Northern Ireland
In last week’s local elections, Northern Ireland’s largest nationalist party, Sinn Fein, gained the government majority for the first...
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Rose de Bruijn
- May 4
- 3 min
Crypto-Climate: How is Bitcoin impacting our environment?
Despite the intangibility of cryptocurrency, its effects are still physically impacting our environment. Recent studies are calling the...
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Daneel Akers
- Apr 20
- 3 min
The Plastic World
Plastic is everywhere these days, and it has become an integrated part of our lives because most of the inanimate objects we interact...
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Maria Dragosin
- Apr 13
- 5 min
Space laws? What laws are in space? - The Evolution
Everyone has heard about International laws, Criminal laws, Property laws, and Human Rights Laws, to name a few, but not that many know...
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Sarah Jacobs
- Apr 6
- 4 min
Money, Secrets, Power – How the Ibiza Gate Turned Austria’s Government Upside Down
Imagine two important politicians sitting in a luxurious villa on a popular vacation island. They are laughing, drinking alcohol, and...
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Dillon Ashmore
- Mar 30
- 4 min
Predictive Policing
Increasing workloads and dwindling resources demand police forces strive to enhance the efficiency of their operations and asset...
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Rose de Bruijn
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Multi-Level Mockery: The predatory networks of MLMs
Muti-level marketing (MLM) businesses may have had a legitimate and promising start. However, their frail façade has come crashing down...
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Daneel Akers
- Mar 16
- 4 min
Swallowed by the Sea: The Islands That Won’t Survive Climate Chang
More and more people are starting to see the urgency of the problem that is climate change, and efforts to combat it are being put into...
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Maria Dragosin
- Mar 9
- 6 min
The US’s Continuing War Against Tunnels
The Beginning of Tunnel Usage in Ancient Times We all know that a war can be fought in 5 different domains such as land, water, air,...
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Sarah Jacobs
- Feb 23
- 4 min
How It All Began - An Overview of the Development of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
It is one of the hottest topics in the news right now: Russia has stationed troops at the Ukrainian borders, and the whole world is...
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Dillon Ashmore
- Feb 16
- 4 min
Social Media, Disinformation and Behaviour Modification
Social networks by eliciting Pavlovian responses in their users are designed to be addictive. However, rather than training us to...
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Rose de Bruijn
- Feb 9
- 3 min
The Ugly Truth About Electronic Waste
We usually don’t question the life cycle of our waste. We have a basic understanding of landfills, and hope that recycling centres are...
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Daneel Akers
- Feb 2
- 4 min
Unrecognised and smaller than Vatican City: the Principality of Sealand
According to the United Nations there are 195 sovereign countries around the world with their own culture, political and economic system....
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Maria Dragosin
- Jan 26
- 3 min
The War Against Mice: a recurring fight in the Australian territory.
Australia is in the midst of a war that is going on for longer than a century. This war is against the animals that are living on this...
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Sarah Jacobs
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Starvation as a Method of Warfare - Sarah Jacobs
Having access to food every day is, for many of us, one of the most normal and obvious things. However, unfortunately, 811 million people...
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