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Vandaag kondigde Open VLD-politicus Geert Versnick zijn ontslag aan. Wij vonden alvast het ideale afscheidsnummer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU

Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok "From CHESS" From the album CHESS THE ORIGINAL RECORDING by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus. https://open.spotify.com/album/53iVCfjIQVviKXCprQ9gKx Music video...

"The deceased former Chancellor Helmut Kohl should be be honoured at EU-level in the wake of his death, according to the President of the Commission, Juncker. Helmut Kohl is the first politician that is to receive a European State funeral."

Het begin van een nieuwe traditie?

http://mycountryeurope.com/juncker-proposes-first-ever-european-state-funeral-kohl/

Juncker proposes first-ever European State funeral for Helmut Kohl The deceased former Chancellor Helmut Kohl should be be honoured at EU-level in the wake

Geen inspanning zonder ontspanning, aldus de KIB. Bij deze dan een ook gezonde dosis documentaire.

"IS is niet geboren onder de brug in Vilvoorde, maar is het geesteskind van een geradicaliseerde crimineel Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. En gek genoeg kreeg hij zijn faam pas toen het Witte Huis hem aanwees als de link tussen al Qaida, de aanslagen van 11 september en toenmalig Iraaks dictator Sadam Hoessein. Een link die niet bestond, maar wel de Amerikaanse inval in Irak moest rechtvaardigen. Panorama gaat op zoek naar de ontstaansgeschiedenis van terreurgroep IS en met name hoe beslissingen van de Amerikaanse regering, om dingen te doen of te laten, gemaakt hebben dat ISIS kunnen worden is zoals we haar nu kennen. "De beslissingen hielden toen misschien steek, maar waren ze niet genomen, zou niemand ooit van IS gehoord hebben." - Richard Clarke, voormalig coördinator nationale veiligheid. "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igo92Qg7Mrg

Panorama: IS, het prille begin en de foute beslissingen (Canvas HD 2017) Panorama: IS, het prille begin en de foute beslissingen (Canvas HD 2017)

Een lichtpunt tijdens de examens en een documentaire om naar uit te kijken. An Inconvenient Sequel, het vervolg van An Inconvenient Truth (2006) van voormalig Vice-President en Nobelprijswinnaar Al Gore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huX1bmfdkyA

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power (2017)- Official Trailer - Paramount Pictures Watch the new trailer for An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, the sequel to An Inconvenient Truth. In theatres July 28, 2017. Climate Cha...

De Kring voor Internationale Betrekkingen wenst iedere student een productieve blok en prachtige resultaten toe!

Aangeslagen vernam de Kring voor Internationale Betrekkingen de gruwelijke en intrieste aanslag in Manchester. Namens heel het bestuur wensen wij onze condoleances over te maken naar de familie, vrienden en kennissen van de slachtoffers van deze afschuwelijke daad.

De KIB is solidair, niet enkel met het lijden van de slachtoffers, maar ook in onze reactie op deze daden en in onze gemeenschappelijke preventie tegen radicalisering en geweld.

The University of Leuven, Jean Monnet Network and the Association of International Affairs cordially invite you to a lecture by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Belgium H. E. Mykola Tochytskyi On Wednesday, 19 April at 19:30 in the Auditorium of The Irish College, Janseniusstraat, 1, 3000 Leuven. You can register for this event until April 17th.

De KU Leuven, het Jean Monnet netwerk en de KIB nodigen iedereen van harte uit voor een lezing van de ambassadeur van Oekraïne. Deze lezing vindt woensdag 19 april plaats omstreeks 19u30 en gaat in het auditorium van het Iers College in de Janseniusstraat 1 door. Registreren kan tot 17 april.

https://www.kuleuven.be/apps/mailtemplates/previews/7678-58e39ac57455b.html

www.kuleuven.be The University of Leuven and Jean Monnet Network "Crisis, conflict and critical diplomacy: EU perceptions in Ukraine and Israel/Palestine” (C3EU) cordially invite you to a lecture by the

De Kring voor Internationale Betrekkingen wenst iedereen prettige feesten en een gelukkig nieuwjaar toe!

Secrecy around has resulted in distrust in our leaders. seems to be the solution that re-establishes trust and promotes democratic participation. However, research indicates that transparency has none of these effects. What can realistically be expected of transparency?

Transparency and the TTIP negotiations. A critique of the common sense A couple of months ago, Matthias Fekl, the French State Secretary of Trade, gave a talk at UC Berkeley in which he threatened to abort the TTIP negotiations due to its massive lack in transparency. The claim that transparency would foster trust and secure a better outcome of democratic processes is…

Gisteren opende de KIB het academiejaar met de lezing Brexit: Alea Iacta Est? Hierbij wensen wij iedereen uitdrukkelijk te bedanken voor hun aanwezigheid en in het bijzonder professor Steven Van Hecke voor de uiterst boeiende en leerrijke lezing!

De Kring voor Internationale Betrekkingen begint weldra aan haar 72ste werkingsjaar en dit jaar kan ook jij deel uitmaken van ons uitgebreide netwerk. Wil je meer te weten komen over de politieke ontwikkelingen op internationaal niveau? Volg je de actualiteit op de voet? Word dan gratis lid van de KIB en word als eerste op de hoogte gebracht van al onze events!

The Association of International Affairs commences its 72th year and this time, you too can be a part of our elaborate network! Do you want to know more about the political developments at an international level? Would you like to be informed of current and upcoming events?
If yes, become a member of the AIA for free and we’ll keep you updated about all our upcoming events!

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Lidmaatschap Kring voor Internationale Betrekkingen (KIB) Membership Association of International Affairs (AIA) Maak dit jaar gratis deel uit van het netwerk van de KIB en word op de hoogte gebracht van aankomende events! Be a part of this year’s network of the AIA and we’ll keep you updated on our upcoming events!

Politiek lijkt iets uitsluitend bestemd voor mensen. Dieren zouden niet over dezelfde rechten beschikken. Waarom? Simpel, want ze hebben geen taal en kunnen dus geen eisen stellen over wat ze willen. Maar klopt zo'n aanname wel?

Dierentalenpolitiek De oude Griekse filosoof Aristoteles verbond de grenzen van de taal met die van de politieke gemeenschap. Hij dacht dat alleen mensen spreken, en dat mensen daarom de enige dieren zijn die een onderscheid kunnen maken tussen goed en kwaad. Omdat ze dat onderscheid kunnen maken, uitgedrukt in mensent...

Exemplified with the recent debate surrounding the , what we are expected to tolerate is contested. Behind the many articles written about it, lies a range of deeper philosophical questions: what exactly is toleration? What are its problems? Is it going too far or not far enough?

Contested Toleration Toleration appears to be of prime importance for peaceful coexistence. This holds especially in modern, pluralistic societies, which are characterized by a plurality of cultural values and ways of life and in which not everyone agrees with the values and ways of life of all others. Accordingly, it s...

Kathleen B. Jones discusses the new film by Ada Ushpiz, including an interview, about Hannah , one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century.

The Idea of a Common World: Ada Ushpiz’s “Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt” FOUR YEARS AGO, Margarethe von Trotta’s biopic, Hannah Arendt, offered a sympathetic, though not especially innovative, cinematic portrait of the controversial 20th century-political theorist, whose occasionally inflammatory writing often made her the subject of scathing criticism. Ali Arikan noted…

"If some lions in the Serengeti are threatened with anthropogenic disaster, and some humans in Darfur are threatened with starvation, there is no a priori reason for responding to the human plight before that of the lions." Are we in need of a new global conservation ethics?

Exploitation of African Wildlife: A Call for a New Global Conservation Ethics Wild animals in Africa are in the international news almost every day. Usually this is for the reasons that these nonhuman animals, also called wildlife, are exploited as individuals and threatened as species. To say wild animals are exploited implicitly admits that some issues related to nonhuman a...

Vanaf nu kan je ons ook volgen via Instagram om op de hoogte te blijven van het reilen en zeilen binnen de KIB!

From now on you can also follow us on Instagram to stay up to date about the 'KIB life'!

https://www.instagram.com/kibleuven/

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Afgelopen maandag was eresenator Stef Goris te gast bij de vernieuwde KIB! Volgende week maandag (16/05) ontvangen we parlementslid Renate Hufkens (N-VA) omstreeks 20u in de Lange Trappen.

The recent legal tussle between Apple and the FBI seems to be the newest shape of the Snowden's legacy: how to combine privacy and security? And can the history of encryption teach us anything?

Privacy vs. Security: Snowden’s Legacy Privacy is a delicate issue, and the debate on data protection is complicated even though seemingly everyone has the same desire: as much privacy as possible, combined with as much security as possible. Finding an equilibrium is an incredibly difficult challenge for governments, intergovernmental or...

Recently there has been a rise of , ranging from patient activism to garage biology, where citizens themselves intervene within political debates concering science policy. But what can such a politics of science mean?

From Politics of Science to Evidence-Based Activism Any method of management that implies the supposition-anticipation-suggestion of stupidity or infantilism of the individuals that constitute this society should be excluded; for, if they are defined as stupid or infantile, democracy itself can only be defined as manipulation, a modern new way of lea…

The Spanish party can be seen as a result of the movement, and it represents a shift in Spanish politics away from classical right versus left politics towards a emancipation of the 'demos'.

Podemos’ shift of the political landscape in Spain: the emancipation of the ‘demos’ In a previous article, we analyzed the discursive creativity of the Spanish ‘Occupy’ movement that spontaneously came into existence in the squares of many Spanish cities (see Montesano-Montessori & Morales-López, 2015). The movement manifested itself in the main squares of Madrid and Barcelona on 1…

Five years into the Syrian crisis Lebanon is experiencing ever-worsening repercussions of its neighbour’s collapse, including the influx of a million Syrian refugees. Yet the small country remains resilient. How do they do it?

With Syria in turmoil, little Lebanon remains in limbo Five years into the Syrian crisis and with an all-out war on its doorstep, Lebanon is experiencing ever-worsening repercussions of its neighbour’s collapse. Yet the small country remains resilient, despite the influx of a million Syrian refugees, the regional turmoil, current tensions over a vacant…

Conventional wisdom holds that Eurosceptic populists are a threat to European stability. Might a persistent Europhilia without popular support not be a danger as well?

The Europhile Threat to European Political Integration The financial-economic and migrant crises exacerbate anti-European sentiments. Populist movements across Europe have become electorally successful. One of their central manifesto pledges is to take their country out of the European Union (EU or Union) or at least bring sovereign powers back to the n…

In light of the recent tragic events, many questions are raised regarding responsibility, hypocrisy and Islam. Such questions are also present among KU Leuven students, here you can read a reflection by two law students.

The Brussels attacks. An analysis of grief In the light of the tragic events that occurred on the 22th of March in our beloved capital, many questions are raised regarding responsibility, hypocrisy and Islam. The following article is an attempt at a refreshing reflection on these topics.

After the terrorist attacks in France, the demand for a European Terrorist Finance Tracking System has resurfaced. However, the history such a system is complicated: does it respects privacy and is it legal?

Terrorism in Europe After the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Paris attacks of 13 November, the demand to reconsider the creation of a European equivalent of the US Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) – an investigative tool using international banking data to trace terrorists (financiers) and prevent…

To understand the societal reactions to refugees in Europe it is most important to know its history with migration. Prof. dr. Idesbald Goddeeris elaborates on precisely this topic.

Historical reflections on the current refugee crisis From a historical perspective, the current refugee crisis in Europe is not entirely unprecedented. In this article, which is an authorized transcript of a KU Leuven Metaforum lecture, I will first make some observations on migration and try to answer the question to what extent the current wave toda…

Is energy policy a mere technical matter of centralization versus decentralisation? Or has it also a profound political dimension and must we speak of 'energy citizenship', especially in a time of climate change?

The Rise of Energy Citizens Introducing the French national debate on energy transition in 2012, its “facilitator”, Laurence Tubiana called not to oppose centralization against decentralization: