By equating Kosovo with Catalonia, Spanish leaders reveal themselves as unable to distinguish between legitimate aspirations for self-rule and destabilizing separatism.
One year ago, on November 24th 2016, after more than 4 years of intense negotiations, a Final Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla was signed. DemocraciaAbierta talked to experts and advisers who were at the negotiation table in Havana. See the whole project here
The educated, middleclass layman, who is interested in the world and has a sense of social justice, but doesn’t quite know what to do with it. This is about me...
Algunos de los profesionales con experiencia directa en las conversaciones del proceso de paz de Colombia nos dan 10 razones por las cuales, a partir de 2012, las negociaciones fueron posibles, y por qué no podemos perder esta oportunidad de paz. EnglishVisite la cronología del proceso de paz aquí
La implementación de la paz tiene que ver tanto con la reconciliación pública como con la superación de obstáculos prácticos, como la capacidad institucional y la reducción de la flexibilidad fiscal. Después de nuestras conversaciones con el equipo de negociación colombiano, identificamos cinco de
Implementing peace is as much about pubic reconciliation as it is overcoming practical obstactles, such as institutional capacity and reduced fiscal flexibility. Following our discussions with the Colombian negotiating team, we identified five of the biggest challenges in implementation. EspañolVi
The negotiators from Colombia's peace process give us 10 reasons why negotiations were possible from 2012, and why we can't miss this opportunity for peace. EspañolVisit the Negotiations Timeline here.
Múltiples formas de populismo amenazan nuestro futuro común. El rol de los intelectuales progresistas es contribuir a aclarar lo que está en juego y proponer nuevos caminos a seguir. English
Changing mocking views of Syrian culture demands endless efforts. عربي
Multiple forms of populisms may threaten our common future. Our role as progressive intellectuals is to contribute to clarify what is at stake and propose a new way forward. Español
No one is keeping the Egyptian government from “fighting terrorism.” But Sisi’s rhetoric on the “right to combat” terrorism underlies his belief of an “Egyptian exceptionalism.”
