Protecting the VIP (Very Important Premises) at All Costs
08.07.2025
As all things in life, diplomatic missions come with up- and downsides. Being the singled-out representation in inter-state relations allows for unique political contacts, but also oftentimes provokes protestors to...
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Taking Care of Other People’s History?
08.11.2023
Eric Rücker
Kai Budelmann
In October 2022, Russian military vehicles pulled up in Kherson, then occupied by the Russian armed forces to surround and secure two buildings. This raid was not a counter-resistance operation...
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A pushback against international law?
08.12.2020
Jan-Phillip Graf
Kai Budelmann
In late October, an international group of investigative journalists released a detailed report about the involvement of Frontex, the European border security agency, in so-called pushbacks in the Mediterranean. Though...
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