by Peace | May 8, 2023 | Russia, Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
At a meeting of the UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General Guterres recently warned that tension between the major powers is historically high as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There is also a risk of conflict due to setbacks or miscalculations,...
by Peace | Apr 27, 2023 | Hongerbestrijding en honger, kernwapens, Vrede en oorlog
As we are well aware, Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons to deter other countries from interfering with the invasion of Ukraine. There were also reports that President Putin had instructed to make preparations for them to be used in the event of an...
by Peace | Apr 21, 2023 | Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
Irrespective of the question of whether the Russian Federation bears sole responsibility for the military escalation in Ukraine or whether NATO or influential NATO states, such as the United States or Great Britain, are also partly to blame for the outbreak of war,...
by Peace | Mar 17, 2023 | China, Russia, Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
China’s foreign minister recently called for peace talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The security interests of all sides should be safeguarded in the process. President Zelensky promised to hold talks with President Xi Jinping. The Netherlands and other...
by Peace | Aug 22, 2022 | India, Pakistan, Vrede en oorlog
Background In the present world Pakistan and India are two neighbouring countries in South Asia. Both of these countries obtained independence from British colonial rule in 1947. This resulted in the biggest migration of humans in history when 20 million inhabitants...
by Peace | Aug 1, 2022 | Myanmar/Burma, Vrede en oorlog
INTERVIEW By: May-May Meijer In front of my online zoom screen, I’m looking at a youthful-looking lady from Myanmar – or Burma, as Aye Kari Soe (AS) prefers to call it. She is living in the Netherlands, but many of her family and friends are in Burma. I am very...
