tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518326166764160072024-03-08T01:01:28.706-08:00Politics in FocusKaterina Louckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-40187136912497843892011-05-24T02:39:00.000-07:002011-05-24T02:42:01.890-07:00Europe and Immigrants
IntroductionPoliticians as well as the wider public have recently started to discuss the failure of the exclusive approach toward immigrants in Europe, the multiculturalism. On one hand, politization of the whole issue emphasizing the immigrants’ role in the process of socio-economic destabilization within the receiving country’s society is often linked to populism of politicians to whom it Katerina Louckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-3296326207620715462011-05-05T03:28:00.001-07:002011-05-05T04:12:35.458-07:00Egyptian-Iranian Relations Resurrection: Beyond the Prism of With Us or Against Us At the end of March, hot news about restoring diplomatic ties between Iran and Egypt appeared in the international media. This news churned up the international scene’s waters since the general awareness refers to the non-existence of full diplomatic ties since the Iranian Islamic revolution in 1979 when the relationship between these two countries collapsed. Consequently the relations Katerina Louckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-40101735407687953152011-05-05T03:20:00.000-07:002011-05-05T04:13:19.279-07:00Islam in Europe: Object of Orientalism and SecuritizationEurope as a relatively small area in comparison to other continent was never a homogenous place. European lands differed in culture, political establishment, and after the end of the Thirty Years’ War, officially even in religion. The new levels of globalization, however, cause a cultural blending Europe has never experienced before. At this time a faraway Islam of a modern history’s ‘orientalismKaterina Louckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851832616676416007.post-14798767803714369032011-05-05T03:13:00.000-07:002011-05-05T04:14:04.560-07:00Iran's Membership of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Step Forward or Political Game?While Iran is often described as a country with an expansive history, hospitable people and a deep cultural heritage, it is, unfortunately, its nuclear programme which has raised international attention of the Islamic republic and has turned Iran into one of the most widely discussed polities on earth. Following 9/11, Iran was castigated by the US as a ‘sponsor of terrorism' and cornered (Katerina Louckahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08097747893565220440noreply@blogger.com0Írán32.427908 53.68804599999998624.940420000000003 44.037322999999986 39.915396 63.338768999999985