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Demos21 Talk by Carlo Burelli (University of Genova): No Virtue like Resilience – A new Machiavellian justification of democracy
none Political realism claims that normative evaluations of politics should be grounded on political rather than moral values (Rossi and Sleat 2014). This paper revives Machiavelli’s justification of republican government (Machiavelli 2003), and seeks to ...
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"Impudent Jews" The Forgotten Individual Jewish Resistance in Hitler’s Germany- An online lecture by Pr. Wolf Gruner
none Jewish resistance during the Holocaust is still understood mostly in terms of rare armed group activities in the Nazi occupied East, for example ghetto uprisings or partisan activities. Based on a new approach and new sources, as police and court mat ...
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Towards a Theory of Postcolonial Justice
none Towards a Theory of Postcolonial Justice This paper aims at proposing a definition of the concept of “postcolonial justice” in view of elaborating an empirically-informed theory of postcolonial justice qua reparative justice. For this purpose, it sug ...
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New technologies of warfare – the challenges raised by Autonomous Weapons Systems and Cyberwarfare
none Of the main challenges with autonomous weapon systems lies in the difficulty of anticipating their effects. From a humanitarian perspective, they risk harming civilians, and they increase the risk of conflict escalation. From a legal perspective, the ...
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Marc Hecker and Élie Tenenbaum: The End of the War on Terror?
none The lecture will draw on the book The Twenty Years’ War: Jihadism and Counterterrorism in the XXIst Century. Based on several years of field investigations, this book, which was recently awarded the Prix du livre géopolitique, offers the first histor ...
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D.Rad Symposium: Trends of Radicalization in Europe and Beyond
none The Symposium will present the findings of 17 countries on trends of radicalization in Europe and the Middle East. The reports analyze specific moments – or “hotspots” – of radicalization in historical, social, and cultural context and are part of th ...
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Why Open Democracy?
none This paper examines open democracy, the conception of democracy introduced by Hélène Landemore in her recent book of the same name. Open democracy offers both an institutional paradigm and a specification of democratic values underlying it. It differ ...
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Lecture: Ambassador Muriel Domenach
none In conjunction with the D.Rad comparative research project on radicalization trends and deradicalization policies in Europe and beyond, AUP’s Center for Critical Democracy Studies is delighted to present a lecture by Ambassador Muriel Domenach. The A ...
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Founding Week 2023
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An evening with artist & musician Rieko Whitfield '15
none Join us for an evening with AUP alumna, artist and musician Rieko Whitfield ’15! In her talk, Rieko will share about her artistic work and accomplishments, as well as her path from an AUP student (directing early issues of the Peacock Magazine!), to ...