Blog World – More visual

  • On Accountability

    — "Thought provoking." — is what I noted late December 2014, having read Charles P. Pierce's piece "The CIA & NYPD: Perilous Insubordination In Our Democracy" in Esquire's online edition. Especially noteworthy I found the following statement: "The men who signed the Declaration had long experience with what happens when the legal and political institutions Read more

  • The Moment of Truth

    This is a blog in which I express my personal opinion.  At the end of the day, I am used to a restraint coming from being a public servant since fourty years, but there are things that need to be said. I have watched the development on occasion of the upcoming U.S. Presidential Elections with Read more

  • On Aspects of Security, Crime, and Crime Control

    Dear reader, I am deeply sorry: I took all the juicy case studies out! So this is the condense, admittedly very intense version of reading, without the narrative of why we find ourselves in situations like these. My professional line of work is political, and I will not mix this part with what I can Read more

  • Special Political Missions and the Inclusion of International Policing

    This is dry reading, just saying upfront. It’s important, though, for those who want to understand the big picture a bit better, getting an overview. Sorry, I took out all fancy things, as they are internal and I would need to get authorization for putting it here. Not that I would not get it. But Read more

  • Us, and Them

    “What does your brain need to function normally? Beyond the nutrients from the food you eat, beyond the oxygen you breathe, beyond the water you drink, there’s something else, something equally as important: it needs other people. Normal brain function depends on the social web around us. Our neurons require other people’s neurons to thrive Read more

  • Peacekeeping and United Nations Police

    This is a long one, and it’s technical, just so that you know. This one is on what we in the United Nations call “peacekeeping”. We do much more, and if you continue to read future blog entries, you will see that. But we, United Nations Police, or UNPOL, we have our roots in peacekeeping, Read more