Blog World – More visual

  • On Trauma and Societies

    This entry amends and deepens my earlier article “Trauma – An Entry Point”. So some is a repetition, but put into a larger context. There is a group of conditions with damaging impact which’s members, at first sight, may seem disparate. These conditions fundamentally affect development, personality, and behavior, and impact on forming relationships. Scientific Read more

  • “Thank You” – Instead of “Yes, we succeeded!”

    When I read the first breaking news on BBC on that “the case of a Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes has been referred to the Supreme Court by the king’s office”, I shared it with my little group of personal friends on FaceBook immediately, and just adding the word “Thanks!!!” (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30856403). Referring to my previous Read more

  • Je suis Charlie – Je suis Raef

    May 15, 2014, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued the following statement (http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47797#.VLT9xkY8KJI ) on Raef Bandawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a 1 million Saudi riyal fine: “This outrageous conviction should be overturned and Mr. Badawi immediately released,” Read more

  • Trauma – An Entry Point

    So far, I have been writing about peace, justice, and security. This blog is also about conflict, trauma and reconciliation. And frankly, it is perhaps the biggest unexplored land that I need to enter, to cross, and attempt to map. Trauma is one of the most challenging terms I have ever been dealing with. My knowledge Read more

  • Never Again – Never Forget

    This is the fourth installment on coercion, and torture. What I want to address here is a broader context, including atrocities that haunt us, seemingly without end. History is full of shameful chapters where we did it again, and again, and again. I ended my third entry with the question “How to argue that there Read more

  • On Sustainability – European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002 to 2012)

    Beware!! This is a long note, with extensive footnotes at the end of each of the following four chapters. I am putting this “Hand-Over Note of the Head of Mission, on occasion of the termination of EUPM, and the establishment of follow-on assistance to law enforcement and the criminal justice system of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Read more