Bosnia’s Plenum: Considering the Rise and Decline of Bottom-up Democracy

April 22nd, 2015

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George Rossetter

George Rossetter is a former intern of the Post-Conflict Research Center in Sarajevo. George was a student of Economics and International Studies with the Open University in the UK.

Trauma is not restricted to or suffered by only the generation which experienced the war first-hand. Rather, when not treated appropriately, trauma is often transferred within families from one generation to the next.

May 12th, 2017

Paul Scherer

Censorship in the Modern World

It was the English poet and civil servant, John Milton, who said of free speech: “For this is the freedom that most of all gives happiness or misery, or success or disappointment, or honor or shame.” This statement remains one of the most powerful on this topic, as it recognizes a fundamental truth about human nature: we, as a species, naturally aspire to freedom. Humans are beings who impose boundaries and frameworks. We are taught modes of behavior and we go through life alongside them. Freedom of speech is inherent within all freedoms. In the modern world, where fluent discourse is propagated, hidden forms of censorship often arise.

September 6th, 2024

Omar Zahirović