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Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Oct 8, 2007

  Creating a thick international space

The first week in Cambridge is over, in a few hours my classes start. The week was very eventful, filled with introductory lectures, a diagnostic test and a start into the complicated library system at Cambridge. Last night the students of International Relations and European Studies went to...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Aug 4, 2007

  Putin’s Press Conference becomes an Internet joke

At the G8 Press Conference, a young man stood up and started spreading leaflets. Putin replied to him in German. The first interesting thing is that this incident never made it to German media. The second interesting thing is that the whole incident became popular across the internet because of...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 27, 2007

  Economics of Protests and body smell because of vegan food

At the G8 Camp, I ate Vegan Food for a few days. One remark: body smell changes rapidly. Vegan Food does something to bodies. We should not underestimate the power of body smell for forming political coalitions. I wonder if G8 protesters and G8 politicians could in fact talk to each other given...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 23, 2007

  Anti-G8-Marketing

Two examples of Anti-G8-Marketing in Berlin: The picture on the left has the following text: We have the media, prisons, armies. We demand the transfer of ressources and workers without any conditions. We will trash and ash you - The G8 Terror Network”. Below it says: No War...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 20, 2007

  Cambridge - here I come

In October 2007 I study a Master in International Relations at the University of Cambridge. I received a Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest Scholarship and an admission from Trinity Hall . It is a pity that I have to decline the offers from St. Andrews, Harvard and LSE, but I can’t split...... [view]

Posted By:  acarvin
Posted On:  Jun 16, 2007

  Meeting a Living Goddess: The Bhaktapur Kumari of Nepal

Who would have guessed I'd meet a living goddess this weekend. Yesterday evening, we were walking past the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, heading to a restaurant for dinner, when an adorable little South Asian girl walked by in an ornate golden outfit and an...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 12, 2007

  At the G8-Summit, Sarkozy enjoys a drink and is happy to talk with Putin about human rights

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Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 7, 2007

  Inexistent G8 security

The fact that the Greenpeace boat could enter the “No-Go”-area at will, that demonstrants could get as close to the fence as they wish, that even parts of the fence were demolished, that among the stone throwers were apparently policemen trying to get the demonstrators to commit...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 4, 2007

  G8 reality - mistakes on both sides of the trench

The G8-protests in Rostock were much more peaceful than it appears in the media. The protests could have been more peaceful of course. It is a shame and a tragedy that police officers and demonstrators were hurt - however it could have been prevented since errors were made on both sides which...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 4, 2007

  G8 Realität - Fehler auf beiden Seiten des Grabens

Der G8-Protest in Rostock verlief viel friedfertiger als es die Berichterstattung darüber glauben macht. Die Proteste hätten natürlich noch friedfertiger verlaufen können. Dass Polizisten und Demonstranten verletzt worden sind, ist eine Sauerei und eine Trägodie - es hätte aber verhindert...... [view]

Posted By:  KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On:  Jun 1, 2007

  American Defense Shield - useless in terms of defense, valuable for job creation

At a G8 workshop at the SWP on wednesday, I had the pleasure of speaking with the Canadian Scientist Anthony Seaboyer . We briefly talked about Russia’s response to the American defense shield. He told me that the American defense shield is in practical terms very useless. It is...... [view]

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