by Orla Straz | May 12, 2023 | A close point of view
[A Close Point of View] The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing I included a quote by Edmund Burk in the title, as it has become some kind of a maxim to us. These words accurately describe how important it is not to be...
by Orla Straz | October 26, 2022 | A close point of view
[A Close Point of View] What mistakes to avoid when providing aid? Several months ago, in the article „“Is our help still needed in Iraq?”I’ve touched upon the topic of the evolution of humanitarian help in the context of ever-changing needs. But it is worth...
by Orla Straz | February 13, 2022 | A close point of view
Hybrid warfare and global terrorism A ‘nonlinear war’ and a ‘hybrid war’ are terms that have recently gained popularity in the media. But these are not new terms and although they are difficult to define, their history is nearly as long as the history of wars in...
by Orla Straz | February 25, 2021 | A close point of view
[A Close Point of View] ISIS – genesis, atrocities, and the current situation In Europe, we first heard about ISIS during a series of bloody attacks which were particularly intense in the period between 2015 and 2017. Those were not the first terrorist attacks in the...
by Orla Straz | December 14, 2020 | A close point of view
[A Close Point of View] How to help without harming? The good can be found in almost each one of us, and sooner or later it somehow reveals itself. Only a very few individuals derive pleasure from seeing others’s suffering, and usually it’s a result of some kind of...
by Orla Straz | September 29, 2020 | A close point of view
[A Close Point of View] What has happened to global terrorism? Has global terrorism ceased to threaten us? For a while, we haven’t heard about tragic attacks like the ones that happened between 2014 and 2017 in Paris, Nice, and Manchester. What has happened to global...