The world of student associations, is not all what it seems to be. Here, like in the corporate boardroom, we find a world of personal ambition that drive unproductive acquisitions and other unwanted managerial behavior. Agency problems as studied by Jensen & Meckling (1976) and eloquently summarized …

Analysis of the newest US strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. As such, it raises the questions what are realistic goals and ambition levels, differences between strategies of western partners, as well as burden sharing among them. Whether the new strategy will succeed, of course, also depends on Afghan …

Macedonia wants to become a member of the European Union. However the process to become a member state requires many political changes. The Ohrid Framework Agreement was set up to improve the freedom and rights of the ethnic minorities in Macedonia. The ethnic minorities that live in Macedonia are mainly …

From 1890 onwards the Dutch East Indies were without its own institution for officer education. Officers for the East Indian Army were educated in the Netherlands. For half a century officers of the East Indian Army tried to bring about its restoration with the help of Indo-European and East Indian politicians. …