During and after WWI, thousands of American women acted as mothers for displaced French children. A war studies research fellow weighs in with considerations for teaching this vital, often overlooked part of transatlantic wartime history.
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A new study by the University of Liège that takes a closer look at the situation in Belgium shows that there is public support for granting undocumented migrants who work legal status.
A gas crisis could challenge Europe next winter if its gas reserves are not replenished. The phaseout of Russian gas and LNG by late 2027 is a major part of the EU’s gas diversification strategy but it exposes the continent to price volatility.
The High Seas Treaty requires a secretariat to co-ordinate between parties, service meetings, manage information and keep the machinery running.
The migration into Britain had its origins in the prehistoric wetlands of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Scientists can warn of a risk of floods days in advance. But forecasts often aren’t definitive enough to trigger action.
What two decades of euthanasia in
Belgium really tell us.
Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.
Tundu Lissu’s persistence in tackling democratic backsliding in Tanzania has made him a formidable force.
Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.
Dreaming differs across cultures, and these differences may hold the clue to how and why dreaming evolved for humans and other species.
The restitution of looted objects from former colonies in Africa is an essential component of post-colonial reparation.
A survey of nearly 900 politicians in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Canada reveals that they systematically overestimate their electorate’s conservatism on a range of issues.
Rusesabagina’s release portrays Rwanda’s president as a pragmatist – one willing to negotiate once a security threat is neutralised.
Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
It is estimated that more than 8,000 French citizens with disabilities currently live in Belgium. For many parents, placing their children in foreign institutions is not so much a choice as the only alternative they have.
Four-fifths of the first-generation Turkish men who came to Europe as guest-workers and ended up settling there lived below an income poverty line.
Immigrants claiming benefits in their European host countries have lesser chances of securing residency permits and citizenship, research shows.
Belgium wants to frame its relationship with Congo, Rwanda and Burundi as one looking into the future – but the past weighs heavily.
Violence in the DRC can be brought to an end if the geographical scope of the conflict is broadened to include all neighbouring countries.
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Professor of Contemporary European History, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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Professor in International Development, University of Antwerp
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Directeur, Centre d'Etudes de l'Ethnicité et des Migrations (CEDEM), Université de Liège
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