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The STEAR Digital Policy Journal

Our Digital Policy Journal is the beating heart of STEAR, publishing articles on current affairs and foreign policy opinion pieces between 1,000-1,500 words in length. We are looking for original work, offering novel insights and taking a specific and well-argued standpoint that contributes to collaborative and fruitful discussion.

We accept ad-hoc submissions as well as contributions from our regular writers. Please send your articles to our Editor-in-Chief (steareditor@gmail.com) together with a short summary of your writing and a fifty-word biography about yourself.

China’s Public Diplomacy at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Upcoming Success or Imminent Failure?

Quinlan Rijks

4 days ago
10 min

China’s Public Diplomacy at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Upcoming Success or Imminent Failure?

0. The Relevance of Sports in Diplomacy: A Legacy Dating Back to Antiquity Sport has long fulfilled an important role in politics, both...

Kkondae Generation 2: Working Culture in South Korea

Veronica Burgstaller

Jul 20
4 min

Kkondae Generation 2: Working Culture in South Korea

Recently the term ‘lying flat’ has been trending on China's internet. This, in essence, translates to an ‘I can’t be bothered’ attitude...

Freedom to Discriminate? Religious Freedom and Non-Discrimination in Conflict in the Netherlands

Toby Zwama

Jun 30
5 min

Freedom to Discriminate? Religious Freedom and Non-Discrimination in Conflict in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is known as one of the most secularized countries in Europe, as well as a leader in LGBT-inclusion (CBS, 2020). It may...

Confronting a Shared Responsibility: Europe’s Role in Asia’s (Illegal) Wildlife Trade

Quinlan Rijks

Jun 25
8 min

Confronting a Shared Responsibility: Europe’s Role in Asia’s (Illegal) Wildlife Trade

0. Introduction Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, attitudes towards illegal wildlife trade (IWT) have been cast in a new...

The EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership: A Newly Upgraded Old Relationship

Polina Petrova

Apr 23
4 min

The EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership: A Newly Upgraded Old Relationship

The 23rd ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) was marked by a historic event. On 1 December 2020 – inaugurating a new chapter in the...

The South China Sea Disputes: A Brief Introduction in International Law

Kerem Cankılıç

Apr 17
5 min

The South China Sea Disputes: A Brief Introduction in International Law

Recent developments in the South China Sea implore us to examine the situation from both a legal perspective and an international...