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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.

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Elisa Lenker

Apr 15
5 min

The Memory of al-Andalus

The kingdom of al-Andalus has gone under the historical microscope many times. Between the years 711 and 1492, the Iberian Peninsula was...

The Syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan

Krista Tammila

Aug 4, 2021
6 min

The Syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan

Introduction Japan is a nation rich in culture, one that is constantly developing yet which has nonetheless succeeded at remaining true...

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

Toby Zwama

Jun 30, 2021
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...

Pollution and Religion: India’s Environmental Dilemma

Nicola Crowe

Jun 10, 2021
5 min

Pollution and Religion: India’s Environmental Dilemma

As a region with deep spiritual connections to the natural world and high vulnerability to the effects of climate change, South Asia is...