Carmel
Vassallo

Prof. Carmel Vassallo is Head of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Malta

Scoring an own goal
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Having failed to convince their own constituency of the wisdom of their ways,...
On Catalonia, the use and abuse of history
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Like all texts which have to accommodate often conflicting interests, the...
When push comes to shove
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Has a big divide opened up between the traditional grassroots electorates...
The limits to integration
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For better or for worse, we live in a system of nation states and one of the...
Will our children reap a whirlwind?
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We should look towards societies with populations whose cultural and other...
Fiddling while Rome burns
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It is incumbent on the ‘silent majority’ of peace-loving Muslims to...
No smoke without fire
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200 men of one, minority, religion ‘praying’ in front of the place...
Why foreign criminals must be deported
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In the first decade of the 21st Century, prisoners from Libya, Tunisia,...
Storm in a teacup
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Our political and religious gatekeepers need to wake up and smell the coffee....
An intifada in Europe
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It is clear that many, perhaps the majority, of first and second...
The final curtain
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Given that a recent study on Maltese self-identity  concluded that native...
The changing map of world religions
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The proportion of Muslims in the world’s population will increase from...
The growth of Spanish and the ‘Lionel Messi effect’
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The presence of Spanish in Maltese state schools has increased more than...
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