Category: Politics
Bastion of Meritocracy or Symbol of Elitism – The Issue of France’s ‘Grandes Écoles’
On 25 April, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a series of reforms as the product of national debates held with French citizens. In a response to the yellow vest movement,
Read MoreDemocracy and Disinformation- Indian Fake News Will Decide World’s Largest Election
The largest democratic undertaking in human history is about to unfold as India’s national elections will take place in seven phases spread over April and May. While voters decide who
Read More“Just Fall – That is All” – Or is it? Sudan’s Road to Political Transition, and an Uneasy Path Ahead
Since December 2018, amid proliferating demonstrations against the 30-year reign of Omar Al Bashir, the streets of Sudanese cities have been teeming with Arabic-language banners reading “Freedom, peace and justice,”
Read MoreTibet’s Tragedy – The Extinction of the Dalai Lama
You can lock up or enslave a person, but the human hunger for freedom will not be suppressed – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Sixty years ago on March 10th,
Read MoreSabarimala Controversy: Paving the Way for Feminism in India?
In Kerala, Southern India, history was created just as two women entered the Hindu temple of Sabarimala, smashing the longstanding practice of barring women from entering the sacred place of
Read MoreA Cursed Blessing: The Defining Role of Geography in Russian Foreign Policy
A train on the Trans-Siberian Railway departs Moscow, exchanging the sprawling metropolis for woodlands. It snakes through the mighty Urals, cuts across the endless Siberian steppe and winds past Lake
Read MoreWhy the War on Drugs has been doomed from the Start
When President Trump declared a national emergency at the Mexican border last week, he set the media into a frenzy. Attempting to circumvent his loss in the battle over the
Read MoreShould you be afraid of Cultural Marxism?
A spectre is once again haunting Europe, so it seems, the spectre of cultural Marxism. Although the Cold War has supposedly ended thirty years ago, the Red Scare is back,
Read MoreThe Politics of Loneliness – How Loneliness became a Political Problem
‘”We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.’” Albert Schweitzer The feeling of loneliness is one that every person is familiar with. At some point
Read MoreThe Dark Side of Vietnam: a Rightless Land
Vietnam has become a country that does not respect freedom of speech, press or political freedom in the least. They keep their population docile by routine intimidation and beatings.
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