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From Europhoria to Europhobia
When Euro bills and coins were launched into circulation on New Year’s Eve in 2002, excitement was roaring through the streets of Europe...
Mina Marie Schmidt
May 31, 20215 min read


Cuba Sin Castro
For the first time in over sixty years, a member of the Castro family will not be leading Cuba. At the end of another five-year term as...
Ollie Corfe
May 13, 202113 min read


H.R. 1 – The Not So “For the People Act”
The United States’ system of federal elections, which dictates the balance of power in Washington D.C., has, over the last decade,...
Rado Baarda
May 10, 20216 min read
Why every vote counts
On May 31, less than a month after the publication of this piece, the student body of the University of Amsterdam is called to the polls...
Miguel Adan Marquez
May 7, 20214 min read


America: The Neoliberal Empire
We live in a world that prizes the competition in markets unencumbered by government intervention. The largely accepted role of...
Andre Fontes
Apr 22, 20215 min read


The Great Reset
The year is 2030. You own nothing, but you are happy about it. You do not need private property, possessions or privacy. Why would you?...
Georgi Krastev
Apr 20, 20215 min read


Major Setbacks in Europe’s Approach to Vaccination
The global financial crisis, the refugee wave, Greece’s sovereign debt crisis, Brexit – even the greatest optimist cannot deny that the...
Julia Collado Serrano
Apr 14, 20215 min read

“My Strength and Stay”
On the morning of Friday, April 9th 2021, Buckingham Palace announced the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of...
Ollie Corfe
Apr 12, 20217 min read


Democracy in the Stans: a myth or a future prospect?
The Stans is a geographical region of Central Asia consisting of 5 post-Soviet republics, who share a nomadic past and mostly...
Aibike Omurova
Apr 6, 20215 min read


The Filibuster: A Tool for Compromise?
The filibuster is a political procedure used by the minority party in the Parliament or Congress to delay or block legislation. It...
Szandi Zsitnák
Apr 5, 20215 min read

Andrew Cuomo Now at the Receiving End of Controversy
It has been roughly a year since New York was the United States’ epicenter for the Coronavirus outbreak that started making its way...
Sofia Quiñones-Vilela
Mar 19, 20216 min read

Brazil at War: The Return of Lula
Introduction On March 8th, a new development sent shockwaves throughout the entire landscape of Brazilian politics. Former President Luiz...
Andre Fontes
Mar 16, 20216 min read


The Dilemma of Vaccination Passports
The use of vaccine passes aren’t without precedent – in the 1920s, most American schools required proof of smallpox vaccination from...
Nadia Winona
Mar 15, 20213 min read


Why are the Farmers in India Protesting?
Indian farmers, mainly from northern Punjab and Haryana states, have been protesting recently implemented agricultural bills since...
Elisabeth Hoole
Feb 14, 20214 min read

A History of Myanmar: The Everlasting Struggle
Introduction source: BBC.com In Myanmar, in the early hours of Monday, February the 1st, the army’s TV station announced grave news...
Andre Fontes
Feb 11, 20219 min read


Rwanda: the Singapore of Africa or an authoritarian mirage?
Notorious for the bloody genocide in 1994 that shocked the international community, Rwanda is now recovering from this atrocious event —...
Aibike Omurova
Feb 7, 20215 min read

For the Brecord…
Netflix certainly won’t be hard-pressed for conflict in their inevitable Brexit-based political drama (HBO have already cranked out a...
Ollie Corfe
Jan 17, 20218 min read

The Barbarians Sacked Washington D.C.
The following is an opinion piece written by Rado Baarda (editor-in-Chief) and Sofia Quinones-Vilela (Head Columnist North America). The...
Rado Baarda
Jan 10, 20218 min read

Bashar al-Assad’s regime: is it time to return home?
Syria’s refugee crisis has developed into the Middle East’s most pressing humanitarian issue of the last decade. Since the start of the...
Julia Collado Serrano
Dec 26, 20206 min read

Deal or No Deal Brexit?
It has been over four years since the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU). Although the UK has officially left the...
Tugay Akbulut
Dec 14, 20206 min read
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