Sense and Insensibility
The year 2020 has hardly been a joyride so far. With every passing month, it seems that we’re advancing to a more difficult level in a...
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Miguel Adan Marquez
Jun 24, 20207 min read
The Future of European diplomacy
Diplomacy is not a trade indigenous to modern European societies. From the earliest tribes to the most modern states, all forms of...
Mateo Ricucci
Jun 19, 20204 min read
PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X, the Next-Gen Game Console Price War
On June 11, Sony’s next generation game console, the PlayStation 5 was finally revealed after almost a year since its announcement....
Elisabeth Hoole
Jun 18, 20205 min read
What is Systemic Racism?
With the recent explosion of the Black Lives Matter movement across the world, the phrase ‘Systemic Racism’ has been used repeatedly in...
Camiel Fortass
Jun 17, 20203 min read
Fixing the Ship of State’s Helm
Fixing the ship of state’s helm Polarization is affecting our society tremendously. Over the last decades, many (western) countries have...
Salvador Ríos
Jun 16, 20203 min read
Express Burials and other Irregularities
“I don’t even know if that was him in the coffin… the doctor just said to bury him as soon as possible”, says a Nicaraguan woman who...
Tugay Akbulut
Jun 11, 20204 min read
Locking-in ourselves into a Climate Crisis
While the word lockdown may well end up as word of the year in 2020, we might be locking-in our world into a devastating climate crisis....
Nicole Golovenko
Jun 10, 20205 min read
COVID-19 Dispatch: Pete Hoekstra Talks the Threat of a New Cold War
The two greatest superpowers in the world. Two rivals, historically competing against one another, yet deeply dependent on each other in...
Szandi Zsitnák
Jun 10, 20201 min read
Rostra’s Choice: The Secret Barrister
Title: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken Writer: Anonymous author known as “The Secret Barrister” Year of publication: 2018 Review:...
Ollie Corfe
Jun 9, 20203 min read
COVID-19 Dispatch: Frans de Waal Talks Human Nature
The world hasn’t been quite this chaotic for some time: society as we know it seems ripe to burst after three months of pandemic. If...
Maria Diaz Macias
Jun 9, 20204 min read
Post-pandemic Recovery: The Shape of our Actions
Although it may seem like a novel phenomenon, current social distancing and other interruptions to our daily lives are nothing new....
Rado Baarda
Jun 8, 20206 min read
How America Can Stay Ahead
With the 2020 election getting closer, it is time to start thinking about the policies and reforms that most Americans would like to see...
Elisabeth Hoole
Jun 4, 20207 min read
How to Be an Ally, in Light of the BLM Protests
George Floyd was murdered, while unarmed, by a white police officer over a minor offense. Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed by two white...
Ollie Corfe
Jun 2, 20205 min read
Space Corp.
For the first time since the Space Shuttle was decommissioned in 2011, American astronauts were launched aboard an American...
Katja Komazec
May 27, 20201 min read
Rostra’s Choice: Doughnut Economics
Title: Doughnut Economics Writer: Kate Raworth Year of publication: 2017 Review: In this book, Oxford economist Kate Raworth introduces...
Elisabeth Hoole
May 26, 20204 min read
Why Women Leaders are More Successful in Fighting the Coronavirus
New Zealand, led by Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, has recently declared victory over the coronavirus, reporting almost zero new cases in...
Mateo Ricucci
May 25, 20203 min read
The Impact of Covid-19 on European Football
Europe was heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 and football has been on a lockdown ever since. No matches have been...
Nicole Golovenko
May 19, 20203 min read
Putin vs Post-COVID Russia
This spring has not been easy for any of us. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed significant flaws in our neoliberal society on a global...
Roosa Näveri
May 17, 20203 min read
People or the Economy? The Case of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh
Along with other countries, Bangladesh went into a nationwide lockdown to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the end of March. The country’s...
Miguel Adan Marquez
May 16, 20201 min read
Rostra’s Choice: The Sympathizer
Title: The Sympathizer Writer: Viet Thanh Nguyen Year of publication: 2015 Review: In this potent novel, a south Vietnamese,...
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