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Tik, Tok... Boom! The Political Weaponisation of Social Media
Image: Trump's TikTok ban deadline is extended by 75-days as buyers place their bids When politics and social media are on a collision...
Veda Varma
Apr 75 min read
Myth Over Mind: How Logic and Rationale Are the First Casualties When Emotions Are Persuaded
2024 reprint of the 1928 edition of "Propaganda" by Edward L. Bernays and published by Liveright. The year 1929 is primarily recalled for...
Shruti Keshan
Apr 75 min read
Turkey’s Last Fight for Democracy
Protests initiated by university students in front of Beyazıt Square in Istanbul, Turkey, March 21, 2025. Mellonsapka/Wikipedia "The...
C. O.
Apr 39 min read
Visionary Politics is Left to the Far-Right – And It’s Killing Democracy
© Todd Trapani / Unsplash If politics were a Netflix show, I’d be wondering who greenlit this mess. Every day, we’re confronted with new...
Anton Obermair
Mar 244 min read
40 Acres and a Mule
The American Nightmare of a broken Promise Kendrick Lamar's performance at the super bowl halftime show left some people amazed and...
Robert Goosen
Mar 134 min read
"Hasta el Final:" Venezuela's Fight for Freedom
Opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, addressing a demonstration before inauguration day Source:...
Cristina Barreras
Feb 125 min read
Is it just Publicity, or do they want a Reaction?
Imagine it’s early 2016, and you are a citizen living in a northern english city. Over the past decade, your financial situation has...
Oscar Kelleran
Feb 37 min read
The Holy Grail of Western Societies
Is democracy capable of producing a desirable result for itself? “To him or her within whose thought rages the battle, advancing,...
Robert Goosen
Jan 309 min read
Forget about the past, focus on the future.
Assad's regime is gone, but does the future mean a change for the better? What happened on December 8th took everyone by surprise. After...
zochapogorzelec
Jan 165 min read
Government Military Contractors: North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine and Their Role in Russia’s Force Generation Efforts
Joint article with Timofey Zhalnin National Defense Management Center on Frunzenskaya Embankment © Alexander Savin, WikiCommons As...
Ryan Dillmann
Dec 27, 20247 min read
Beyond the Baton of Command: A Look at Mexico’s First Female President
This October, Claudia Sheinbaum was handed the “baton of command,” marking the first time in Mexico's 200-year-old history that a woman...
Cristina Barreras
Dec 5, 20245 min read
A Glass Ceiling (Still) Unshattered
Tracing American Women’s Continued and Persistent Struggle for Leadership in a Challenging Political Landscape I was eleven years old the...
hollandrhoads
Nov 29, 202410 min read
Georgian Dream or Georgian Nightmare? Georgia's Uncertain Path to Europe
As the dust settles on Georgia’s latest parliamentary elections, the country stands at a critical juncture between its longstanding...
Tuana Yoğurtcu
Nov 25, 20247 min read
One Nation, Divisible under the Electoral College
How unequal Representation and Swing State Politics undermine American Democracy “The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy. “...
Robert Goosen
Nov 22, 20248 min read
How Young Germans View the AfD as the Country's Last Hope for a Return to Stability
How the Party’s Anti-Establishment Messaging and Social Media Savvy Have Captured a Disillusioned Youth Photo by Christian Lue on...
Jakob Beller
Nov 21, 20249 min read
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