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Cristina Barreras
Feb 125 min read
"Hasta el Final:" Venezuela's Fight for Freedom
Opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, addressing a demonstration before inauguration day Source:...
Oscar Kelleran
Feb 37 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...
Robert Goosen
Jan 309 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,...
zochapogorzelec
Jan 165 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...
Ryan Dillmann
Dec 27, 20247 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...
Cristina Barreras
Dec 5, 20245 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...
hollandrhoads
Nov 29, 202410 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...
Tuana Yoğurtcu
Nov 25, 20247 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...
Robert Goosen
Nov 22, 20248 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. “...
Jakob Beller
Nov 21, 20249 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...
Eszter Nagy
Nov 13, 20244 min read
Peace by Threat
In today’s multipolar world, nuclear deterrence faces unprecedented challenges. With nine nuclear-armed states, including four outside the N
Anton Obermair
Nov 1, 20249 min read
The Critical State(s) of German Politics Ahead of the 2025 Federal Elections
© dpa , Dwi Anoraganingrum , Bernd Elmenthaler , FAZ , Fabian Sommer , Monika Skolimowska , dpa . Chancellor Scholz’s cabinet is stuck in...
zochapogorzelec
Oct 17, 20247 min read
X is dangerous, and Brazil is a striking example
After taking over Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk aimed to create the platform for free speech around the world, instead the platform has seen...
zochapogorzelec
Oct 4, 20248 min read
Does the Snow Dragon bite?
Arctic is melting-some see it as a great opportunity In 2013, Kiruna, a small city located in northern Sweden, the Arctic Council, an...
Henry Kurze
Sep 16, 20244 min read
Does EU Law Effectively Mitigate Online Disinformation’s Influence on Elections?
“The mind of the enemy and the will of his leaders is a target of far more importance than the bodies of his troops.” — Mao Zedong The...
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