Susan Kigula – The Pioneer of Justice
On October 22nd, Susan Kigula visited the University of Amsterdam as part of the monthly Room for Discussion conversations. Since the...
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Andre Fontes
Sep 24, 20217 min
Hard Feelings: the tale of a trilateral agreement…and France.
US President Joe Biden, French President Immanuel Macron, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and UK Prime minister Boris Johnson...
Julia Collado Serrano
Sep 22, 20215 min
The Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan
August 15th 2021 marks the end of the 20-year American era in Afghanistan, as the Taliban seized the capital Kabul. In little more than a...
Rado Baarda
Jun 8, 20215 min
Reform Qualified Immunity, Don’t #Defund and Destroy
The brutal killing of George Floyd, now more than a year ago, sparked a widespread movement to reform the criminal justice system...
Mina Marie Schmidt
May 31, 20215 min
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...
Ollie Corfe
May 13, 202113 min
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...
Rado Baarda
May 10, 20216 min
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,...
Miguel Adan Marquez
May 7, 20214 min
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...
Andre Fontes
Apr 22, 20215 min
America: The Neoliberal Empire
We live in a world that prizes the competition in markets unencumbered by government intervention. The largely accepted role of...
Georgi Krastev
Apr 20, 20215 min
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?...
Julia Collado Serrano
Apr 14, 20215 min
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...
Ollie Corfe
Apr 12, 20217 min
“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...
Aibike Omurova
Apr 6, 20215 min
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...
Szandi Zsitnák
Apr 5, 20215 min
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...
Sofia Quiñones-Vilela
Mar 19, 20216 min
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...
Andre Fontes
Mar 16, 20216 min
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...
Nadia Winona
Mar 15, 20213 min
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...
Elisabeth Hoole
Feb 14, 20214 min
Why are the Farmers in India Protesting?
Indian farmers, mainly from northern Punjab and Haryana states, have been protesting recently implemented agricultural bills since...
Andre Fontes
Feb 11, 20219 min
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...
Aibike Omurova
Feb 7, 20215 min
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 —...
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