6 Arrows: Does Modern Turkey Still Follow the Ideology of Ataturk?
Kemalism, also Ataturkism, is the ideology of Turkish nationalism put forward by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. It is still considered to be the official...
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Economic Instability in Turkey: An Attempt to Find a New Economic Model or Political Adventure
This story is about an autocrat who has been in big politics for 20 years. Under his rule, the exchange rate of the national currency has...
Ukraine and Russia: Soviet Tensions Lead to Modern Mass Murder
Russia has been threatening the democratic sovereignty of Ukraine since the country declared independence from the USSR shortly before its...
The Importance of Non-Voting Youth Involvement
Through most of high school, I thought that the only way to get involved politically was through protests and online movements. It wasn’t until...
The Return of the Taliban to Afghanistan
In 1996, The Taliban emerged as the leader of Afghanistan after storming Kabul and overthrowing the Soviet-Backed president, Muhammed Najibullah....
The Invasion of Ukraine: A Crisis Magnifies a Larger Issue of Internal Instability and Corruption
Ukraine is facing a Constitutional Court and corruption crisis that will impact its ability to recover from the devastation to democratic...
Egypt Still Has a Pharaoh: The Al-Sisi Regime
Gone are the days of the ancient Egyptian Kingdom where the great pyramids were built and one of the earliest forms of written communication were...
“Make Spain Great Again”… Sounds Familiar?
Vox leader Santiago Abascal during campaign rally in Seville 2019 | Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images Vox has risen towards becoming Spain’s...
Seeing Politics in a Different Light
This past Spring, I worked as a District Intern for my Congressman. Most of the job was easy desk work, fielding calls and directing constituents...