by Maximilian Bottinger | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
The reputable German news outlet Die Welt is recently cited as saying that, “The alternative to [Angela] Merkel is not the Alternative for Germany, it is [Sebastian] Kurz.” The 31-year old Austrian Chancellor has become a sort of rock star in Europe, famous for his...
by Luke Shapiro | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
The world watched in horror as state security forces carried out ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in the fall of last year. Many wondered how such a promising case of democratic reform could go so horribly wrong. In response to widespread protests demanding an end to...
by Ruchi Kirtikar | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
“Friends… countrymen, lend me your ears.” William Shakespeare’s famous line from his play Julius Caesar is one of the oldest mimicking the rhetoric of the “relatable” politician. Nowadays, words like these reach people a lot more quickly and in their own homes....
by Lam Chi Tun | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
On the 10th of February, around 400 protestors gathered near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok to protest against the military junta currently ruling Thailand. They called on the military rulers to fulfill their promise of holding democratic elections in November this...
by Andrey Prigov | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
As Ukraine waits to recover from the social unrest sparked by 2014’s Maidan Revolution and pro-Russian unrest in the Donbas region, it has become painfully evident that eradicating the corrupt business-as-usual mentality within the nation’s politics will be much more...
