by Jehred Reyes | May 7, 2021 | George Washington University
COVID-19 is not the only killer lurking about the shifting battlefield of a post-Saddam Iraq. Former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaimed that the war against the Islamic State was over in 2017, but perhaps, like former President George W. Bush in 2003, he...
by Emily Harris | May 4, 2021 | Ursinus College
Political polarization is a phenomenon beginning to affect political cooperation and compromise in old and new democracies. What is causing an increase in polarization has been previously attributed by political scholars to identity-based sorting, the absence of...
by Ana Obergfell | Apr 22, 2021 | Boston University
After only one month in office, Marjorie Taylor Greene inflamed tensions between Republicans and Democrats. Greene is a new Republican to the House of Representatives, elected in 2020 to represent Georgia’s 14th congressional district. Since Greene’s election, former...
by James M | Apr 6, 2021 | Rollins College
To what lengths should one go to preserve the soul of their nation? As discussed by Russell Berman, the Democrats have an opportunity to protect their majority in the House of Representatives before the 2022 midterm elections. After their decade-long campaigning...
by Amanda Tompkins | Mar 12, 2021 | Northeastern University
The Balkan Wars of the 1990s was a period that saw destruction of institutions, corruption of the media, extreme polarization, and genocide in Bosnia. Following a February 29 referendum, Bosnia & Herzegovina declared its independence on the 3rd of March 1992....
