Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
At a Taipei middle school on the afternoon of Saturday, January 13, I watched from the hallways as Taiwanese voters filtered through to submit their ballots in the island’s legislative general elections and direct national presidential election. By...
Imagine you are in charge of a city. You care about your constituents and want to provide them with the services they need, but you are hamstrung by an inadequate budget. Unlike the federal government, you cannot print money or take on unlimited debt...
What’s the difference between a Marxist newspaper and a Brown student’s for-you page? This isn’t the beginning of a joke. Say that both challenge the status quo and both in the same way. Are they different at all? And if we agree that no govern...
What’s the difference between a Marxist newspaper and a Brown student’s for-you page? This isn’t the beginning of a joke. Say that both challenge the status quo and both in the same way. Are they different at all? And if we agree that no govern...
In the past few years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have had the world’s biggest democracy under their thumb. The BJP’s main opposition, the Indian National Congress (INC), has performed poorly in recent elect...
In the past few years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have had the world’s biggest democracy under their thumb. The BJP’s main opposition, the Indian National Congress (INC), has performed poorly in recent elect...
After being elected president of the 19-year-old, centro-leftist political party Syriza, called the Progressive Alliance, in September, Stefanos Kasselakis became the subject of heated conversation in Greece. While the party historically represents s...
After being elected president of the 19-year-old, centro-leftist political party Syriza, called the Progressive Alliance, in September, Stefanos Kasselakis became the subject of heated conversation in Greece. While the party historically represents s...
Since Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, major news outlets have agonized over whether regional actors—namely Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran—will be dragged into the war on Gaza. Popular publications have scoured every front for the scent ...
Since Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, major news outlets have agonized over whether regional actors—namely Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran—will be dragged into the war on Gaza. Popular publications have scoured every front for the scent ...
A wave of conservatism has pummeled Europe for the last decade. First, it swept Viktor Orbán to power in Hungary. Then, Greece and Italy got caught in the riptide. Spain buoyed itself with Alberto Núñez Feijóo. And alas, Mateusz Morawiecki surfed...
A wave of conservatism has pummeled Europe for the last decade. First, it swept Viktor Orbán to power in Hungary. Then, Greece and Italy got caught in the riptide. Spain buoyed itself with Alberto Núñez Feijóo. And alas, Mateusz Morawiecki surfed...
Imagine accessing your driver’s license and passport, submitting a tax report, or signing a government petition in just a few clicks on your phone. That’s the reality for over 19 million Ukrainians who use the country’s e-governance tool, Diia...
Imagine accessing your driver’s license and passport, submitting a tax report, or signing a government petition in just a few clicks on your phone. That’s the reality for over 19 million Ukrainians who use the country’s e-governance tool, Diia...
In the 1990s—egged on by foreign investors, Western governments, and international development banks—several sub-Saharan African nations chose to welcome the 21st century by privatizing a host of basic state services. The African states with the ...
In the 1990s—egged on by foreign investors, Western governments, and international development banks—several sub-Saharan African nations chose to welcome the 21st century by privatizing a host of basic state services. The African states with the ...
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson pledged to embark on “a remorseless mission to squeeze Russia from the global economy.” The United Kingdom not only imposed sa...
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson pledged to embark on “a remorseless mission to squeeze Russia from the global economy.” The United Kingdom not only imposed sa...
During the Monsoon Session of Parliament in late July 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) Naresh Bansal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for India to be renamed Bharat, which is the state’s Hindi name. He argued that the change would erase th...
During the Monsoon Session of Parliament in late July 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) Naresh Bansal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for India to be renamed Bharat, which is the state’s Hindi name. He argued that the change would erase th...
For much of its existence, Armenia has been tossed between its larger, stronger neighbors—first Rome and Parthia, then Byzantium and the Abbasids, and later the Safavids and Ottomans. This pattern shows no signs of stopping. On September 11, 2023, ...
For much of its existence, Armenia has been tossed between its larger, stronger neighbors—first Rome and Parthia, then Byzantium and the Abbasids, and later the Safavids and Ottomans. This pattern shows no signs of stopping. On September 11, 2023, ...
In 2001, the United States ushered China into the World Trade Organization, hoping to inspire the communist state to join the liberal economic order. In the decades since, China’s economy has experienced astonishing growth. In 2023, the state boast...
In 2001, the United States ushered China into the World Trade Organization, hoping to inspire the communist state to join the liberal economic order. In the decades since, China’s economy has experienced astonishing growth. In 2023, the state boast...
Nestled within the religious, political, and cultural crossroads of the Caucasus mountains, Armenia and Azerbaijan appear to be eternally locked in a heated ethnic struggle. More than a century ago, deep-seated tensions within the region manifested t...
Nestled within the religious, political, and cultural crossroads of the Caucasus mountains, Armenia and Azerbaijan appear to be eternally locked in a heated ethnic struggle. More than a century ago, deep-seated tensions within the region manifested t...