In Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s frequent condemnation of the conservative elite and neoliberal technocrats echoed in his daily morning conferences during his six years as president. He mobilized voters mainly by appealing to popul...
“Willkommen in Wust! Willkommen in Saxony-Anhalt!” These were the first words I heard following 18 hours of travel as my host parents, Sigrun and Matthias, welcomed me with open arms. Wust, a town of just over 800 residents in old East German...
In July 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in Colombo. They swam in the president’s pool, sat in his chair, and used his personal gym. These actions were not borne out of rage at just one leader. It signaled the end of t...
As journalists began to arrive in Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics, it became apparent that the venues and infrastructure were not up to par. Roads were unfinished, the Olympic Village didn’t have running water and the ski jump had been r...
As journalists began to arrive in Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics, it became apparent that the venues and infrastructure were not up to par. Roads were unfinished, the Olympic Village didn’t have running water and the ski jump had been r...
In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a red button marked “reset” (peregruzka) to commemorate the thawing relations between the United States and Russia. Unfortunately, according to Lavrov, p...
In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a red button marked “reset” (peregruzka) to commemorate the thawing relations between the United States and Russia. Unfortunately, according to Lavrov, p...
What happens when 8,000 people decide to go to the mall together? This is not the tagline of a B movie about Black Friday. Instead, it is becoming a legitimate question in Brazilian society, generating debate over crucial public issues of race, class...
What happens when 8,000 people decide to go to the mall together? This is not the tagline of a B movie about Black Friday. Instead, it is becoming a legitimate question in Brazilian society, generating debate over crucial public issues of race, class...
The Sochi Olympics were the most expensive Olympic Games in history and, by some estimates, more expensive than all other Winter Olympics combined. This price tag presents a question: what were the Russians trying to buy? Russian President Vladimir...
The Sochi Olympics were the most expensive Olympic Games in history and, by some estimates, more expensive than all other Winter Olympics combined. This price tag presents a question: what were the Russians trying to buy? Russian President Vladimir...
I had the privilege of editing for a section titled “Political Extremism in Europe”, which was featured in the Spring/Summer 2013 edition of the Brown Journal of World Affairs. The premise of the section was quite simple: Europe’s...
I had the privilege of editing for a section titled “Political Extremism in Europe”, which was featured in the Spring/Summer 2013 edition of the Brown Journal of World Affairs. The premise of the section was quite simple: Europe’s...
It is self-evident that every host country of the Olympic Games faces pressure from the international community. Whether it’s regarding their failure to complete the facilities in time for the games, unfair working conditions or even security conce...
It is self-evident that every host country of the Olympic Games faces pressure from the international community. Whether it’s regarding their failure to complete the facilities in time for the games, unfair working conditions or even security conce...
Current neoliberal capitalism, so defined by expansion and instability, is not easily reconciled with the concept of human rights. Many would argue that such extemporaneous considerations fall beyond the logic of the market and lie in the domain of t...
Current neoliberal capitalism, so defined by expansion and instability, is not easily reconciled with the concept of human rights. Many would argue that such extemporaneous considerations fall beyond the logic of the market and lie in the domain of t...
Most have but a surface-level knowledge of the difference between North and South Dakota, but the parallel does not pull through for North and South Korea, who share little, at best, but their name. Wild differences in economics and political systems...
Most have but a surface-level knowledge of the difference between North and South Dakota, but the parallel does not pull through for North and South Korea, who share little, at best, but their name. Wild differences in economics and political systems...
Last Wednesday February 12, Venezuela celebrated the National Youth Day. For the whole day, official radio and TV channels transmitted the parade organized by the government. When Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros addressed the general public...
Last Wednesday February 12, Venezuela celebrated the National Youth Day. For the whole day, official radio and TV channels transmitted the parade organized by the government. When Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros addressed the general public...
President Barack Obama’s second term has been tainted by numerous instances of questionable uses of executive power, including the IRS intimidation scandal, NSA snooping and a litany of executive orders telling the Justice Department to disregard l...
President Barack Obama’s second term has been tainted by numerous instances of questionable uses of executive power, including the IRS intimidation scandal, NSA snooping and a litany of executive orders telling the Justice Department to disregard l...
Three years ago, no one would have believed that Egypt would soon witness another military leader holding office. After weeks of earth-shaking protests in Tahrir Square that brought the ouster of former-President Hosni Mubarak from the government, Eg...
Three years ago, no one would have believed that Egypt would soon witness another military leader holding office. After weeks of earth-shaking protests in Tahrir Square that brought the ouster of former-President Hosni Mubarak from the government, Eg...
It is impossible to analyze Cuba’s political moves without also mentioning the United States’ reaction. Since the 1959 revolution, the United States has had a tendency to define its international policy directly at odds with Cuba’s. This held t...
It is impossible to analyze Cuba’s political moves without also mentioning the United States’ reaction. Since the 1959 revolution, the United States has had a tendency to define its international policy directly at odds with Cuba’s. This held t...