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Shakespearean Tragedies and Children of the War

Posted on February 2021 by Aarushi Sharma

“I realized that my brother was shot in the head and neck. I witnessed how his soul left his body” – UN News The on-going Syrian civil war has put a huge ...

Arts and Culture/Comments

On Belonging, Truck Art and Mexican Muralism: Art Movements and Their Legacies Around the World

Posted on February 2021 by Miguel von Fedak

“The Picasso of Pakistan” has traveled the world to show off his art. He has painted in St. Petersburg, held an exhibition in L.A., and created a piece for the ...

Asia/Comments

Battle in the Himalayas Strains India-China Relations

Posted on February 2021 by Cameron Freeman

Where is Ladakh? When conflict on the disputed mountain border between China and India broke out last summer, international spectators took quick notice. But th...

Asia/Comments

The China-India Dispute and its Geopolitical Implications

Posted on January 2021 by Amrashaa Singh

India and China are at the worst diplomatic relations as of now. The current Galwan border dispute is worse than the 72 days long Doklam stand-off in 1967. It h...

Asia

India’s Political Institutions Grapple with Misogynistic Culture as Sexual Violence Persists in the Country

Posted on January 2021 by Sai Rayala

The fatal gang rape of a woman in 2012, later to be known as the Nirbhaya case, horrified the nation and sparked national protests. These protests spurred a lon...

Africa/Americas/Comments

The Dangers of Private Policing: Lessons from South Africa

Posted on January 2021 by Amelia Pollard

The recent physical assault of French music producer Michel Zecler makes one thing clear: police brutality is a transnational issue. This year, incidents of pol...

Comments/Europe

“Nothing Will Be the Same”: How an Abortion Ruling Sparked Poland’s Nascent Revolution

Posted on January 2021 by Nathalie Bussemaker

Blood-red lightning bolts and black umbrellas, two of the major symbols of the ongoing protests against new abortion restrictions in Poland, have filled the cou...

Asia/Comments

Culture of Torture and Intimidation: The Military in Thailand

Posted on January 2021 by Shreyashree Nayak

In 2019, Thai authorities confirmed that four more people were killed in a late-night attack by Muslim insurgents in Southern Thailand. The insurgents assaulted...

Comments/Europe

To Reach Its Targets, the EU’s Green Deal Needs Improvement

Posted on December 2020 by Marius Zeevaert

The European Green Deal is a European Union (EU) project that seeks to radically transform Europe’s economic system to neutralise greenhouse gas emissions and m...

Comments

Revisiting France’s Burqa Ban Through a Psychoanalytic Lens

Posted on December 2020 by Aarushi Sharma

In 2011, France passed the infamous bill that prohibited face-covering in public places. It implied a ban on the niqab for Muslim women as well. The burqa ban w...

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