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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...

Comments/Europe

Out of Months of Protest, a New Civil Society is Born in Belarus

Posted on December 2020 by Natalie Simpson

When thousands of Belarusians took to the streets on August 9, 2020, they had one simple demand for President Alexander Lukashenko: “Leave.” Lukashenko, enterin...

Europe

Erdoğan Calls for a Two-State Solution in Cyprus as Turkey’s Bid for EU Membership Remains Stalled

Posted on December 2020 by William Howard-Waddingham

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called in a news conference on November 15, 2020 for a two-state solution in Cyprus. Cyprus is made up of two geopolitica...

Arts and Culture/Asia/Comments

Putting the Best Art Forward: the Power of Art Over Military Conscription in the Republic of Korea

Posted on November 2020 by Samantha Larkin

How can art protect a nation?  The Republic of Korea’s Military Service Act [1] stipulates that once men turn eighteen, they have roughly ten years to complete ...

Comments/Middle East

Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean: Turkey Clashes with Neighbors Over Offshore Gas Reserves

Posted on November 2020 by Liam Will

Introduction Tensions are rising in the eastern Mediterranean as Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece clash over access to significant offshore gas reserves.[1] Turkey ha...

Africa/Comments

Ethiopian Tigray Crisis Threatens Stability in Horn of Africa

Posted on November 2020 by Dominique Castanheira

Escalating violence between the national army and those loyal to the northern Tigray region has brought the threat of civil war to Ethiopia and instability to t...

Americas/Arts and Culture/Comments

Critiquing the Canon: Pancho Fierro and Peruvian costumbrismo

Posted on November 2020 by Ariana Habibi

Art is not neutral; nor is its history. As it currently stands, the conventional canon of the history of art is rich with Western artists representing other cul...

Asia/Comments/Science and Technology

Internet Blackouts as a Political Tool in Kashmir, India

Posted on November 2020 by Jessica Honan

The increasing availability of the internet around the world has made it a platform for expressing and debating political ideas.[1] The internet has allowed for...

Asia/Comments/Science and Technology

TikTok: A Contested Global Space

Posted on November 2020 by Adia Keene and Minahil Nawaz

As pandemic related shutdowns around the world have confined many people to their homes, one social media app has exploded in popularity. TikTok, which allows u...

Comments/Europe

The Legacy of Germany’s Reunification

Posted on November 2020 by Marius Zeevaert

Thirty years after Germany’s reunification between East and West, the two parts of the country remain strikingly different. The origins of many of the differenc...

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