The China-India Dispute and its Geopolitical Implications
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...
India’s Political Institutions Grapple with Misogynistic Culture as Sexual Violence Persists in the Country
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...
Vietnam’s Power Crunch and the U.S. Commitment to the Indo-Pacific: Towards Sustainable Energy Cooperation
Introduction Vietnam is widely regarded as a star in the sphere of emerging markets.1 In 1986, the government introduced “Đổi Mới,” a series of econom...
Anti-Immigrant Populism in Italy: An Analysis of Matteo Salvini’s Strategy to Push Italy’s Immigration Policy to the Far Right
Matteo Salvini, head of the Lega Nord party (LN) and a rising political figure in Italy, has leveraged Facebook and populism to push Italian public opinion of i...
Hungary’s Democratic Backsliding as a Threat to EU Normative Power
With the end of the Cold War and the fall of Communism in Europe, many Central and Eastern European countries underwent a radical political and economic reconfi...
Lost and Found in Cape Town: The Linguistic Construction of Coloured Identity
The Coloured racial identity, inextricably bound to language and performed in diverse political contexts, has taken many forms since its inception in South Afri...
The Opportunity for Legal Pluralism in Jordan
Introduction Tribal communities in Jordan predate both Islam and the monarchy, so the culture and values of early Bedouin tribes arguably better define Jordan a...
The Dangers of Private Policing: Lessons from South Africa
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...
“Nothing Will Be the Same”: How an Abortion Ruling Sparked Poland’s Nascent Revolution
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...
Culture of Torture and Intimidation: The Military in Thailand
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...