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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To Reach Its Targets, the EU’s Green Deal Needs Improvement
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...
Revisiting France’s Burqa Ban Through a Psychoanalytic Lens
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...