Citizenship: The Right to Rights and Duties
“To celebrate citizenship is one way for society to show that it is something valuable which strengthens the community.” ~Jens Orback, 2006 The concept of cit...
The Social Contract of Citizenship
Current political discourse has brought the nuances of citizenship to the forefront of the nation’s psyche. News outlets are rife with reports of injustices per...
Brother-and-Sister Brotherhood: Sexual Harassment and Gender-Mixed Barracks in the Norwegian Armed Forces
The sun never rose the first day Kari began her service in the Norwegian Armed Forces.[1] Daylight didn’t appear at Setermoen Camp, a northern army base situate...
Cosmopolitan Culpability: The Dynamics of Mitigated Punishment and Migration
A version of this article originally appeared in Inquiries Journal.Annamaneni, Keerthana. “Towards a Theory of Leniency for Immigrants.” Inquiries J...
Revisionist Memory: How the far-right Alternative for Germany is seeking to reshape the nation’s collective memory to promote a Eurosceptic, German-centric foreign policy agenda
Throughout the history of modern Germany, an unwavering government commitment to the remembrance of the National Socialists’ atrocities has permeated an ingrain...
Franco-Era Spain and its Usage of Soft Power
There is no doubt that juxtaposing themes such as cruelty and mercy, fear and love present throughout life and media contributed to the two-dimensional divide b...
A Chance for A Sustainable Future – We Should Take It
In May 1st, I landed in a seaside city in China after almost forty hours of traveling. This was four months after the then “mysterious pneumonia-like” virus rai...
Abubacarr Tambadou’s Case Against Myanmar: A Watershed Moment for International Law
In the eyes of scholars and policymakers who subscribe to the tenets of political realism, unconditional solidarity with any group beyond one’s borders, particu...
The Dutch Far Right is Booming. Here is Why and How it Should be Stopped.
In a country known around the world for its liberal reputation, the Dutch Far Right is booming. “Forum for Democracy” is an explicitly white nationalist party l...
LDS Charities and Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid
The women’s organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or LDS Church) has a motto: charity never faileth. It comes from the Book of Mormon...