Do Commodifying Welfare Policies Reflect Elite-Driven Agendas or Middle-class Expansion?
Introduction and Research Question The international left is facing an identity crisis. In recent years, social democratic and otherwise left-leaning poli...
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Implications of the 1916 Easter Rising: An Analysis of Irish Nationalism as an Ordering Factor of International and Intranational Relations
“Agus gurab as an uaigh so agus as na huaghannaibh atá inar dtimcheall éireochas saoirse Ghaedheal”; And that from this grave and from the graves which surround...
State Controls and Narrative Constructions of Migration, Smuggling, and Europe at the Serbian-Hungarian Border
Introduction In 2015, the European Union (EU) registered the arrival of more than one million migrants, thrusting the European “migration crisis” to the forefro...
Pride and Populism: Rising Populist Governments in Europe Clamp Down on LGBTQ+ Rights
On October 27th, the Italian Senate scrapped DDL Zan, a bill that would have amended a section of the Italian penal code to include bans on discrimination, viol...
A Life of Public Service: Ambassador John Koenig on his Experience as an American Diplomat in Europe and Beyond
John Koenig served as the U.S. ambassador to Cyprus from 2012 to 2015. As a career foreign service officer, he has held assignments in Belgium, Greece, Indonesi...
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...
Securitized in Solidarity: How Germany Exploited the Arab Spring To Normalize Schengen Border Externalization
Winter Issue 2019 Written by: Allison Meakem, Brown University Introduction During the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel recei...
Why Attacking Farmers Won’t Solve the EU’s Environmental Crisis
By: Nathalie Bussemaker, Morse’21 With Greta Thunberg at the helm, millions of Europeans have rallied to the banner of climate activism. According to a 20...
Review: “Democracy and Dissent”
Written by Mary Orsak On April 6, over 50 students and alumni protested University President Peter Salovey during his speech honoring 50 years of Asian American...