Palestine, Israel and the Rise of Women’s Voices
By: Clara Knäpper Bohman (Guest Writer)
In October 2017, thousands of women gathered in the Israeli Negev desert. For two weeks, Arabs, Jews, Christians, and...
The Free and Open Indo-Pacific and the Rise of China: ‘Tigers’ Should Find a...
The Indo-Pacific is gaining systemic gravity in international affairs more than ever before. Avoiding falling into a zero-sum game would be beneficial for all.
Amid...
Duties of a good neighbour? Refugee policies in Jordan
The influx of Syrian refugees has seriously altered the demography of Jordan. As the refugee population continues to grow, pressure mounts on the already...
Pink-tide redux: A lifeline for the left in Latin America
While much of the world’s attention throughout the European summer was focused on the seemingly never-ending Brexit quagmire, early signs of a broad and...
The Uzbek Thaw
The death of Islam Karimov in September 2016 brought his 27-year stint as Uzbekistan’s leader to a rather abrupt conclusion. Karimov took office as...
“A Day Without Us:” Mexican Women Take Action for Gender Equality
Initiatives like the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in 1993, the Convention of Belém do Pará in 1994, and the Beijing...
The Past, the Present, the Unknown
written by Joseph Trey Meeks
“If you don’t like it, you can get out!” she said with a fierce passion that caught me off-guard.
She was a...
Endgame for King Bibi?
By: Benjamin Flaig (Guest Writer)
If Likud, the party he chairs, gains the majority of the Knesset’s 120 seats, Netanyahu will be tasked with forming...
Democratic Support Without Democracy: Explaining the Popularity of the Chinese Government
Over the past year, international media reports on Chinese politics frequently centred around the oppression of minorities, public surveillance measures, and China’s increasingly aggressive...
How International Law was Invented over a Lunch in 1873
Determining the starting point of the discipline of international law has always been subject to controversy in the academic world. The divergent views on...
