Campus Inquisitions and Violence from the American Left
The chanting echoed around the Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College – “We are here to shut down this fucking fascist!” – as nearly 250...
The War on Words and the Loss of Substance
Many’s the time one reads about deep trenches within Western societies, but it seems that little has been done to overcome this split. Populism...
Minority Protection or Moral Vaccine – Whom are we protecting, anyway?
In December 2015, ex-Muslim, feminist campaigner Maryam Namazie was heckled and aggressively disrupted by members of Goldsmiths University’s Islamic Society, while giving a talk...
Alons enfants de la dèmocratie!
When Emmanuel Macron triumphed in the May presidential elections in France, his victory became a symbol of a new refusal to the populist radical...
UN Peacekeeping missions are ineffective and do more harm than good”
Elisabeth Puttinger (MAIS I)
UN Peacekeeping missions have their flaws and problems, which is a fact that nobody can deny. The organization is weakened by...
JUST WAR THEORY AND ISLAMIC ETHICS OF WAR – A GROWING DIVERGENCE?
International law on the use of force is deeply rooted in what is one of the dominant philosophical perspectives on the morality of war...
Paradise Lost – The Venezuelan Crisis and the Response of the International Community
Venezuela anguishes in what is being described as the country’s worst economic, social and political crisis to date. A combination of low oil prices,...
Should Refugees Be Able to Move Freely?
Once every term, the Debating Society of the Diplomatic Academy hosts a debate night. In British parliamentary tradition, eight debaters take the stage and...
Trump: Champion of Climate Change Policy
Donald Trump’s campaign claims that climate change is just another political ruse, spooked many environmentalists awaiting the new president’s climate policy with a distrustful...
POST-BREXIT, POST-TRUMP
After the Brexit dust had settled, it looked as though Barack Obama’s prophetic warning that the UK "would be at the back of the...
