By Joanna Sowińska On the 9th of August 2020, the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected for his 6th mandate as the president of Belarus. Belarus applies a two-round system for its elections, meaning that if no candidate obtains more than 50% of votes, a second round is held in whichContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders 2021 will mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between South Korea and the Netherlands. Over the course of these 60 years the country has experienced rapid economic growth and has established itself as a prominent country in technological industries. The country has become one of the world’sContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska While most people would suggest that states are the simplest entity to describe how the world functions, the use of the word state can be sometimes confusing because of its debated meaning. Today, the United Nations system counts 193 sovereign member states, from which 187 have noContinue Reading
By Aryan Goyal The first time I heard about Jacinda Ardern was right after the tragic March 2019 shootings at mosques in Christchurch. Firstly, her unorthodox response focused on empathising with the directly affected Muslim community. Moreover, her efforts to denounce racism embedded in society in an effort to bringContinue Reading
By Arin Doshi Donald Trump has been the president of the United States of America (USA) since January 17th, 2017, taking responsibility for a nation gripped with bitterness as political division sets in between the citizens of the country. These are divides that are linked with clashes between the RepublicanContinue Reading
By Arianna Pearlstein In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, ignited by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery among countless others, the modus Operandi of police disproportionately criminalizing Black Americans has taken center stage. The question many Americans are asking themselves is how toContinue Reading
By Joanna Sowińska Living in a country such as the Netherlands sometimes makes people forget about their basic privileges. While the ability to shower once or twice a day may appear marginal to people in most developed countries, two-thirds of the global population (4 billion people) and close to halfContinue Reading
By Helena Reinders This article builds upon the previously written articles regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. If you have not read those, we advise you to do so before continuing. As the Black Lives Matter movement and protests across the US rage on, we want to provide you withContinue Reading
By Tom van der Meij If there is something that has connected human beings over all ages and times, it must be music. Traces of both the making and the enjoyment of music have been found in the remnants of prehistorian folks, the ancient Greeks and practically all other placesContinue Reading
By Zhayra Escalona In my vocabulary, there is a word that is extremely important. It is a word that probably has not even been heard, let alone seen, by most people in the Western world. Now imagine my surprise when I saw it being thrown about on social media unlikeContinue Reading