By Uilson Jones The staggering growth that China achieved in the years leading to the 21st century was quite an unexpected phenomenon. Many in political circles were not expecting such a dramatic rise in prominence of the Chinese state as it was relatively unimportant during the Cold War in comparisonContinue Reading
By Arin Doshi The fall of Afghanistan 2021: a chronology of the collapse Afghanistan captured worldwide attention through a variety of online news and social media platforms on August 16th, 2021. Unfortunately, it was for all the wrong reasons as the Taliban had gained control of the country overthrowing theContinue Reading
By Ricarda Bluemcke Germany’s elections on the 26th of September may not have ended with a clear winner, but one thing is certain: Angela Merkel will no longer be the chancellor of Germany, a role she has fulfilled for the last 16 years. On the 22nd of November 2005, AngelaContinue Reading
By Margaux Marzuoli In September 2017, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a referendum to vote on the independence of the autonomous region of Kurdistan located at the northern border of Iraq. Although 92% of Iraqi Kurds voted for the independence of the region, the referendum was not recognized asContinue Reading
Art by Chira Tudoran This pen-made illustration is named “Potential, 2021” . It is dedicated to the new board and new members of Sphaera Magazine. I wish you all good luck with your writing, editing, illustrating, and most important of all: accomplishing your goals. Be they improving a skill orContinue Reading
By Juni Victoria Moe Moltubak Everyone needs to consume, be it food, water, clothes, content or other goods. It is the beauty and the beast of our economic system. Some things are consumed because we need to, and a lot is consumed because we want to. What happens when ‘need’ meetsContinue Reading
By Margaux Marzuoli In the past decade, tens of thousands of Rohingyas have been murdered by the Burmese government and religious fanatics in recurring crackdowns and a genocide in 2015. In the past decade, close to a million Rohingyas have fled their home in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, injuredContinue Reading
By Iris Raith To effectively further their fighting cause, non-state actors regularly resort to various ways of acquiring weapons. One of the most common ways consists of stealing arms and ammunition from military bases. And this is a worldwide phenomenon that is not under control, even in stable democracies. ThisContinue Reading
By Uilson Jones When we hear of North Korea, we immediately conjure up images of totalitarianism, abject poverty, prison camps, and tyranny. On the other hand, when we think of South Korea we tend to believe that it is the ‘normal’ one of the two (i.e. one that possesses aContinue Reading
By Arin Doshi This article is a continuation of the previous article “An epoch of uncertainty: The Malaysian Political Crisis”. This has been written to address the severe consequences and the twists and turns of the ongoing Malaysian political crisis. In light of the resignation of Muhyiddin Yassin the 8thContinue Reading