By Joanna Sowinska A review of Tim Marshall’s book An inherent debate in political science concerns the future of global governance. While some optimistic authors believe in the creation of a world state with a supranational authority and effective international laws, Tim Marshall (2018) outlines a completely different view onContinue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlinska Ethiopian Jews have a 2000 years history of living in exile, outside the borders of Israel. Despite the pogroms (violent repression of ethnic/religious groups), forced conversions and many other forms of persecution, they have maintained their culture and religion throughout the centuries under the name ‘Beta Israel’.Continue Reading
By Ayse Mısırlıoğlu It is an extremely rainy day somewhere in Sevilla, and it not only looks, but also feels gray. There is still some life left in the streets, though only echoed in the hurried steps of everyone scurrying away to their homes or to the nearest shelter. EveryoneContinue Reading
By Adriana Albares In 1920, under the 19th Amendment, American women obtained their right to vote. Until then, women and suffragettes across the world had sacrificed their lives and status for the vote; with mass demonstrations in front of the White House and British Parliament. Nowadays, you will find womenContinue Reading
By Lea Schiller When Facebook-Founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Capitol Hill to be questioned by Congress for the first time in April 2018, the event made worldwide headlines. What was, however, the reoccurring topic, was not the massive data leak that had prompted Zuckerberg’s questioning in the first place butContinue Reading
By Zuzanna Mietlinska The following article presents a short introduction to the Jewish lifecycle – namely, the most important events for every practicing Jew – from birth to death, through circumcision, bar mitzvah and marriage. All these occasions are associated with a set of customs and practices, common to JewsContinue Reading
By Eugenia Valais and Ricardo Pereira Teixeira On Sunday 6 October, U.S President Donald J. Trump went against the recommendations of top officials in the Pentagon and the State Department by endorsing, via a phone call with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish-led military operation in northern Syria.Continue Reading
Editorial In a crowded room, a mixed bunch of students were eagerly awaiting the panel discussion on Kashmir. The event, highly relevant due to the recent revoking of Article 370 of the Indian constitution, was the first academic event of the year for CIROS. Indian-administered Jammu-Kashmir, a contested area betweenContinue Reading
By Juni Moltubak Climate change is in a state of crisis. And so, many would argue, is democracy. Some may say that we need to sacrifice certain democratic rights in order to solve the climate emergency, whilst others claim democracy is the very key with which we can solve theContinue Reading
By Sasha Zinchenco Did you know that the Carnival in Brazil had a much more violent sister festival? This other event, called Entrudo, was finally prohibited in 1830 in order to give way to the more “civilized” Carnival. Initially it involved brutal and violent pranks and throwing of disgusting liquidsContinue Reading