By Uilson Jones, Zuzanna Mietlińska, Chira Tudoran Due to repeated rhetoric about a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on the side of the US, the beginning of 2022 was very tense for people in Eastern Europe. However, when the war eventually arrived at Europe’s doorstep, many were caught off guard byContinue Reading
By Ayān Sule The current Indian ruling party and its minions love to berate the Nehruvian intellectual paradigm in their naivete, whilst being simultaneously oblivious to the fact that the ruling party still operates within the Nehruvian paradigm. From Non-Alignment to secularism, and everything in between, the Union Government stillContinue Reading
By Hannah Vonberg Environmental racism is an awkwardly imprecise term. However, it captures a multitude of factors that constitute modern forms of racism. Racism systematically constructs inequalities by conferring advantages upon one racial/ethnic group at the expense of others; power and privilege are distributed unevenly across space and time basedContinue Reading
By Margaux Marzuoli Politicians’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have been a source of contention around the world and have given people new reasons to criticize those in power. The role of the Covid-19 pandemic in current social unrest is particularly relevant in the context of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Indeed,Continue Reading
By Helena Reinders Like many countries, the Netherlands has its own rules and regulations regarding studies and student debt. Between 2012 and 2021 several things have changed within this system, causing a recent stir with the latest change in the student loan system. The aim of this article is toContinue Reading
By Federico Arcuri Once I started studying International Studies here in The Hague, I was not surprised by the considerable number of fellow Italian students. It is a well-known fact that more and more Italian students study abroad to escape a reality characterized by youth unemployment and lack of opportunities.Continue Reading
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 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
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