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The Rise of the U.S. Moderate
When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy abruptly announced his retirement on June 27th, all of Washington…
Red Island-The Republicans of Brooklyn, New York
In recent history, partisan voting patterns in the United States have become remarkably stratified by community…
Nationalism and Israel’s Nation State Law
The Knesset recently passed Israel’s new “nation state law” which redefined the notions of Israeli statehood around…
How To Lose Your Allies in Two Days: A G7 Recap
Last month, leaders from seven countries (Canada, United States, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, and…
The Democratic Bellwether-in Kansas?
Each of the 435 US House districts contested in November has its own geographic, cultural, and political quirks. It…
Feudal Ties and Pakistani Elections
Leading up to Pakistan’s 2018 national elections, familiar contentions made their way back into the spotlight. It’s…
Politics as Entertainment: Partisanship in Post-Modern…
Introduction
In his seminal Amusing Ourselves to Death the sociologist Neil Postman observed that…
Austria’s Integration Problem
After Chancellor Sebastian Kurz won the Austrian elections in December 2017 and formed the coalition between the…
Caught Between Two Cultures
Growing up in Athens, Greece, I always found myself at the cross roads of different cultures. My Canadian family…
A Decades-Old Storm: Professor Carolina G. Hernandez on…
With slowly intensifying conflicts brewing in the South China Sea, neighboring governments are constantly finding…
Erdogan’s Re-election and Its Dire Consequences
The reelection of Turkey’s President Erdogan, falsely considered to be free, fair, and representative of the will…
The Next Step for Cooperatives Is Certification
This past week we celebrated the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, commemorated every year on the…