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French 2017 Elections: Terrorism, Prisons and Justice
At last, a consensus! Apparently, the republican candidates for the French primaries agree on one thing: the vital…
Change is Necessary: Selection of the UN…
As we ring in the new year on the first day of 2017, a new Secretary-General of the United Nations will take over…
J. F. Poisson: The Outsider Republican
The first TV debate of the 2017 French primaries took place this Wednesday, and it did two things: it maintained…
2016 French Education Reform: An Ideological Rewriting…
*French-to-English translations by the author*
The start of the school year would not be a French one…
Towards an Alternative European Government?
By any measure, the European Union is currently in something of a crisis, if not an outright mess – many of its…
Responses to Rhetoric: Brexit and the Rise of Hate Crime…
Warning: this piece will reference racism, rape, and general violence.
What is it about fear in politics that is…
French Primaries: Please, Do Focus on Economy!
Fueled by the terrorist attacks and the refugee crisis, the French dispute about “national identity” is on…
Alain Juppé and His So-Called “Identité…
As the first TV debate on the question of identity is approaching (October 13th), let us inaugurate this blog…
Opening Up Old Wounds – Political Instability in…
The past week will be remembered as a historical landmark in Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) accession to the …
Germany’s Refugee Lines and Trying Times
In the summer of 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a historic and generous refugee policy allowing…
Erdoğan’s Gülen Problem
Last week, leaders from around the world convened in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly. As…
The Refugee Crisis: A Global Catastrophe
The issue of refugees seeking asylum is unfortunately not a recent phenomenon to affect countries and their…