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Democracy Is Not For Sale: The TTIP and European Protest…
Launched in 2013, the negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the…
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…