Fighting Populism with Populism
“Strong and Stable leadership.” The slogan of the British Conservative party’s campaign bears little resemblance to the reality after Theresa May’s gamble of calling a...
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Attack after Attack, a Scared Europe: What now?
What it feels like to be living in Europe: Our newly militarized narrow streets echo with the stories of our own, of those who died, of those who saw and those who...
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Snap Election in Austria: Will the Far Right Prevail?
In Austria, early parliamentary elections have given new life to the far right movement in western Europe. Last December, Freedom Party (FPO) candidate Norbert Hofer...
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Brexit Through the Gift Shop
In just mere weeks the world will be a year removed from being helpless bystanders as the British people decided they wanted tighter borders, less globalization, and...
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U.K. General Election 2017: Historic, But Historically Uncompetitive
“Not another one!” exclaimed Brenda from Bristol. Captured in a viral video, this reaction was in response to the snap election that Prime Minister Theresa May has...
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Macron: We Dodged a Bullet, Now Let’s Prevent Future Shots
The world took a sigh of relief as a young new leader emerged from the 2017 French presidential election: Emmanuel Macron. It is important to note that, although the...
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To Merkel, or not to Merkel? One Last Test for the European Union in 2017
Germany’s Federal election, which will be held in September 2017, stands as the next political test for the European Union following Emmanuel Macron’s victory over...
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Another Page in Russia and LGBTQ Rights: The Chechnya Story
Accusations of human rights abuses are nothing new to Russia and most recently, the situation has reached an alarming climax as the Chechnya region in Russia has come...
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People vs The People: The Rise of Populism and Nationalism
On May 7th, Emmanuel Macron beat radical right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential election. The election was the latest attempt at a populist victory...
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Et Après? France Has Spoken, What’s Next?
The centre has prevailed in France, having just elected moderate and pro-EU centrist, Emmanuel Macron, as president on May 7, 2017. In the second round of France’s...
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