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The French Election: Marine Le Pen’s Late Surge against the Candidate of Apathy
As the French election cycle came to a close this April, Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron emerged victorious with 58.5 percent...
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May 30, 20224 min read


How to Say I’m Sorry: AUKUS Edition
1778 marked the last time that a French ambassador to the United States was recalled to Paris for consultations—until September 17, 2021....
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Dec 28, 20215 min read


Submarine Diplomacy: AUKUS, and the Reshuffling of Alliances
On September 15th 2021, Australia, the UK and the US signed perhaps one of the most consequential defense pacts in recent history. The...
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Nov 2, 20214 min read


The 2022 French Presidential Election is a Test of the First-past-the-post System
The two leading candidates for France’s 2022 presidential election are the same as those from 2017: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen....
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Apr 13, 20215 min read


BPR Interviews: Vera Molnár
Vera Molnár, considered by many scholars and historians to be the world’s first female digital artist, began her career in the mid-1940s....
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May 19, 20207 min read


Willful Ignorance
Polo and Pan, a French electronic duo, are great artists—until the lyrics start. Dreamy rhythms become corroded by blatantly racist...
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Dec 31, 20193 min read


It Takes A Smart Village
On a midnight raid in a rural region of Brittany, France, furious farmers blockaded roads with bales of hay. Other farmers dumped 3.5...
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Nov 25, 20185 min read


(E)Quality Education: The Case for Darija in Moroccan Public Schools
During the 2017-18 school year, Morocco implemented a new education strategy, the latest in a string of unsuccessful reform attempts...
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Nov 12, 20186 min read


Embezzled, Confiscated, and Not Returned: The Politics of Western Asset Seizures of the Global South
In mid-September, Brazilian officials seized $1.4 million in cash and $15 million in watches from the unashamedly extravagant Vice...
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Nov 7, 20184 min read


Ni 1968 Ni 2018: Rethinking France’s “Color-Blind” Activism
Since last February, thousands of students and blue-collar workers from all across France have taken to the streets to protest President...
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Oct 22, 20187 min read


Libya since 2011: Bias and International Oil Interests
Libyan politics and governance have been unstable and chaotic for the past eight years. Because of the country’s significant position as...
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Mar 17, 20185 min read
Ahead or Behind for a New Front: Le Pen’s Latest Rebuilding Effort
On September 23, standing in front of a banner declaring, “Ahead for a New Front,” French presidential runner-up Marine Le Pen announced...
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Nov 3, 20177 min read


Infographic: International Attention on the French Presidential Election
On May 7, 2017, the independent candidate Emmanuel Macron defeated the far right candidate Marine Le Pen to become the next president of...
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May 22, 20171 min read


The Immigration Game: How the refugee crisis has affected French and German politics
France and Germany have never been known for having much in common, but recent geopolitical events have shaken the countries’ political...
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May 12, 20176 min read


En Marche! France’s Antidote to Populism
Over the last few years, extremist and populist movements have been on the rise throughout the world. Be it the Brexit referendum or...
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Feb 18, 20176 min read


Europe’s America: The Rise of Populism
Over the course of the last few months, the entire world has waited with bated breath for the results of the US elections. As a result,...
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Nov 29, 20166 min read


The French Educational Algorithm of Inefficiency
Much like in the US presidential election, politicians in France must grapple with complex issues involving public education. The...
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Nov 8, 20166 min read
How the Media Enables Terrorists
The busy, relentless lives of those living in New York and New Jersey were disturbed recently by two terrorist bombings, which sent two...
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Oct 13, 20165 min read


Tyranny in Britain
“We’re out.” With this laconic declaration, the Daily Mail delivered Friday’s simple, momentous truth to a polarized Britain; the torrent...
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Jul 23, 20167 min read


Where Free Speech Meets Hate Speech
It only takes a few minutes of browsing internet comments for one to observe just how ingrained the concept of “free speech” is in...
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May 3, 20164 min read
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