In the latest episode of the Trump administration mixing public governance with private business, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom chose not...

On December 19, 2016 Christine Lagarde, the managing director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was convicted in French...

In the wake of Yahya Jammeh’s arrest at the hands of Senegalese forces, Vladimir Putin’s return to one of his alleged favorite pastimes,...

“Anyone who is in the United States illegally is subject to deportation,” then-candidate Donald J. Trump said during a campaign trail...

In recent months, “populism” has become an international buzzword as the de-facto explanation for unanticipated political events. Used...

Light plays an essential role in public life. It is an enabler of all social interaction. It shapes the cityscape. Yet, this important...

The beginning of Trump’s presidency was marked by a flurry of executive actions. In his first twelve days in office, President Trump...

Since coming into office, US President Donald Trump has signed multiple executive orders attempting to repeal the policies enacted by...

Of the 15 countries with the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, eight are located in southern Europe. Of the top 14 countries...

In an era of hyper-polarization and fast-paced digital communication, political conversations are happening more often than ever before....

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen….” So begins George Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984,...

In the late 19th century, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria oversaw a period of unprecedented intellectual and cultural growth in the...

When eating out, most of us simply focus on taste, price, and convenience, but the inquisitive foodie takes their ideas a step further:...

The United States military currently owns 8,700 M1 Abrams tanks. This tank has never been fully incapacitated on the battlefield and...

Over the last few years, extremist and populist movements have been on the rise throughout the world. Be it the Brexit referendum or...

Four days after the election of Donald Trump, an article  in the New York Times opened with the ominous statement “and then there was...

The post of Secretary General of the UN, perhaps the most symbolically important leadership position in the international community, is...

Early last year, the South Korean government blared K-pop – Korean pop music – across its border with North Korea in what seemed to be a...

On November 8th, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi executed his very own ‘financial surgical strike’ when he appeared on national...

Respectable public opinion holds that Labour has already lost the next General Election in the United Kingdom– maybe the next couple....