International Political Forum

Statelessness Should Never Be An Option

The news broke earlier this week that the Home Office backed, inevitably, by Teresa May, plans to “find a way of overturning international human rights conventions”, and seize the power to  confiscate the passports of susp...
 
 
International Political Forum

‘An Extensive Human Rights Abuse That The EU Cannot Afford To Overlook’ – Estimating The Financial Cost Of Violence Against Women

A new survey published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the first week of March revealed one in three women in Europe have suffered some form of violence, sexual or physical, in her lifetime. The rep...
by Isabella Grotto
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International Political Forum

Right-Winging It: Populism, The Constitution, And Orbán’s Hungary

Following its 2014 elections, Hungary now has the dubious claim to fame of hosting the largest far-right presence in a European legislature. The Jobbik party, known for its nationalist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Roma views, has em...
by Hugh Oberlander
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UK Foreign Policy: A Coalition Success

Since taking office, Britain’s coalition government has gotten plenty of bad press. U-turns, scandals and a double-dip recession have accompanied a slippery slide in public opinion. But this government initiated one extremely...
by Nadine Tewfik-Saad
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International Political Forum

The Legacy Of Western Imperialism And Reinstating China’s Former Glory

The 21st century has seen China’s economic rise to “great-power” status, thereby allowing Western nations fearing that it intends to challenge the global balance of influence. While realist thinkers such as John J. Mears...
by Sunjana Dalal
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International Political Forum

Countdown To The End Of Twitter In Russia

The deputy director of Russia’s chief censorship agency, Roscomnadzor, has threatened that the government could block Twitter or Facebook entirely, in a matter of minutes. Maxim Ksenzov told Izvestia newspaper that Twitter ...
by Kevin Rothrock
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The UK response to the “refugee crisis” is theoretically sound but practically counterproductive

The UK Conservative government has a strategy for tackling the current “refugee crisis” that is theoretically convincing but practically contradictory. The strategy consists of letting as few refugees onto UK soil as it can...
by Gustav Isherwood
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Pro-austerity VVD’s victory in Dutch elections hides the real winners of last night’s poll – a social democratic Europe

With over 96% of votes counted, the result of yesterday’s Dutch election sees Mark Rutte, leader of the right-wing Liberals (VVD), set to stay as Prime Minister. But the closely fought election left his party with only two mo...
by Gareth Lewis
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Spanish Youth in Exile: “We’re Not Leaving, They’re Kicking Us Out!”

Youth unemployment in Spain, one of the tragic consequences of the crisis that this country is living through, stands at 55.6%. Last year, the European Union called for urgent action to combat this alarming number. After 15 mon...
by Global Voices
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