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Mandela: The last Of The Global Icons?
Mandela, as the eulogies which were sent from all corners of the globe showed, was a man revered by almost everybody. At his funeral Obama mixed with Raul Castro, Robert Mugabe and Oprah Winfrey. As we lose the last of the grea...
Is The Kremlin Trying To Force The “Russian Zuckerberg” Out Of The Country?
A seemingly endless supply of astonishing dash-cam videos have come out of Russia in the last few years, but this one is still impressive for the driver’s apparent brazenness. A white Mercedes is pulled over on St. Petersburg...
What Does The World Really Think About Women?
A few weeks ago, UN women released a series of ads exposing the prevalent views on women. The 4 ads were photographs of women with Google search autocomplete of various phrases placed over their mouth. Speaking from hours of pr...
‘The Queen is dead, long live the King…again?’ – Julia Gillard’s shock resignation
As night drew across the Australian capital of Canberra and its citizens prepared for rest, the dust settled on what may go down in history as the most brutal and intense battle for a political party’s leadership within the m...
Europe Without Brussels: New Intergovernmentalism and Europe’s Integration Paradox
What has been happening to the European integration process in the last decade or so can only be described as an integration paradox. Never before has there been so much discussion and debate at the European level as during the...
Beyond the ECI
The European Citizens Initiative (ECI), introduced by the Lisbon Treaty enables citizens to make proposals to the European Commission for initiation, modification or to stop the proposal and process of legislation. As the hopes...
