Demo-crazy: Where Does it Belong?
Democracy is a term that has become increasingly convoluted over time. It is a word that many people respect, but only a handful understands its true essence. What is democracy? Is it relative or universal? It certainly comes i...
Hungary’s New Media Tax: An Undemocratic Legislation?
Hungary’s tumultuous political sphere seems like a never ending topic for democracy advocates. Right after the governing party’s much criticised actions (alterations in the country’s constitution, forced retirements and o...
Matt Damon’s (Toilet Water) Bucket Challenge Highlights Sanitation Issues
Over the last couple of weeks the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has created a storm on social media, with thousands of people posting videos of themselves being soaked in ice water as a campaign to create awareness about the am...
In Defence Of The Union
It is the responsibility of any academic or author to clearly lay out one’s biases, be they the products of conscious deliberation, or a consequence of one’s birth. I am a Scot, born in Aberdeen, but have lived in England f...
Why Do We Call It Middle East?
Without realizing it, you are accustomed to the Eurocentric view of the world map: Europe is in the middle of the atlas and all other continents are gathered around. You don’t even question it, because this is how we were tau...
Singapore’s First Riot In 40 Years
A riot erupted in central Singapore on Sunday December 8th, after an Indian worker was killed in a bus accident. Hundreds of rioters attacked 16 police cars and burned down an ambulance in the area called Little India. It wa...
