Violence is nothing new to Eastern Europe, as the most recent events in Ukraine show. However, there are fears among many analysts that the example of violence used in Ukraine to overthrow governments could be repeated in other...
With the UK General Elections coming up soon, there’s a lot of talk about who to vote for. Will the Tories be given a second chance or will Labour steal the show? Or will the Lib Dems manage to win trust back off the public? ...
There is something startling in how little the British seem to know about their history. The same holds true for the majority of Europeans. I arrived in the UK aged 13 from Portugal in 2004. My father had been in England for 1...
Elysium, a movie set in the year 2155 starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, takes a stab at the health care system in the United States, but it also offers an insight into the country’s immigration system if comprehensive...
Whilst almost every sovereign state has, to some degree, embraced the progress of the 21st century, the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), by its own volition, has isolated itself from the rest.
As Iran’s long standing sworn “nemesis”, the Israeli reaction, voiced through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denouncing the P5+1 Iran nuclear deal, claiming that the “agreement has made the world more dangerousâ...
As of October 1st, the Federal Government of the United States has officially begun a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years. In an incredible act of political brinkmanship, a debate between the House of Representative...
After hearing that last year alone, more than 12% of the world’s elephants were killed for their tusks, a team from National Geographic decided to make a special on the threats to the world’s largest land animal. Why is the...
New constitutions are written every year. The people who write these important documents need to read and analyze texts from other places, gaining inspiration and direction when crafting those all-important national foundations...