World Inequality Report Shows Why We Should Get Serious About Economic Inequality
An analysis of the World Inequality Report, its main conclusions, and its implications for the future
Libya: Slave Trade Flourishes Under The Shadow Of A Failed State
The slave trade in Libya, and its roots in Western interventionism
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: The Reasoning Behind the Iranian Protests
The underlying causes of the protests in Iran
Machiavelli in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia’s quest for regional hegemony
Image Credits: James N. Mattis, via Flickr Creative Commons For decades, Saudi Arabia had a very low-key profile in international affairs, and limited its foreign involvement to the Middle East. More
Ambiguous Hopes: What comes next for Zimbabwe?
Image Credits: Ben Sutherland, via Flickr Creative Commons In 1980, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) led by Robert Mugabe gained independence from the white supremacist state of Rhodesia. Mugabe won More
Personality, Politics and Global Health: Mugabe Appointment Brings WHO Under Scrutiny
Image Credits: Eric Bridiers for the United States Mission in Geneva In late October, the World Health Organization (WHO) appointed Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as their Goodwill Ambassador. Immediately following More
Catalonia: Reconsidering the Relationship Between The EU and its Citizens
Recent events in Spain have thrust Catalonia’s struggle for independence onto international headlines. The Catalan impasse is set to become the latest addition to a series of crises that More