Vol 5. No. 1

Articles

The Anti-Democrats: Republicans are Not the Only Villains in Congress

By Seán Cahill On January 6th this year, rioters stormed the United States Capitol in Washington DC. Their goal was to overturn the...

Poland and Hungary: Will The Law Win?

By Ryan O’Connor Hungary and Poland have both received a lot of attention from international media in recent years. This is a result of...

Moldova and the Future of Eastern Europe

By Marius Marsejnii On the 11th of July 2021, the people in the Republic of Moldova voted in a snap election. The election was triggered...

Russia, COVID, and Social Capital: How Can Social Capital Explain Vaccination Rates?

By Eugenia Hanniffy Russia was the first country in the world to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, in August 2020. This is...

Democratic Backsliding: The Ugandan Experience

By Sophie Treacy 1986 was a promising year for Uganda. After five years of guerilla warfare, a liberation hero emerged. Soon, he became...

On Conventional Wisdom

By Marc Imbillicieri It is now widely acknowledged that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a mistake. We now know Hussein was not harboring...

For Those Left Behind

By Jenny Gibson In this interview, Mary-Ellen McGroarty, Country Director of the UN World Food Programme (UNWFP), discusses her...

For Better or For Worse? China’s Potential New Partner

By Ben MacLeod Prior to Taliban forces seizing control of Kabul on August 15th 2021, Kabul’s fate appeared to have already been sealed...

Ethiopia and Libya: Who is Really in Charge?

By Walter Koike-Sieira In Libya and Ethiopia, democratic nation-states created after the withdrawal of colonial powers are proving to be...

Public Ally Number One

By Evan Carron-Kee In an issue that documents the return of the Taliban to Kabul, a migrant crisis that threatens the foundations of the...

What the U.S. Left Behind in Afghanistan

By Balthazar Sheehan As the last American military planes were leaving Afghanistan, hundreds of Afghan civilians lined the runway,...