Last week, Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for bringing a clock to school. Clearly, children of criminalised minorities do not enjoy the luxury of “youthful innocence.”
Continue reading Islamophobia and the Politicisation of Youth
For Malcolm Turnbull, the legacy of departing Prime Minister Tony Abbott offers little to emulate, but much to repudiate.
The recent image of a drowned Syrian boy washed up on a beach has led to calls for better immigration policy across Europe. But many are still fearful of taking the refugees in.
Continue reading Europe’s Refugees – Parasitic or Symbiotic?
The US Department of Justice has laid out indictments for a slew of top FIFA executives, but will this be enough to clean up soccer’s governing body?
The direction of politics is changing in three countries that have long stood at the forefront of Latin America’s leftist populist movement.
Continue reading Dispatch from Latin America: Leftist Populism in Decline?
In recent years, far-right parties and the anti-Europe and anti-immigrant sentiments they espouse have gained traction in European politics.
Continue reading Conservative Backlash: The Rise of the Far-Right in France
The growing illiberal sentiment among Indian society is especially concerning at a time when the values that gird the modern Indian state are in extreme flux.
Once conflict erupted in Yemen, India and China wasted no time in evacuating civilians of all stripes. What does this moment mean for the future of Sino-Indian relations?
Continue reading ‘Chindian’ Evacuations a Strategic Win over the US
The Indian Home Ministry’s recent decision to extend the notorious Armed Forces Special Powers Act to the far-flung state of Arunachal Pradesh reflects an alarmingly heavy-handed and illiberal approach to quelling social unrest.
Continue reading The Flawed Logic of Extending AFSPA in Arunachal Pradesh
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