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The debate around Italy’s anti-homophobia bill : Where does the country stand on the spectrum of equality?

Alice MontuoriJanuary 3, 2022

On October 27, 2021, the Italian Senate blocked the discussion of the “Zan Law,'' definitively halting the promulgation of the law. The regulation was intended... Read More

OP-ED: Josephine Baker Entrance in the Pantheon is Political – Here is Why.

Émo TouréDecember 31, 2021

The cenotaph of Joséphine Baker is being carried towards the Pantheon. The artist's gravestone will remain in Monaco. Burying a figure in the Panthe... Read More

Austrian idol

Marcel MüllerDecember 29, 2021

It seems not far-fetched to compare the recent stability of Austrian governments and their respected leader(s) to the tension and absurdity of a modern casting show. Full of rising stars and fallen heroes, sometimes combined within the same person, ... Read More

TPG Instant Insights – Ethiopia’s civil war

Lena FaucherDecember 21, 2021

Since November 2020, a large-scale armed conflict has been raging in the Tigray region of Ethiopia between the opposing forces of the Tigray People's Liberatio... Read More

The Good, the Bad, and the Realistic at COP26

Alexandra WenzelDecember 17, 2021

This article is part of a series in collaboration with the Graduate Press, the student-run publication of The Graduate Institute in Geneva. You can read th... Read More

OP-ED : US-China climate cooperation : the great mirage

Oscar RoyerDecember 13, 2021

Decoding the COP26’s “surprise deal” Four centuries ago, Jean-Jacques Rousseau spun a tale of a stag hunt in pre-historic times. Primitive hunters, banded together by necessity, see their collective hunting endeavour ruined by a companion gone... Read More

TPG Instant insights – Rise of Taliban in Afghanistan : How does it impact South Asia?

Leah KoonthamattamDecember 10, 2021

On 15th August 2021, the fall of Kabul seemed to indicate a new era for Afghanistan and its neighbors. Questions about the Taliban government’s legitimacy, the... Read More

Power games in the caucasus : Iranian influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Antonio Gonzalez MateoDecember 3, 2021

The latest diplomatic crisis between Iran and Azerbaijan has brought potential conflicts of interest between the two nations to the table. However, we stil... Read More

The European Union and Poland : how Eurosceptics are defying Brussels’ authority

Lena FaucherNovember 30, 2021

While the European Union is struggling to recover from Brexit, trouble now seems to be coming from the East. Last October, the Polish government prompted an intense diplomatic controversy by legally questioning the primacy of European norms over nat... Read More

OP-ED : We should condemn music romanticizing domestic violence

Elena ColonnaNovember 25, 2021

Condemning a romanticized narrative of abuse - particularly in pop culture and songs - is crucial to eliminate violence against women When I was 12, one of ... Read More

Beware the specter of ‘orientalism’ in French politics

Water warfare in West Africa

Introducing the Collaboration between The Paris Globalist and The Governance Post

The Evergrande Crisis Explained