Empowering rural Burmese women through an app

The Paris Globalist TeamMarch 14, 2017

by Alexandra Preperier 60 years of military rule in Myanmar that only started to move towards a civilian regime in 2011 has led to a range of difficulties for ... Read More

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Help Wanted! Treatment of Domestic Workers in Singapore is in Need of Change

The Paris Globalist TeamNovember 23, 2016

by Henry O'Connell Memories of Singapore’s colonial history are easily evoked when one lives in Singapore. The colonial buildings that line the historical dist... Read More

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Double Standard in the Rohingya Crisis

The Paris Globalist TeamSeptember 18, 2016

By Alaric Moras “I started in politics not as a human rights defender or a humanitarian worker, but as the leader of a political party. And if that’s not a pol... Read More

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Inhospitality Down Under

The Paris Globalist TeamMay 14, 2016

By Henry O'Connell Given that Australia is a country with the fifth lowest population density in the world and whose own history was based on the idea of (forc... Read More

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Whose Nationalism? The Politics of Hong Kong’s Identity

The Paris Globalist TeamApril 14, 2016

  by Jeremy Ha Do people from Hong Kong feel proud to be Chinese? Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year celebrations in February 2016 were marred by violence follow... Read More

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Opinion | The Legality of Being Gay in India

The Paris Globalist TeamApril 21, 2015

By Supriya Ambwani Last year, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon decided to legitimise same-sex unions among UN staff regardless of their nationaliti... Read More

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The Puzzle of Peaceful Civil-Military Relations in Singapore

The Paris Globalist TeamApril 1, 2015

by Solange Harpham Civil-military relations usually consists of spheres which are not only separate and independent but also antagonistic: an army that grows t... Read More

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“From Third World to First”: Singapore Before and After Lee Kuan Yew

The Paris Globalist TeamMarch 24, 2015

By Zhen Jie Im For many Western observers who increasingly distrust politicians, the current outpouring of grief by many Singaporeans over the death of Lee Kua... Read More

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Brûlées dans leur chair : le supplice des femmes pakistanaises

The Paris Globalist TeamMarch 10, 2015

Ndeye Aminata dia (N.A.A.D) Najaf Sultana a 5 ans. Dans son Lahore natal, ville pakistanaise située sur les rives de la rivière Ravi, la petite fille dort. Tra... Read More

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“What’s My Hoodie Got to Do with It?” | Sweatshops and What They Mean for US Foreign Policy

The Paris Globalist TeamJanuary 6, 2015

By Anna Bartsch In 2006, democratic Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota presented Senate bill S. 3485 to the 109th Congress - a bill that soon became known as... Read More

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