A Tourist’s Guide to the French Political System

Nikolas Wagner BozzoloMarch 11, 2022

Picture : Marine le Pen and Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 presidential debate. .©Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP This article is part of a special series... Read More

Conflict in the Balkans: A Resurgent Cold War in Europe?

Jiya DhillonFebruary 24, 2022

As tensions rise in Ukraine, peace continues to be threatened within fragile, multiethnic communities elsewhere in Europe. Almost three decades after the end o... Read More

72 hours in Kiev : the calm before the storm?

Sorana Horsia and Sofia Alvarez JuradoFebruary 11, 2022

- Man reading a book, surrounded by snow, at the Independence Square in Kiev, by Sorana Horsia, used un CC BY. As Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kiev to dis... Read More

Beware the specter of ‘orientalism’ in French politics

H.D WrightJanuary 21, 2022

Battle of the Pyramids by French Orientalist painter Antoine-Jean Gros  As never-ending wars and resilient dictatorships plague the Middle East, couple... Read More

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... 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 in... Read More

The future of German leadership after Angela Merkel: domestic and foreign opportunities

Nikolas Wagner BozzoloNovember 18, 2021

On October 26 of 2021, an uncommon image was seen by Germans on all news channels. For the first time in 31 years, the Bundestag was in session, and instea... Read More

A STATE WITHIN THE ITALIAN STATE: ENI’s Foreign Policy in Libya

Francesco Pietro LoiJune 23, 2021

On 21 March 2021, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio flew to Tripoli, Libya to meet the interim president of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU).... Read More