Possibility of an armed conflict highlights Japan’s vulnerability as tensions in East Asia continue. Forced to rely on American military cooperation due to its ‘pacifist’ constitution, Japanese leadership ensures means for American hegemonic influence.
The economic aid after World War II known as the Marshall Plan can presently serve as an example of how an economic crisis can be fought against not only relying on financial or monetary aid but also with an effective push for policy-reform.
What will happen to European security with the United States withdrawing from and Russia interfering with trust-based security? One strategy that could alleviate the current conflict would be a deeper discussion of history.
The coronavirus pandemic has showed that the Global North is a lot more vulnerable for pandemics than was previously thought. Preparedness is only one factor in how a country fares during a pandemic. Successful responses depend on local circumstances influenced by political economies and cultures.
Uber and other platform companies have showed that digitalization is an engine of deregulation. However, the need of governments to intervene in issues such as lower wages of Uber drivers is an issue of intense debate between between free-marketeers and supporters of continuous state regulation.
Political fiction in popular culture operates on both global and local levels. In this Hyeon Su Seo and Mikko Poutanen discuss two television shows with explicit political dimensions: Designated Survivor (US) and Designated Survivor: 60 Days (South Korea).
Some greening measures in the common agricultural policy could be understood as an excuse to maintain protectionist elements in an expensive policy.
The documentary film Immortal will be shown in Docpoint film festival on Wednesday Jan 29th, Friday Jan 31st and Sunday Feb 2nd. Here is a link for more details on …
Alex Gibney’s documentary Citizen K presents the story of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s rise to prominence and his eventual fall from grace. Yet, there is something amiss in this narrative of the rise and fall of the oligarch – namely, the concept of oligarch and oligarchy itself.
It is difficult to overlook a seeming paradox that it is not solidarity but societal and, above all, political polarisation that is the Solidarity’s longest-lasting legacy.
