“The Education of an Idealist” is a memoir by Samantha Power, former American Ambassador to the UN. It follows her political education from her childhood in Dublin, to the streets of war-torn Bosnia, to the White House Situation Room. This journey will highlight Power’s political idealism, and her incessant fight for human dignity.
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The Impact of Gender Roles in Politics
Author: Viveca Von Lilienfeld-Toal & Maya Schuster Have we truly achieved equality in politics, or do invisible barriers still decide who gets to lead? Gender roles refer […]
Economic Impact of the Tensions between the USA and Iran
Authors: Luke Ridley, Miina Järviste and Laura Bladosz Introduction As tensions rise between the United States and Iran, many problems have come with it. Today’s […]
Economic Development and Sustainability: a Paradox?
As I was reading Plato Tackles Climate Change by Matthew Pye I stumbled upon a passage that I found quite interesting. This passage led me to ask myself the question: why do we, as a society, choose to measure nations based on their monetary value, their wealth, or their industrial advancement?
The Arctic Melt: New Trade Routes, Rising Rivalries
As Arctic ice melts around Greenland, new shipping routes are emerging that could slash transit times between Asia and Europe by 40%, challenging the dominance of the Suez and Panama Canals. But this shortcut comes with high stakes: intensifying geopolitical competition among the US, Russia, and China, while threatening a fragile ecosystem.
A Journalistic Dilemma
Most people assume journalism to be the craft of presenting reality in the visual, auditory, or written form. And that is right – in essence. Although in a changing world such as ours, journalism – the quiet act of observing and note-taking, or recording, and spreading the truth – ever shifts in tone and medium…
Endométriose : La maladie invisible
L’endométriose est une maladie gynécologique chronique et inflammatoire, liée à la présence de tissu semblable à la muqueuse utérine en dehors de la cavité utérine. […]
Russian Invasion Simulation
A recent NATO simulation, organized by Die Welt, revealed troubling results: in a hypothetical Russian invasion of Lithuania, Western hesitation—not Russian firepower—proved to be the greatest vulnerability. With response times measured in weeks and American leadership uncertain, Baltic officials criticized the exercise as unrealistic, emphasizing their capacity for immediate resistance.
Pretty, Famous and Disposable: how showbiz exploited women from Judy Garland to Ariana Grande.
Author: Laura Brebenel Over the course of time, movies and music have educated us, helped us communicate ideas, share emotions and art, and given us […]
Echoes of the Past – The Cycle of Genocide
Although the common saying affirms that ‘history repeats itself’, many historical events, although similar, cannot be equated, such as the ethnic cleansing of the Jewish people in the Holocaust and in Gaza today. Yet comparing them teaches us about the cycle of human cruelty and suffering which pervades all peoples of the earth.