Turkey becoming a presidential system? (source: Washington Post)
Right now in Turkey there is a major debate taking place over whether the country should move from a parliamentary political system to a...
Netherlands are heading towards a general election, identity issues are central (source: BBC)
Immigration issues are central to the election battle in Netherlands. The present Prime Minister is responding to the far-right party by...
France's main left-wing party (Socialist Party) holds primary election (source: BBC)
France has begun to experiment with U.S. style primary elections. The main right-wing party held primary elections about two months ago...
Are Colonial-Era Laws Still Holding Africa Back? (source: Washington Post)
This is a piece from the Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog, which is a section of the newspaper where academics often share their...
How Is the Refugee Crisis Changing the World Economy? (source: Huffington Post)
This is a long, but very interesting piece on those who are profiting off of the refugee crisis in Niger, Sicily, Turkey, and Germany....
What's Life Like in an Authoritarian State? (source: Vox)
Professor Tom Pepinsky says it's mostly boring and tolerable. Learn more about what life is like in Malaysia under authoritarian rule...