Why Nations Fail — Or Are Made to Fail?
— by Ramin Babayev — IntroductionWhy are some nations rich while others remain poor? This straightforward question has long puzzled economists, historians, and political scientists. The most influential answers in recent years were given…
Manufactured Consent 2.0: Propaganda in the Globalized Public Sphere
In the digital age, traditional propaganda has evolved into a sophisticated form of consent manufacturing, driven by transnational corporations, elite institutions, and algorithmic systems. This article revisits Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman’s “Manufacturing Consent”…
Nation, Nationalism, and the East-West Dilemma
— by Mahmud Novruzov — Nation, Nationalism, and East-West Dilemma Formulation of the Problem Nation: The concept of a nation is formed based on the unity of the society in different fields. These fields…
Humanitarian Intervention: The Emergence and Impact of R2P After the Cold War
— by Hana Girma Mamo — Introduction Before the post-cold war era, the world system stood for securing the sovereignty of any nation. No other idea has ever challenged this notion as a…
Trump’s Second Term: Policies, Challenges, and Global Impact
— by Mahammad Ahmadov — In a few months, the new President of the USA Donald Trump showed his political models as “Make America Great Again”. For the leader of the White House, the…
Insights from the Munich Security Conference 2025
— by Tsira Erkvania — “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” — Winston Churchill For years, the West has hoped that diplomacy and economic ties would…
The Balance of Power in a Nutshell
— by Tsira Erkvania — In international politics, where no single authority controls the actions of all states, the idea of the balance of power has played a major role in maintaining stability. It’s…
Hybrid Warfare in Contemporary International Relations
— by Joelle Alkontar — Military strategist Frank Hoffman first popularized the term “hybrid warfare” in his 2007 paper “Hybrid Warfare and Challenges”, where he defined it as a blend of conventional military force,…
The Saint of Right-Wing: The Facts Behind How Poland Became a Common Example of Right-Wing Politics
— by Alperen Keskin — Trump’s win in the US, the rise of AfD (Alternative for Germany – a far-right political party) in Germany, recently emerged far-right governments in European Union countries: Croatia, the…
A Brief Political Review of 2024: Western World and The Middle East
— by Alperen Keskin — “What is the future likely to bring? A reasonable stance might be to try to look at the human species from the outside. So imagine that you’re an extraterrestrial…
The Prospect of UN’s Security Council Reform
— by Joelle Alkontar — “There is no time as the present, where the reform of the Security Council has been necessary and urgent,” said South Africa’s delegate to the United Nations in November…