By Olivia Singh | 31st October 2022 Rishi Sunak is now the new Prime Minister of the UK. 193 MPs pledged their support to Sunak and 26 MPs backed Penny Mordaunt, according to BBC News. The pound rose against the dollar after Sunak was announced as the leadership race winner, and the markets reacting positivelyContinue reading “Why Rishi Sunak Becoming Prime Minister Is Significant for Not Only Britons but Indians All Over the World “
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Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss: Who Should Become the Next Prime Minister?
By Olivia Singh | 30th August 2022 Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are the final two candidates in the race to become Prime Minister. Out of the two candidates, who should become the next Prime Minister? Whilst Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the pandemic, he protected the jobs of millions of Britons byContinue reading “Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss: Who Should Become the Next Prime Minister?”
Comparing ‘populist’ revolutions: Ukraine and Egypt
By Vladimir Ivlev “The ultimate difference between a truly radical emancipatory politics and populist politics is that the former is active, it imposes and enforces its vision, while populism is fundamentally re-active, the result of a reaction to a disturbing intruder.” – Slavoj Žižek, “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce” (2008) With the collapse ofContinue reading “Comparing ‘populist’ revolutions: Ukraine and Egypt”
What Has Motivated the Russian Youth to Protest Against Medvedev?
By Yury Polyakov Russian Domestic Politics is probably the most boring subject for all enthusiastic researchers in Russian Studies. Russian people view Vladimir Putin as the new Brezhnev because his style is similar to Brezhnev’s tactics over the Zastoy days. In other words, you can sum up Putin message as ‘Sleep tight, my beloved country’.Continue reading “What Has Motivated the Russian Youth to Protest Against Medvedev?”
2017 Dutch Election: ‘politics for everyone’?
By Yury Polyakov The Western World followed the capitalisation and democratisation processes that created the common ground for a normative basis of the regional European interest. Despite the active role played by the anarchists and the left, European countries sustained democracy and parliamentarism as shared ideals, whereas communism secured its strategic location in the Soviet Union andContinue reading “2017 Dutch Election: ‘politics for everyone’?”
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