Italy: The government of change or a(nother) government to change? Since 1946, the year when Italian citizens chose republic over the monarchy as their form of government, Italy saw 65 governments in 72 years, a symptom of political instability whose grassroots trace back in history. Due to its unique path, Italy has always represented a laboratory of political experiments with changing fortunes. Yet Italian politics, almost an incomprehensible equation for foreign observers,

Of course, other factors were involved too. The Middle East is a warren of intentions, and nothing is ever what it seems. In the fight against the rebels, Assad has received help from Hezbollah. Hezbollah is a political and military group based in Lebanon that is widely considered a terrorist organisation in the West, backed by Iran as a proxy in the decades-long Israel-Iran proxy conflict. Iran, a major regional power of the Middle East, has long sought to extend their influ

It’s been all over the news, in bar conversation, on your Facebook feed, and perhaps in class too; but what exactly is going on in Syria? Who is striking who? Who is in alliance with who? What’s the war all about? Who is winning? Is anyone winning? What is the Don going to do about it? What’s going to happen next? The seven-year-long conflict began as a result of the 2011 Arab Spring, a social and political upheaval in the Arab world that began with the 2010 Tunisian Revoluti

Helen Clark is one of those women, and sadly one of the few, who have been able to reach the highest positions within the world’s social, political and cultural order. Helen Clark is, in few words, a powerful woman sitting at the very top of the hierarchical pyramid, pursuing a healthy leadership based on compromise, bargaining and finding the middle ground, but always bearing in mind a long-term vision and ambitious goals. According to the US magazine Forbes, Clark ranks as

On April 7th, 2018, Douma, the closest rebel-held stronghold near the capital Damascus, was heavily bombed in a chemical weapons attack. Nearly all observers, especially from the West, have accused the ruling Syrian regime of the attack. Russia and Iran, Syrian allies, however, have denied Assad’s involvement. One week later, on the 14th, a Western strike force led by the US, France, and the UK, returned fire with a barrage of missile strikes. These strikes were aimed at Syri

The longest, bloodiest and most complex War that has ever been fought in the world’s history. A War in which a myriad of factors intersect and overlap with each other, ranging from socio-economic ones to geopolitics. The War between Palestinians and Israeli is ongoing and is nowhere close to an end. Rather, it’s reaching its highest peak of intensity and brutality. Robert Serry, currently a Professor at the UN-mandated University of Peace in Costa Rica and committed to the P

By E.S. “Each nation has a government it deserves. If for some reason, stupid or wicked people are sitting on the neck of wise and honest people, then the people will send those low-grade guys to the pits of hell as soon as possible. But if a vicious government remains in its place for an extended period, it is certain that the fault lies with the nation.” It is uncertain who this quote stems from, but it was the most used quote I have seen as a response to the Hungarian elec