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There is a link between the government’s approach to cutting the benefit bill and negative attitudes towards disabled people and people suffering with mental health problems. For example, Theresa May’s advisor says disability benefits should go to ‘really disabled people’, and not to ‘anxiety sufferers’. Conservative MP, George Freeman, was in favour of cutting £3.7 … Read more
Migration is a phenomenon that is fairly well known, but its implications are rarely well understood. The total migrant population has increased from 2.8% in 2000 to 3.4% in 2017, with the number of migrants worldwide increasing from 173 million to 258 million (“International Migration Report” 1-5). The effects of the outflow of people on … Read more
Directly after Bloody Sunday, the narrative of victimhood emerged in the nationalist movement, emphasizing the lives lost during the march and the bloodshed caused by the British army. That was one of the pivotal events that created a cycle of violence between the unionists and nationalists, especially with the resurgence of the IRA. However, despite … Read more
“Germany accept the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage” Parliament.uk November 11th, 1918, World War I concluded as canons ceased to fire. Whether as a measure against the war’s return or as an attempt to weaken the defeated central powers, a treaty was signed at Versailles Palace in … Read more
Peter Cattaneo’s 1997 film The Full Monty was released during a time of political turbulence in the UK; for the first time in eighteen years the sitting Prime Minister was a member of the Labour party, the general election won in a landslide after Tony Blair’s rebranding, and despite her not having been in office … Read more
At the forefront of U.S politics, immigration on the border continues to be a pressing, yet complicated political issue. Although politicians consistently debate over what path our country should take towards our borders, a bipartisan solution seems completely unforeseeable in the near future. While Democrats work towards a less restrictive, more welcoming national landscape, Republicans … Read more
The United Kingdom was the first country in Europe to develop a limited monarchy, achieved gradually so as to maintain stability. Truly the name “Great Britain” applies to her many accomplishments. Britain is adjusting to its new reality as one European country among many, and yet the nation’s influence remains strong. In this strength still … Read more
The root cause of the destruction that storms upon Myanmar begins with the persecution of the Rohingya; an oppressed group of Muslims faced discrimination from their native country as well as their neighboring state. Buddhist nationalist groups such as the Mabatha regularly boycott Muslim shops, ban Muslims from Myanmar, and strike against Muslim communities. After … Read more
Throughout the past couple centuries, our world has seen an unparalleled trend towards democratization. The Western influence on the rest of the political world was stabilized after the end of the cold war and breakdown of the USSR, however one part of the world remained untouched by western influence. In this paper I will seek … Read more
In 1689, Locke introduced his Theory of Government which was controversial to British thinkers, defending and summarising bourgeois rule and its new system in theory. The whole book is divided into two parts, which separates in to critical and constructive. The rationalism spirit which differs from his philosophy empiricism has laid the keynote of modern … Read more
In the late 18th century, the Ottoman Empire became threatened by two land-based empires with imperial aspirations, Russia and Austria. Along with their goals of imperialism, two sea-trading empires, Britain and France, rivaled in the aspirations of imperializing the Middle East. There was a competition between European countries with one goal in mind, controlling the … Read more
Annotated Bibliography Antic, Ana. “Heroes and Hysterics: ‘Partisan Hysteria’ and Communist State-Building in Yugoslavia after 1945.” Social History of Medicine, vol. 27, no. 2, May 2014, pp. 349-371. EBSCOhost. This article largely discusses Hugo Klajn, a Vienna educated Belgrade psychoanalyst who is the main character in the researches about the ‘Partisan hysteria’ that tormented the … Read more
Countries and governments world over have been battling on the best economic system to adapt that results in the most optimal benefits to its people. There are multiple financial systems, but there are the two main ones that have the most contentions, i.e., socialism and capitalism. Socialism is where the government or state owns and … Read more
Introduction The killing of Libyan despot Muammar Gadhafi was supposed to cease months of bloody fighting but instead marked the prelude to Libya’s disintegration. The capitulation of Libya has been solely accredited to Western powers for seemingly using the cover of ‘humanitarian intervention’ to instil regime change in a volatile but sovereign nation. Gadhafi’s mobilization … Read more
World War II was a war from 1939 to 1945 between two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis Powers, and both groups included some of the world’s most powerful nations. Countries put all they had towards the war effort, economically, industrially, and militarily. As a result of the war the United States and … Read more
