Reading time: 7 minutes For the last edition of the semester, the Monday Briefing takes us to the US, where a historic sentence regulating abortion is reportedly about to be overturned by the Supreme [ … ]
Category: Columns
Lehman Brothers, Volume I
Reading time: 4 minutes More than a decade has passed since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, which marked the end of what academics worldwide defined as the Great Moderation period. But why did it happen? [ … ]
“Conspiracy” or “Intervention”: Regime Change in Pakistan and the Diplomatic Future
Reading time: 5 minutes By Ali Aun While it was the first time ever in Pakistan’s history that a prime minister was removed through a vote of no-confidence, possibly signaling a strengthening of democratic [ … ]
Artivismo: quando l’arte si fa politica
Reading time: 5 minutes Quando si unisce la ragion poetica alla ragion civile nasce una nuova forma di arte politica: l’Artivismo. Gli artivisti si interrogano sulle più importanti emergenze del nostro tempo e si [ … ]
Monday Briefing 02/05/2022
Reading time: 7 minutes As the semester is going towards the end and the exam session is approaching, this edition of the Monday Briefing takes us first to Myanmar, where a new sentence of [ … ]
Duterte’s Legacy: the War on Drugs and Gloomy Presidential Election
Reading time: 7 minutes Right after winning the 2016 presidential election of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte announced his plans to launch a War on Drugs that the country hadn’t seen before. From allowing all [ … ]
Lotta al crimine internazionale: Interpol ed Europol
Reading time: 4 minutes Senza alcun dubbio le grandi operazioni criminali non si interrompono al confine di uno Stato.E’ per questo motivo che sono diventate indispensabili le cooperazioni internazionali di polizia che si impegnano [ … ]
A Flickering Golden Ticket: the “color-blind” Casting of Hamilton: An American Musical
Reading time: 4 minutes In 2016, when Hamilton: An American Musical first opened on Broadway its pivotal innovation comprised telling the story of America’s founding fathers through performers of color. This musical became their [ … ]
The Socio-Economic Dimensions of Climate Change
Reading time: 4 minutes “Unless we have social justice, there are not going to be more accelerated greenhouse gas reductions. These issues are tied together.”, said Catherine Mitchell, a professor emerita of energy policy [ … ]
Le Donne e la Guerra: Gli stupri come crimine di guerra e crimine contro l’umanità
Reading time: 5 minutes Annamaddalena Amanda Cascone Quando parliamo di guerra pensiamo ai soldati, alle distruzioni, alle morti degli innocenti e alla sete di conquista, ma tendiamo sempre a dimenticarci delle donne. Le donne, [ … ]