A History of Ethnic Superiority & Religious Zeal — Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been particularly ruthless to the Kurdish minority in Turkey and has called the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a terrorist organization. It is Finland’s and Sweden’s alleged support for the PKK that Erdogan cited as reason enough to veto their inclusion into NATO — a…

Many have speculated that the Russian dictator, Putin, is mortally ill with some ailment. Some claim that he is symptomatic of blood cancer, for example. Others say that it could be Parkinson’s. Some have said that it’s more likely that an assassination will kill him before any of these manage…

We look at all the ailments around us from the war in Ukraine, to inflation, joblessness, the looming recession, coming out of the pandemic, political polarization, the rise of the “strong man” across the Globe, and so many more problems, and we collectively ask, “How the heck are we supposed…

Four months into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we’re all asking ourselves, who’s winning in Ukraine? Here’s a brief update on a conflict we’ve all been watching closely. I will look at Putin’s proposed ambitions in Ukraine and why he’s far from the target and then propose that there’s no…

In a previous article, titled “Putin’s 1st Red Flag: The Five Day War,” I argue that Putin’s war in Georgia in 2008 was Putin showing us his hand. It was at this point, and at a conference in Germany in 2007, that Putin revealed his illiberalism. I stand by those…

Why We Believed in Him & How that Changed — When Vladimir Putin arrived in the Kremlin, he was supposed to be the unsuspecting hero of the liberal international order. Following Boris Yeltsin’s tumultuous rule, Putin promised Russians that he would get rid of his predecessor’s lazy governance which allowed for oligarchs and the Russian to take over the country. …

A Brief Case for & against Reason in Politics — Trump, Bolsonaro, Orban, Modi, Erdogan, Le Pen, and so many other figures are polluting our politics. Most of these politicians have used arguments that seem blatantly flawed to a lot of us, especially those of us who have a history in post-secondary. And so the growing divide between the elite…

I have seen a lot of hate toward Christians in the last two days. And a lot of is understandable. Let’s be honest here. The US Supreme Court ruling against Roe v Wade is against reproductive rights, undermining the rights of women in America. But I thought I’d do something…

An Ideology of Conservatism & Dominion — Two days ago, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, which made abortion a constitutional right. Protests erupted across the US. And many foreign observers voiced their gratitude for being able to access abortions in their home countries. For many, such a ruling is impossible to comprehend. People…