For most people, it is virtually impossible to view the Coronavirus pandemic as anything but catastrophic, but for Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, the Coronavirus provides him with a unique …
Can Coronavirus Lead to Terrorism in a Consociational Democracy? Case of Lebanon
For a long time, Lebanon has been synonymous for civil conflicts and sectarian clientelism; Lebanese citizens never had a high level of solidarity and sympathy across their various sects and regions. …
Fight Fire with Fire? – Hostage Diplomacy between the US and Iran
Coronavirus pandemic had impacted our daily lives as well as the international relations today. The impact of the pandemic, the fueling of democratic backsliding in certain liberal and electoral …
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Some Monsters are Created by Good Will: How can South Korea’s Digital Surveillance Contribute Democratic Backsliding Overseas?
South Korea’s fight against the Covid-19 turns out to be worrisome! Not for being ineffective in combating the virus, but for a different story that I would like to tell. As a part of the fight …
A Two Headed Lion: COVID-19 in Singapore
The coronavirus outbreak raises some interesting questions for the social scientists and the general public. Most importantly, why are some countries more successful than the …
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If not During the Pandemic Then When? Accelerating Polarization over Women Rights in Turkey
In 2018, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime announced the home to be the most dangerous place for women as femicides are mostly committed by their closest family, or partners.[1] However, in strange …
Las Vegas Mayor Wanting to use Citizens as COVID-19 Guinea Pigs
Interview of Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, hosted by Anderson Cooper for CNN's Newsroom Have people not learned from the Tuskegee experiment which began in 1932? In the past few days, news …
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Coronavirus in Nigeria
How the growing pandemic is threatening stability in Africa's largest nation Even though Nigeria still has a relatively low number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of this moment, the chaos …