1. Frida Kahlo: A Controversial Icon Frida Kahlo is often celebrated as a feminist icon and revolutionary artist, but the truth is more complicated. She was one of those mediocre artists remembered fo...
While Europe has convinced itself it always was and always would be the “pet child” of its American caretaker, because: Let me expand on European values. In Germany and the Netherlands, th...
One explanation for why European nations rose to global prominence rather than the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is offered by Jared Diamond in his book ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’. He ar...
Universalism claims there are certain values that apply everywhere, to everyone, at all times. It sounds noble. Who wouldn’t want timeless moral truths? But when you look closely, you see that “un...
Western academia often prides itself on objectivity, critical thinking, and cultural sensitivity. Yet, when it comes to Islam, many so-called “experts”—armed with university titles and a...
In theory, civil servants swear an oath to the constitution, provide honest counsel, and act with integrity. In practice? They quickly learn the unspoken rule: loyalty gets rewarded, effectiveness get...
“What’s going on?” We crave a simple narrative, a clear trajectory that allows us to grasp the present and confidently predict tomorrow’s headlines. Wouldn’t that be comf...
Power is the possibility to inflict pain. Power is the possibility to inflict pain. This is the fundamental truth of relations—personal or international. Yet Europe, especially Western Europe, has w...
The Haavara Agreement (1933-1939) Up until 1941, the Nazi regime sought to make Germany’s Jewish population emigrate rather than kill them – the systematic extermination would come later. ...
The Holocaust, the systematic murder of six million Jews, along with millions of others—Roma, Sinti, LGBT, disabled people, political dissidents, and more—was one of the most horrific crimes in hu...
In a move that underscores the dramatic realignment of Middle Eastern alliances, Israel has quietly urged the U.S. to allow Russian military bases to remain in Syria. Behind this unorthodox request li...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was born from the ashes of history’s worst atrocities. After the Nuremberg Trials judged Nazi war criminals, and following the Yugoslavia and Rw...
Remember when the so-called Iranian “moral” Police killed a girl for not wearing her headscarf properly? (If you don’t, read it here). Let’s imagine for a second she would have...
Rosa Luxemburg remains hugely romanticized in Germany and political foundation bearing her name is funded by tax-money. Luxemburg’s brutal murder in January 1919, at the age of 47, coupled with her ...
In a world where geopolitical instability is increasing day by day, the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany, finds itself in a worrying state of shortages and lack of capabilities. Germany, Europe...
Recently an keynsian style economic conference left me with some lingering questions about the discipline’s ability to grapple with the messy realities of politics, power, and human behavior. The op...
Recently, I ‘came across a video of Geert Wilders, the Dutch far-right politician, bashing Al-Andalus—the period of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula. (https://youtu.be/b3cmclVKANk?si=OsL-b...