politics

The Smith Family: Left to Right: Roger, Francine, Stan, Haley, Steve

American Dad and American Politics

Article

Taylore Nacey

16/04/2019

9 minutes to read

Does a satirical television show like American Dad have political impact? Or is it only about venting frustrations and making you laugh?

Farage, Brexit and the anti-Enlightenment

Article

Dieuwertje Schipper

17/01/2019

13 minutes to read

After Brexit, we can see what a success Farage's campaign has been. By talking about the right issues during crises, Farage appealed to a certain population in the UK. His active online campaign was also a major contributing factor in his success.

The truth behind Anonymous for the Voiceless

Article

Seline Westerhof

13/09/2019

12 minutes to read

Anonymous for the Voiceless seems to know how to rapidly spread their message around the world, and get many people to listen to their activism. But how do they do that?

Is Google politically biased?

Article

Tunde Farago

07/03/2019

9 minutes to read

In this article, the issue of political bias is analyzed in relation to the algorithms behind the Google search engine.

The AfD white men Advent calendar

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

20/12/2018

5 minutes to read

AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), the German far-right party, issued a white men Advent campaign. The political movement uses this Advent calendar to promote their new right ideology and Euroscepticism.

Anti-Referendum Protest, Bucharest Romania

The Case of Romania’s Family Referendum

Article

Alina Andrei

27/03/2019

10 minutes to read

When doing politics, doing nothing is clearly not the right approach – but doing nothing was the effective strategy by which the hateful acts of the Romanian government, framed as a Family Referendum, were stopped on the 6th and 7th of October.

Slavic Union is on the rise in Eastern Europe

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

22/03/2019

20 minutes to read

Much of the information about Alt-Right nowadays comes from 'the West'. This is not very accurate, because the movement is strong and growing in Eastern Europe. This article describes the concept of Slavia and why we should know about it.

How globalization changed Singapore

Article

Mariosé Bergsteijn

07/06/2019

16 minutes to read

The city-state Singapore is a prime example of how huge of an impact globalization can have. We can see this through Singapore developing from a small fishing town to a thriving megapolis.