On Tuesday November 5th, 2024, I will come home from school, drop off my backpack, and go to my nearest polling place to cast a…
Fieldston Political Journal
Liberal democracy, the form of governance which has grown to dominate the Western world since the end of the Second World War, is a philosophy…
It might be criminal not to introduce this article with the quote that so many similar ones include. Winston Churchill famously remarked that “Democracy is…
Donald Trump has left the Republican Party completely unrecognizable from Reagen’s GOP. The defeat of the Immigration-Ukraine-Israel Package in the Senate signals the complete loss…
In his well-known essay “The End of History?”, economist Francis Fukuyama wrote: “it matters very little to us what strange thoughts occur to the people…
Alexei Navalny’s Life and Legacy as a Fearless Challenger of Russian Corruption and Authoritarianism
Alexei Navalny’s Life and Legacy as a Fearless Challenger of Russian Corruption and Authoritarianism
On February 16th, 2024, longtime political and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison located in a penal colony in the Arctic Circle.…
It sounds like the basis of an ill-conceived TV program: a rogue state embedded within the jungles of Southeast Asia and whose primary business (controlled…
The American Right is obsessed with Ronald Reagan. He is the ultimate conservative hero: the actor turned politician who saved the United States from the…
Javier Milei, the recently elected ultra-right-wing president of Argentina, infamous for his wild rhetoric, has shaken the political fabric of the nation and the world.…
It feels like every time we look at the news, there are new updates concerning former President Donald Trump being on trial. Yet somehow, the…