Watchdogs on a Leash: Myanmar’s free press struggling in a new era
By Elisa Chavez Despite groundbreaking democratic developments since the approval of the 2008 Constitution, the press in Myanmar today...
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Rome Was Not Built in One Day: Neither Will Myanmar
By Elisa Chavez “Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar’s great hope, fails to live up”. On March 30th 2017, analyses...
The City Of Eternal Spring: Medellin, Colombia
Perfect weather, people dancing, and beautiful flowers everywhere – this is the scene of the city during its annual...
Where it All Starts: Domestic Violence in Russia as a Symptom of a Political Crisis
With all the media noise surrounding Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy, the international community has not paid enough attention to...
MY CITY: YAROSLAVL: Florence of the Russian North
Art historians call Yaroslavl the, “Florence of the Russian North,” for its rich cultural and historical heritage and the...
Venezuela’s Dictatorship?
Of the major oil producing nations in the world, Venezuela appears to be the least able to cope with...
Silence the Alarm: Why China’s AIIB is not a Trojan horse
The Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB) has been a lightening rod for western analysts, think-tanks and media that...
Leaderless Spain: Ten months without an elected government
On November 3rd, 2016, Mariano Rajoy was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Spain. It was a long and...
A Rocky Identity: Power struggle for the seas and our identities
In recent years, tensions between Asian countries over hotly contested waters, rocks and manmade islands have become impossible to...
Peace Through Growth: Ending Colombia’s civil war
Though the peace agreement between President Juan Santos and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s (FARC) Commander Timochenko was narrowly...