Politics and IR

February 8th 2026 Since Trump’s first mandate, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become a ground of political controversy in the USA. While ICE and immigration law enforcement existed long before the Trump administration, we have been observing a shift in tactics, structure and funding within ICE.  To what extent can we apply authoritarian characteristics to the

January 9th 2026 Between the periods of the end of the second world war and the beginning of the Nuremberg trials, a select number of psychiatrists were tasked with evaluating Nazi generals to assess their mental state anddetermine whether shared psychological characteristics might help explain their heinous crimes. Shockingly, these men were found to be

December 2nd 2025 Donald Trump has recently claimed that he needs to save Nigerian Christians suffering in the north of the country. The statement is dramatic and emotionally charged, but it raises an important question. Is Trump genuinely concerned about the killing of Christians in Nigeria, or is the country becoming a convenient stage for

November 29th 2025 Lebanon-a small country in the Middle East that’s situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast is one who’s unicameral parliamentary system is likely unbeknownst to the majority. El Baba in ‘Roots of Lebanon’s Sectarian Politics’ (2024) discusses how Lebanon’s parliament has been unquestionably shaped by the legacies of colonialism-from the French mandate imposed