Nathan Yang looks back on a tumultuous 2020 US Election in the wake of a global pandemic. With Joe Biden winning his 3rd attempt at running for US President against rival President Donald Trump, the legitimacy of the US political system on a domestic and international stage is questioned. What can we learn from this…
Category: Geopolitics
The Name Game
Daniel Hall discusses what ‘Lake Trump’ tells us about the geopolitics of naming in the Balkans. In the year 2020, it has become almost routine for headlines that could have easily been outlandish satire not so long ago to become reality. “Disputed reservoir on the Serbia-Kosovo border to be named after President Donald Trump” is…
The Politics of Mapping
Ross Holland examines the political consequences of mapping and using certain projections on maps, and the colonial history behind the maps we use everyday. Geography and politics are intrinsically linked. The amount of land a country owns is, more often than not, a huge factor in determining a country’s political power, as well as the…
