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…
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…
Mori Terrae: Our Dying Earth
Summer Wyatt-Buchan reviews ‘The Future We Choose” and praises its suggestions for making the world a greener place. The overall message of Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnacs’ The Future We Choose is abundantly clear from start to finish: it is “our world” and “our choice”. We are in control of our climatic future and we…
