As most history buffs would know, the Treaty of Westphalia that took place in 1648 was a treaty that decided modern nation-states after the Thirty Year war in Europe. Borders were decided among the ruling Counts, Princes, and Dukes. The basic formality was to be fulfilled on certain main factors such as resources, the people, …
Liberalism championed itself as the forefront for equality, free market economics, individualism, and most importantly tolerance. Tolerance has been considered one of the core principles of liberalism since its advent from John Locke. Credited to Voltaire, however sources differ and say Elizabeth Beatrice Hall was the one who, initially said, “I do not agree with what …
A unipolar world, or what once was, has been dictating policies it deems fit for nations with different cultural and economic mindsets. Liberal economic nations have imposed policies on under-developed nations that do not apply to their framework of institutions and market behaviors. Joseph Stiglitz put it best, that the most ignorant machinery to exist …
Donald Trump exploded onto the political stage in 2016 as an iconoclastic populist promising to shake up the status quo. His brash, politically incorrect style and “Drain the Swamp” rhetoric electrified supporters tired of politics as usual. Trump portrayed himself as giving voice to a “forgotten” America seeking renewed power and purpose. After a chaotic …
