In just three hundred years, more than ten million people emigrated from Ireland, a figure that doubles the nation’s current population. For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, when Europe was marred by upheaval… [Read more]
Peace & Conflict
This section is a platform for interdisciplinary discourse on global peace and conflict, united in the endeavour to discuss possible solutions to pressing security problems.
Genuine Gratitude or False Advertising? Navigating the Nuances of Exporting Thanksgiving
Image: Based on photographs of Autumn Peltier addressing the United Nations. She is a Canadian water activist, who comes from Wikwemikong First Nation/Manitoulin Island and is from Ojibway/Odawa heritage. The Governance Post believes that cultural… [Read more]
Open Letter to the Hertie Administration: The COVID pandemic illuminates the need for a global understanding of policy
Dear Hertie Administration, In the 2019/20 academic year, several students requested course content cognisant of the policy approaches from Asia and Latin America — continents where Hertie draws more than 30% of its students from.… [Read more]
Coming closer to war
Since July 12, 2020 more than 12 people have been killed in what has been the worst fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan since April 2016. The region of Nagorno-Karabakh is a conflict region on the… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act – Part III: Legalisation of Constitutional Violations
This is the third of a three-part series about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In this article, we talk about the controversies surrounding the constitutionality of the CAA. The 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act constitutionally legalised… [Read more]
The Palestine I Saw: A Reflection on What I Personally Witnessed in Israeli-occupied Palestine – Part I
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Governance Post editors or the Hertie School. This first part of a two-part series about the Israeli… [Read more]
The Ballot Box for the Progressive
Healthcare reform is now the ticket of the November presidential elections. While US progressives can agree on universal health insurance, they vehemently disagree on its rhetoric. Why do they invalidate their own desires? Here’s how… [Read more]
Humanity for Sale: Europe’s Deadly Migration Policy
By sealing off its borders and inhumanely detaining migrants at secret locations through extrajudicial means, Europe has compromised its values and adherence to international law. Is this the EU’s last chance to respond with compassion… [Read more]
Transnational Sister Solidarity? How Covid-19 Sheds Light on the Invisible 99%
Covid-19 has indiscriminately shed light on the most vulnerable, undervalued, and underpaid of our society: migrant women working in the care sector. A new regime of inequality is observed at home, one between women –… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act – Part II: The Protests
This is the second part of a three-part series about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act. In this article, we talk about the rise of student protests in response to the Act. More than ninety days have… [Read more]