Media manipulation is anything but new. While every technological invention offered new ways to manipulate public opinion, democracies seem to be particularly ill-equipped to counter disinformation in the digital age. What can be done to… [Read more]
American sanctions on Iran have not weakened the regime but achieved the opposite. They have harmed ordinary people and cemented the conservative Revolutionary Guards’ grip on power. The U.S. would be well advised to pursue… [Read more]
While most fear the rift cleaving the Western world, the US’ self-alienation, let it be political, economic or ideological, should only come to build a better and stronger unity amongst other allied nations. MIA Student… [Read more]
Carlos Ahumada Comments: Resentment and pride have disastrous consequences in any relationship. Will the upcoming leaders in the North American region be able to leave them behind? In December 1994, after many years of dating,… [Read more]
Economic growth is a constant talking point for politicians in the United States. A politician’s popularity or reputation, in particular, often thrives or suffers based on the state of the economy. Presidents are no different.… [Read more]
What does an ‘Ever Closer Union’ mean? MIA Student Sasha Ockenden takes a look at the idea of European integration, the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, and the narratives that allow German populists to construct an ‘immigrant invasion’ in places… [Read more]
President Trump’s doubling down on a strategy of threats and sanctions in dealing with Iran and its alleged non-compliance will do little to fix the US-Iranian trust problem, claims editor and MIA student Polina Garaev.… [Read more]
When asked to comment on the resemblance of his approach to that of Trump, Andrej Babiš replied: “I was never bankrupt.” In the aftermath of the Czech parliamentary election, MPP Student Lucia Čizmaziová weighs upon the… [Read more]
As the Trump administration is ever-more adamant about dismantling Obama’s climate legacy, MPP student Kimberly Liu investigates federal and state-level efforts to integrate net-metering, a technology that could potentially safeguard the US against the effects… [Read more]
“Post-Truth, Post-West, Post-Order?” Hertie School student Nathalie Herberger (MPP Class of 2017) attended the 53rd Munich Security Conference as part of a CDU delegation. She was in attendance at conferences, side-events, as well as bilateral… [Read more]