Jan 23, 2018 | Politics & Society
Unprecedented times for the United States. Is the country facing an existential crisis? And if so what might affect the outcome? Maria Armoudian discusses the political context behind the current political climate in America with Louis Michael Seidman, Sanford...
Aug 22, 2017 | Politics & Society
Does Donald Trump use Nazi-style rhetoric? David Livingstone-Smith argues that Trump’s rhetorical style is very similar to the style employed by the Nazis, and analyzed in “The Psychology of Propaganda,” a 1941 paper by R. Money-Kyrle. Livingstone-Smith says speeches...
Aug 21, 2017 | Politics & Society
What drove the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville? Maria Armoudian talks to Siva Vaidhyanathan, a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, where part of the protest took place. Vaidhyanathan and his colleagues were aware of the impending...
Jun 28, 2017 | Politics & Society
The United Nations is facing multiple stressors, but among the largest is the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, who has expressed hostility toward the organisation. What does the future hold for the United Nations? What does it mean for the programmes...
Jun 7, 2017 | Politics & Society
Throughout US history, conflict has risen between states’ rights to self-govern and the power of national government to pass laws applying across the country. With Donald Trump as president, many cities and states are gearing up to resist his agenda. How will states’...