Blog Articles and Podcast Episodes

May 2, 2021

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 4: International Organisations

Human Rights Watch has just released its report on the Israeli policies in the Occupied Territories and in Israel itself. The verdict: these policies make up a system of apartheid. In my episode, I talk about this report and what broader questions we should ask when it comes to how international organisations assess any Israeli…
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April 22, 2021

Black Lives Still Matter, And (Y)our Discomfort Still Doesn’t

It’s a rather reflective episode with a simple message: Black Lives still matter, and our discomfort still doesn’t.
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April 15, 2021

How Free Is Media in Your Country, Really?

What’s the difference between internal plurality and external plurality? A quick answer: that difference is huge, and it has to deal with media ownership consolidation levels. Listen to this episode to learn more about it.
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April 8, 2021

Political Turbulence in Jordan: What Framework Can Political Science Provide?

On the day I moved to Jordan, a big thing happened. The country’s monarchy was apparently threatened. Even without knowing what happened exactly, what we can do is to take Jordan as an example of a potential political change and talk about what forms that change can take.
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April 1, 2021

The New Zealand’s Miscarriage Leave Law and Beyond

What is the New Zealand’s miscarriage leave law an example of? And why does it matter?
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March 25, 2021

Can We Celebrate Our Independence Days Without Being Jerks? Part 2

Can we turn something as exclusive as an independence day into something else? And why should we want that anyway?
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March 17, 2021

Brazil: How to Weaken Democracy from Within

The dance between democracy and authoritarianism: that has been the main topic of my articles and my podcast. That dance can take different forms. And Brazil presents to us yet another one.
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March 10, 2021

Are You Allowed to Represent Yourself?

What is the current paradigm when it comes to who is allowed to represent whom? What is the role that the concept of a myth plays here? And why do we have to talk about political representation in the first place? On International Women’s Day or any other day, these are important questions to ask…
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March 3, 2021

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 3: Media Silence

What is the role of the media in portraying what’s happening in Palestine? Can its role be “neutral”? Definitely not.The media is not a part of the debate; it is the debate.
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February 24, 2021

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 2: Hypocrisy

What might we find at the very core of debates surrounding this conflict? Certainly not always, but sometimes, there is a layer of hypocrisy we need to cut through.
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