The global phenomenon known as brain drain has negatively impacted the domestic healthcare industries of many former British colonies in Africa. While economic motives for migration continue to be an important reason to migrate, less clear is the...
The United Kingdom is one of the most vociferous critics of the European Union. This criticism has grown in recent years, especially amid the recent financial turmoil of the eurozone. But this euroscepticism might not simply be a predictably...
Emperor Haile Selassie’s 1936 speech to the League of Nations[1] marked the first time a head of state had spoken there. In his spirited speech, Selassie roundly condemned the actions of the Italian invasion in Ethiopia, appealing to the assembled...
Somalia is currently undergoing one of the worst refugee crises in African history. In 1991, the collapse of President Mohamed Siade Barre’s military dictatorship, which ruled the country for twenty-two years, came to an end, leading to a massive...
Few things are more quintessentially British than the monarchy. It has existed for over a thousand years among a people that cherish pageantry and ceremony, incorporating it into the national cultural dialogue. Over the past three centuries, the role of the monarchy has transitioned from a...
One of the most important factors affecting the nascent nation of South Sudan is the presence of oil, which provides almost 100% of the government’s revenue. This oil continues to be one of the major relationships binding South Sudan with Sudan....
There is a broad misconception of refugees as traumatized, unproductive individuals who are simply living off external aid handouts. While most refugees experience a tremendous amount of personal hardship, including food insecurity and health risks, a closer analysis of current refugee studies ...