Issues of ideology and ethnicity are central to discussions regarding nationalism. It is often considered the antithesis to globalisation, as it recalls ethno-histories and politicised culture to solidify community identity.
Current political issues in the Mediterranean region are influenced by religion, identity politics, and territorial disputes.
In the recent 78th session of the UNGA, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave a speech in which he addressed a number of topics and pertinent issues regarding Greek foreign policy.
Extract from the book “Invicta: The Life and Work of Daphne Caruana Galizia,” edited by Joseph A. Debono and Caroline Muscat. Copyright © 2017. Published on November 30, 2017 by Oxford: The Pertinent Press.
The concept of intersectionality increases the visibility of the inequalities and type of discrimination a certain group may face due to the varying characteristics and labels which dictate their lives (Slip, 2018).
The social dimension of ‘natural disasters’ reveals that for a hazard to become a crisis that evolves into a disaster, a series of events must ensue to orchestrate the devastating outcome.
Whilst wars may seemingly be fought to amass economic and political assets, they may actually be driven by other factors, particularly identity politics which dominate a big platform of the global conversation nowadays.
Our realities are constructed through the retelling of events, where particular elements of an experience may be highlighted and others may be discarded – narratives and their framing shape the world we live in.
The disasters which follow seismic events, as seen in the context of Haiti and Chile, are not natural; rather they are produced by a human action which acts upon another human action resulting in the catastrophic effects on those who have been made vulnerable.
Marilyn Strathern, a figure of monumental importance in anthropology, has significantly influenced the way scholars perceive culture, gender, and social relationships.