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Heads or Tails: The Two-Sided Perspective of Soft Power

While Soft Power is a necessary and pivotal form of Power, especially in contemporary international relations, the lack of versatility, dominance, and results limits Soft Power to be an reliant chess tactic in the international political playing field.

How Vitamins and Sports May Kill You

The combination of vitamins and sports supplements can also lead to negative effects. Hence, it is highly imperative to have an audience with a medical practitioner prior to embarking on any regimen that involves sports supplements or vitamins.

How Democracy Has Been Weaponized

The scope of this argument does not extend to the analysis of democracy as a governmental system, but rather the way in which it has been utilized as a means to extend the interests of certain governments across different regions of the world.

IE University Needs to Personalise Its Classes to Fight Disengagement

Disengagement is a growing problem in universities. Research suggests that students are increasingly unwilling to study independently and are participating in class less, all while attendance rates fall. This is a big problem for universities.

The Roots of the French’s Love of Protests

As such, it is visible that the current protests do not only symbolize discontent with the increased retirement age but represent a general anti-establishment movement within France. It is a protest against a government that bypassed a parliamentary vote and against a president that seems to have lost touch with the public.

Metaverse: Open for Business

What is the Metaverse? The issue of the metaverse has gathered significant attention in recent years. As people’s interest in virtual worlds increases, business opportunities...

Hitler and Stalin – Putin

While many question if it could have been averted entirely, the fact remains that leaders such as Stalin decided to pursue their own interests at the expense of others. The non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union resulted in the division of Europe and the deaths of countless people.

Is it time to ban meat?

It is vital that we reduce meat consumption to meet climate change mitigation targets. However, outright bans probably wouldn’t last long due to political backlash.

OPEC+ fires its last cartridges

Ultimately, OPEC is firing its last bullets before oil takes its downward spiral. Yet, they will be expensive bullets and not without consequences.

Nixon, Fear, & Failure

As we can see, despite his successful academic and political career, Nixon's trauma of failure continued to grow, culminating in his defeat in the 1960 presidential debate against the charismatic and young John F. Kennedy.

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