The Sovereign State: A Look at Catalonia and Kurdistan

“Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.”   ― Thomas Paine, Common Sense   Part I: Catalonia Catalonia, an independent region in the northeastern part of Spain, has recently returned to the international scene. On October 1st, 2017, […]

Rwanda’s Path to Gender Equity

  When Justine Uvuza returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, she was shocked by the state of her country. At the time, the little remaining infrastructure and shattered political systems that resulted from the Rwandan genocide comprised the leading narrative of the country. But when she returned, what stood out most to Uvuza was […]