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By lhenriks on Oct 14, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off
This is a monumental moment in our blog’s history. It is a time that will determine the course of future blog posts to come and…wait, it’s just an issue about politics?
With the election only a few weeks away, many of us are focused on the U.S. presidential race,
so for this issue, we’ve asked our [...]
By gbustos on Oct 14, 2012 in Argentina | Comments Off
As US presidential elections approach, American people start to think about the history of their country, the current state of affairs and especially they start to wonder about the future. The diversity of people’s reaction towards the whole world of politics is enormous and so are the differences among the political systems of elections across [...]
By namr on Oct 14, 2012 in Egypt | Comments Off
Although every day is a new adventure in the streets of Egypt, I will attempt to summarize the current political climate as concisely as I can.
By wzhang on Oct 14, 2012 in China | Comments Off
“Michelle, I love you so much!” I was surprised by this sentence from President Barack Obama’s in his public speech of Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. This sentence is never ever spoken by Chinese government officials in their public speeches. In Chinese public speech, people seldom talk about love, and they never express their emotional feelings.
By ieberz on Oct 14, 2012 in Germany | Comments Off
This time I want to present to you the party system in Germany (and I will try to explain it in comparison to the American system). Christian (the other German writer) will write about the election system in Germany, so if you want to learn about how elections work in Germany, take a look at [...]
By hernandm on Oct 14, 2012 in France | Comments Off
I have been raised in a family where politics never played a major role. As both a French and Spanish citizen, I am entitled to vote in two countries and in Europe which should make of me a privileged citizen. As a female, I should be aware of all these years of battle and struggle [...]
By cdehaan on Oct 14, 2012 in Germany | Comments Off
Konrad Adenauer – the name of Germany´s first chancellor is not known to most American citizens, and yet it is strongly connected with the change from Nazi Germany to the Federal Republic, with the country´s economic rise, but also with the Cold War.