Archive for: United States

„And I Chose America”/ Systemic Racism in the United States (II)

„And I Chose America”/ Systemic Racism in the United States (II)

There is something about America that lulls you as soon as you get there. As a white immigrant from Eastern Europe, I wasn’t able to […]

 
 

„And I Chose America”/ Systemic Racism in the United States (I)

„And I Chose America”/ Systemic Racism in the United States (I)

Seen from the outside, we are often tempted to believe that there are no longer racial tensions in the United States. I arrived in the […]

 
 

Understanding neo-imperialism in the region of the Baltics and the Black Sea: some suggestions from Thucydides

Understanding neo-imperialism in the region of the Baltics and the Black Sea: some suggestions from Thucydides

Imperialism is an out fashioned and even utterly resented term in Romania, as it is perceived to be in close connection to the nowadays hated, […]

 
 

Interview with Arend Lijphart, professor at the University of California: “The American system has not worked well at all in recent decades”

Interview with Arend Lijphart, professor at the University of California: “The American system has not worked well at all in recent decades”

The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States raised serious doubts concerning the American electoral and party systems. Are there any significant […]