Philippa Kaur

Once upon a time, in the “exceptional” land known as America, there were foundational federal government institutions that generally acted to meet specified and legally sanctioned policy objectives. Sometimes, these objectives were met imperfectly, but often they were met. In today’s America, foundational federal government institutions are failing to even try to meet specified policy… Continue reading Deadly Institutional Collapse: America Watches as Inhumanity Triumphs
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In an hour-long episode of The Rest Is Politics: Leading podcast, Moldova’s President Maia Sandu stated that, given the option, she would vote to unite her country with its neighbor, Romania, and effectively eliminate her own elected position. The remark made waves inside and outside Moldova, generating confusion and sparking intense debate. Was this a policy shift? A political… Continue reading Between Putin and Brussels: Moldova Weighs the Unthinkable
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“I see children sitting on the floor begging for food,” a field worker tells me after returning from the mosque. “Parents say their children have not eaten all day. They have no roof, no certainty.” This is not Afghanistan in 2001 or 2010. This is Afghanistan now. The gendered toll of exclusion Four years after… Continue reading Afghanistan: The Crisis the US Chose to Forget and Why That Is a Strategic Mistake
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For more than two years, the Sudanese civil conflict has been characterized by mass displacement, ethnic cleansing, starvation and the near collapse of the state itself. No side emerges with clean hands. Yet recently discovered evidence threatens to change the conflict’s international trajectory. Allegations of chemical weapons use: crossing a red line Evidence reviewed by… Continue reading How Chemical Weapons Allegations Could Change Sudan’s War Stances and the World’s Response
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In April 1945, on a surviving piece of wall amid the ruins of Berlin, someone had written a chilling message: “We will return.” For decades, neither Nazism nor fascism managed to take root again in Europe. Yet today, the rapid rise of far-right parties across the continent suggests that the shadows of that dark era… Continue reading The Returning Nightmare: Europe’s Far Right and the Fading of Democratic Memory
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In recent weeks, the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program, a nationwide school feeding initiative that provides free meals to school-aged children, has come under intense public scrutiny, with widespread criticism over substandard food quality, growing indications of fraud and food poisoning cases. The Indonesian government appears to be working overtime to contain public anger, including… Continue reading The Missing Backbone: How Young Women Sustain Indonesia’s Agri-Food System
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Gender equality is central to a society that strives to bring justice and fairness. Yet in many parts of the world, access to opportunities has been far from equitable. In Pakistan, women continue to struggle to find opportunities that men already have. Although some have risen to prominence and secured opportunities in several male-dominated fields,… Continue reading Pakistani Women’s Progress, Barriers and Path to Parity
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