Long before he became ensnared in Trump’s infamous quid pro quo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a joke. The famous comedian and TV president’s ascent to Ukraine’s top job last April stunned the political establishment and rival Petr...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem '20 is the Campus Editor of the Brown Political Review. Allison can be reached at allison_meakem@brown.edu
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Long before he became ensnared in Trump’s infamous quid pro quo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a joke. The famous comedian and TV president’s ascent to Ukraine’s top job last April stunned the political establishment and rival Petr...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Ask anyone who’s ever traveled to Berlin about their airport experience, and you’ll likely be met with a groan. While Berlin’s hypermodern transit system is considered one of the best in the world, a trip to small Tegel or Schönefeld Airports ...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Ask anyone who’s ever traveled to Berlin about their airport experience, and you’ll likely be met with a groan. While Berlin’s hypermodern transit system is considered one of the best in the world, a trip to small Tegel or Schönefeld Airports ...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
“It started out as a kiss; how did it end up like this?” wonder The Killers in their timeless 2003 hit “Mr. Brightside.” This refrain doubles as a genuine question about Jordan, where, this past summer, a single kiss propelled the desert king...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
“It started out as a kiss; how did it end up like this?” wonder The Killers in their timeless 2003 hit “Mr. Brightside.” This refrain doubles as a genuine question about Jordan, where, this past summer, a single kiss propelled the desert king...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
This summer, tourists flocking to the coastal Croatian city of Dubrovnik were greeted by a group very much out of place amidst the ancient fortified walls and orange-roofed buildings that have become synonymous with HBO’s Game of Thrones. Between t...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
This summer, tourists flocking to the coastal Croatian city of Dubrovnik were greeted by a group very much out of place amidst the ancient fortified walls and orange-roofed buildings that have become synonymous with HBO’s Game of Thrones. Between t...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
In Pflaumheim, a small German village about a marathon’s distance from Frankfurt, revealing that one “has a Polin,” or “Polish woman,” has become tantamount to announcing one’s own slow demise. As in many rural areas in Germany, Pflaumhei...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
In Pflaumheim, a small German village about a marathon’s distance from Frankfurt, revealing that one “has a Polin,” or “Polish woman,” has become tantamount to announcing one’s own slow demise. As in many rural areas in Germany, Pflaumhei...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Only one army can march into a city with a measly squadron of around 26 soldiers and orchestrate a coup without firing a single bullet. Over the past 100 years, alphabets have ushered in remarkable change around the world. Swahili and Turkish bade go...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Only one army can march into a city with a measly squadron of around 26 soldiers and orchestrate a coup without firing a single bullet. Over the past 100 years, alphabets have ushered in remarkable change around the world. Swahili and Turkish bade go...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
The ubiquity of American products abroad is hardly surprising. From Ray Bans to Nikes to Chevys, the marketplace today is truly global and interconnected. But one American export may prove to be less fashionable than these aforementioned products: o...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
The ubiquity of American products abroad is hardly surprising. From Ray Bans to Nikes to Chevys, the marketplace today is truly global and interconnected. But one American export may prove to be less fashionable than these aforementioned products: o...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seems to have a knack for the unprecedented, a desire to chart his own path and challenge previously established norms, formalities, and laws. Well before his current swath of controversy — when the words...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seems to have a knack for the unprecedented, a desire to chart his own path and challenge previously established norms, formalities, and laws. Well before his current swath of controversy — when the words...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
In this day and age, the word “hacking” – whether it be uttered in hushed tones, echoed along with “Russians” and “election,” referred to as a software bug harming your laptop, or simply brought up by your computer science friends descr...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
In this day and age, the word “hacking” – whether it be uttered in hushed tones, echoed along with “Russians” and “election,” referred to as a software bug harming your laptop, or simply brought up by your computer science friends descr...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
In recent months, “populism” has become an international buzzword as the de-facto explanation for unanticipated political events. Used triumphantly or with resentment, the term is now thrown around with such frequency that its meaning — much l...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
In recent months, “populism” has become an international buzzword as the de-facto explanation for unanticipated political events. Used triumphantly or with resentment, the term is now thrown around with such frequency that its meaning — much l...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Four days after the election of Donald Trump, an article in the New York Times opened with the ominous statement “and then there was one.” The piece referred to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom the authors touted as the final pillar of Wes...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Four days after the election of Donald Trump, an article in the New York Times opened with the ominous statement “and then there was one.” The piece referred to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom the authors touted as the final pillar of Wes...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Western countries routinely and almost systematically regard the Middle East as a historically conflict-ridden region, and the sectarianism that is at the root of much of the conflict is seen as the lasting legacy of a distant past. In fact, Presiden...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem
Western countries routinely and almost systematically regard the Middle East as a historically conflict-ridden region, and the sectarianism that is at the root of much of the conflict is seen as the lasting legacy of a distant past. In fact, Presiden...
Allison Meakem
Allison Meakem