by News Decoder | 11 May 2017 | Europe, Islam, Nationalism, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States
This is the last of four articles by students on France’s presidential election. By Maxine Arnheiter Dinner parties have become an interesting staple in my life in France, mostly of a political sort. The blues, reds and whites of the television cast a dull haze...
by News Decoder | 11 May 2017 | Europe, Islam, Nationalism, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States
This is the third of four articles by students on France’s presidential election. By Alexandra Wells My host parents and I sat with our eyes glued to the TV — unusual for a French family dinner. We were awaiting the results of the first round of...
by News Decoder | 10 May 2017 | Europe, Islam, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, United States
This is the second of four articles by students on France’s presidential election. By Snow Guilfoyle “Mais c’est n’importe quoi!” I shouted across the dinner table. After nine months in France, I had come to embrace the nation’s...
by News Decoder | 9 May 2017 | Economy, Europe, France, Islam, King’s College London, Politics, Student Posts, United States
We asked our correspondents and readers for their views following centrist Emmanuel Macron’s election on Sunday as French president. Yesterday, Alan Wheatley noted that Europe is relieved at the defeat of Euro-skeptic Marine Le Pen but that the onus is now on...
by News Decoder | 25 Apr 2017 | Islam, King’s College London, Politics, Student Posts, United States
By Emma Bapt For the first time on Sunday morning, I voted in France’s presidential elections. I was filled with pride, a heavy sense of responsibility and, ultimately, anxiety. My mother and I walked to our local polling station in Saint Germain-en-Laye, a suburb to...
by News Decoder | 20 Apr 2017 | Americas, Indiana University, Student Posts, United States
On April 24, students from King’s College London and Indiana University will discuss immigration and the challenges of identity during a News-Decoder webinar. Below, Cody Thompson offers a look into one family’s efforts to integrate into U.S. society. By...
by News Decoder | 18 Apr 2017 | Europe, Indiana University, King’s College London, Student Posts
On April 24, students from King’s College London and Indiana University will discuss the challenges of integration in an era of populism during a News-Decoder webinar. Below, Emma Bapt touches on the experiences of two students who will appear on the panel and...
by News Decoder | 17 Apr 2017 | Europe, Student Posts
If Britain’s Labour Party has been in the headlines in recent years, it’s mainly been due to internecine fighting and party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposedly disastrous impact on the party’s electoral outlook. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party has put its...
by Leyla Beck | 13 Apr 2017 | Economy, King’s College London, Student Posts, United States
Donald Trump has denounced free trade. But protectionism will not solve America’s problems and could contribute to the breakup of the EU. A truck pulls into a warehouse in Laredo, Texas. Donald Trump’s campaign promise to abandon the North American Free Trade...
by Ammar Nainar | 6 Apr 2017 | Asia, Decoders, Islam, King’s College London, Student Posts
India and Pakistan — both nuclear powers — have fought three wars over Kashmir. But neither will yield in one of the world’s intractable conflicts. Kashmiri villagers carry the body of a militant during a funeral procession south of Srinagar, the summer capital...