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 News Decoder | 5 Apr 2017 | Africa, Europe, Islam, Middle East
By Filippo Sciacca Once renowned mainly as an idyllic tourist attraction with beautiful beaches, the Italian island of Lampedusa is now widely known as a European entry point for desperate migrants and refugees escaping from nearby Africa — many of whom meet a...
by News Decoder | 31 Mar 2017 | Economy, Europe, Politics, School Year Abroad, Student Posts
The European Union symbolizes the victory of unity over discord and bloodshed. It might tremble, but it will not collapse. “The good future of Europe,” by Elma Hoffman This is the last in a series of articles on the European Union by students in the School Year...
by Johanna Bandler | 30 Mar 2017 | Europe, Politics, School Year Abroad, Student Posts
Populist opponents of the European Union are fired up, EU supporters more complacent. Impassioned euro-skeptics will cause the EU to collapse. “The collapse of the EU,” by Yesenia Mozo This is the second of three articles on the European Union by students in the...