Last week I had an interview with a terrorist. I really did not know where to start. Before it happened, I didn’t know where it would take place, or who would start talking first. This is how it happened. (In the interests of narrativity, I will use the present tense.) We find each other […]
Will Donald Trump’s Buffoonery Be His Saving Grace?
Since Donald J. Trump announced his candidacy for the United States (US) Presidency he has been subject to a range of emotional responses, mostly negative. The key word here is ‘emotional’. Trump has elicited a range of almost doomsday reactions and criticisms from not only America, but the outside world as well including Australia. These […]
US elections – A re-emerging Democracy?
I recently attended an event hosted by the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) program around Anxieties of Democracy. The event focused on democratic exclusion – places where citizens are ostensibly living in democratic states yet systematically excluded from power. But this conversation was not concerned with developing countries or citizens living under undemocratic regimes. This […]
