I’ve always felt that the study and maintenance of international relations has been tragically barred from the realm of everyday conversations among everyday people. Through institutional mechanisms that bar the public from more freely engaging in conversations around the role of the United States in the world, to the needlessly complex jargon and elite-speak that is meant to exclude those not already in the bubble of government and private sector interests. When we talk about the importance of engagement and education in politics as a way for us to make more informed decisions as voters, we need to also consider how our relations to one another as worldly subjects is equally important, from working together to combat climate change to ending gratuitous wars. By both breaking down the complexities and shoving aside Washington’s narratives, Global Discontents is first and foremost your hub for making sense of the world around us, and our stakes in it.
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Global Discontents is a project focused around covering international developments and political trends through a bottom up perspective. We’ll reorient conversations around international development, democracy promotion, human rights, civil society and labour activism, and much more with a keen historical framework in mind. By informing our readers through fresh news aggregation and topical essays, we can become more empowered to challenge conventional wisdom on U.S foreign policy.
Global Discontents Dispatch
A newsletter covering domestic political events around the world, with a particular focus on Global South countries. The Dispatch will incorporate a variety of perspectives both on the ground and from a wide-lens view, with commentary woven in from experts with nuanced insights outside of the Washington Consensus.
Essays
I’ll pick one particular subject or issue relevant to either International Affairs or US Foreign Policy and expand on it, adding the oft overlooked historical context needed to understand crises and scenarios as they manifest today, while offering prescriptions on what they international community should (or should not) do.
Podcast (Coming Soon!)
Similar to the essays, I plan to undergird our understanding of present-day scenarios with a variety of historical sources and theoretical frameworks that reorient the way we understand international relations and the role the United States plays in them. Expect plenty of citations!
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