Promises and politicians are no strange bedfellows. Irrespective of their convictions or their political environment, those vying for power have an uncompromising predilection for pandering to the masses. This phenomenon, whereby leaders appease their audiences’ selfishness in pursuit of political clout, has haunted democratic institutions since the Roman period, from…

Chinese investment remains lucrative and difficult to resist even amid the controversy surrounding this coronavirus pandemic, and cooperation with its producers and manufacturers is tantamount to irreplaceable for many global industries’ supply chains. The nation’s economic rise has prompted concerns about relying on its goodwill, all the more given its…

For centuries, the English Channel had served Britain as an unsurpassable moat against encroachments from mainland Europe. On several occasions, France tried to land its forces on our shores, but neither Louis XV nor Napoleon managed to realise their ambitions. During the Battle of Britain, the zeal of RAF pilots…

Dumping is one of the most frequent economic occurrences. Dumping occurs when one company prices its goods in market A below the value it charges in market B. With dumping, this company, in turn, is able to undercut competitors in A and increase its market share. Dumping is important to…

The Cornell Review had the pleasure to converse with five directors of the Young American Coalition for Unity (YACU). This is a high school and college student organisation, dedicated to the promotion of bipartisan dialogue and non-partisan evaluation of American politics. Speaking to Dan Mikhaylov were the group’s Political Director…

March 22nd has gone down in Britain’s history as sorrowful and lacklustre. The 2017 Westminster attack occurred on that day, taking the lives of five and injuring another 49 individuals. Its perpetrator, Khalid Masood, was only prevented from wreaking further havoc by the arrival of armed police officers on the…

In theory, politics implies diversity — of faith, of socioeconomic background, and most importantly, of thought. Our republican form of government derives its name from the Latin term res publica, customarily translated into English as “the public affair”, and no affairs may claim to be truly public without being representative…

It would be a gross understatement to posit that we live a period of social upheaval and fragmentation. Christians across Britain will be alarmed by the plummeting church attendance and the nationwide divorce rate — that, while on a welcome decline, remains higher than the corresponding figures in Germany and…

The Trump administration’s explicit stance against China has altered Western political discourse. Discussions on the Belt and Road Initiative and the communist state’s profuse human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong surface in the news with unprecedented frequency, heaved into the view of even the most ordinarily disinterested readers. …