The 360

A Turkish Gamble, a Chinese Venture

A Turkish Gamble, a Chinese Venture

The Washington University Political Review  is saddened to announce our difficult decision to euthanize the previous writer of the 360 column, Siddharth Krishnan, for grievous offenses against the Director of New Media and for high treason....

 

Turmoil in Pakistan, Hope in Britain

Turmoil in Pakistan, Hope in Britain

The Pakistan floods have affected over 21 million people Pakistan In Crisis The last three years have been tumultuous for Pakistan. In 2006, a coalition between exiled former presidents Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto promised to bring democracy...

 

Politics: Civil and Dangerous

Politics: Civil and Dangerous

An American Hindu priest. Some Hindu communities in rural India have faced strange troubles lately. The changing face of elections U.S presidential elections are known, among other things, for elaborate campaigns. Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign...

 

The Power of People (and the Headache of Counting Them)

The Power of People (and the Headache of Counting Them)

How do you count 1.2 billion people? It’s census time. In the United States, people have been filling out and mailing forms, in addition to being interviewed by officials from the Department of Census. The feat of carrying out a survey...

 

Around the World

Around the World

Of Journeys and Apathy Recently, there was a story in the news of an Afghan teenager who fled his troubled homeland eight years ago to seek asylum in London. His extraordinary modern-day odyssey saw him travel illegally in a truck through Moscow,...