Political institutions play a significant role in managing—and sometimes alleviating—ethnic conflict. However, ethnic diversity often devolves into ethnic conflict in places where political institutions were simply imposed on local populations by imperial overlords. […]
The words ‘state’ and ‘nation’ often get used interchangeably. However, to understand global politics and international relations, one should know the difference between them, and also know what are multinational states. […]
In a state that has more than one ethnic group living in it, there can be struggles for control. The basis of the conflict can be race or religion, or even language. […]
Having a consensus-based approach slows down a democracy and impacts its efficiency. Moreover, reaching a consensus that satisfies everyone, when the population runs in millions, is a herculean task in itself. […]
The majority and the minority are often representing diffuse and concentrated interests. The majority have interest they want to pursue but aren’t passionate about whereas the minority feel strongly about an issue but don’t have huge numbers or support. […]
Dictatorships know how to use their power to stave off a crisis. By contrast, it can be hard for democracies to make people do exactly what they ask them to do in such times. […]
With the increase in religious conflicts, civil wars, terrorist attacks, and genocides around the globe, it seemed as the dominance of democracy had ended just a short while after the Cold War era. […]
It’s not possible in a city or a country to ask everyone’s view about different issues. That’s why people elect their representatives to do the decision-making on their behalf. […]
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ posits a world where apes are given an evolutionary push by aliens who place monoliths all around the galaxy for them to find. It makes them journey through wormholes and the aim is to become a ‘star child’, an evolved human. […]
Zarathustra in Nietzsche’s ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ is convinced that philosophical enlightenment and evolving to become superman or Übermensch would improve a person dramatically. […]
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