La Gazette de la Paix • An independent bilingual student publication of the Geneva Graduate Institute
Throughout history, the French have shown that they know how to protest. Yet, this cultural tendency is insufficient to explain the combustible atmosphere in France. How did a spontaneous student protest snowball into nationwide riots? To understand what happened, it is essential to look behind the country’s political curtain.
Fifteen thousand kilometers from Buenos Aires, streets in Kerala, Kolkata, Dhaka turn blue and white every four years. Why does South Asia love the Argentinian football team so much?
by Juanita Herrera We women hear it so often: “Don’t go alone at night”. “Be careful”. “Text me when youContinue Reading
The race for the next UN Secretary-General has highlighted the outsized role the Security Council plays in selecting the organization’s top official. Security Council membership constitutes a form of influence over the SG selection process, yet fifty-nine UN Member States have never served on Council.
By Wassim Atrissi, Itzhak Dorai, Noa Sara Lehmann On June 14th, the G7 summit came to Geneva, and with it,Continue Reading
In 2017 Salam, a MINT student at the Graduate Institute, travelled to Khartoum to enroll in university in Sudan. Despite Sudan’s evident challenges, he quickly grew fond of the country and imagined building a future there, perhaps working for one of the local NGOs. But the sense of normalcy that surrounded daily life would prove alarmingly fragile.
By Gabriele Toso A helmet was all it took. Not a flag, not a political speech. A helmet worn byContinue Reading
Written by Reine Elle Vervaine Radwan, and Edited by Vedika Pillai, News Editor of the Graduate Press As Syrians, weContinue Reading
By Vedika Pillai, News Editor of The Graduate Press In recent weeks, discussions about the Middle East have intensified—conversations thatContinue Reading
By Sree Sajeev Former U.S. president Donald J. Trump won the battle against current Vice president Kamala Harris to becomeContinue Reading
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