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The leaders of Spain’s PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, and Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, shake hands after signing an accord to form a new coliation government. Gabriel Bouys/AFP

November 19, 2019

How Spain’s new left-wing coalition fits into Europe’s shifting political allegiances

Lisa Zanotti, Diego Portales University and José Rama, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Spain’s proposed coalition could succeed, even without a majority in parliament.

Discipline, leadership and time management are some of the positives veterans say they bring to their studies. But not everyone has a chance to demonstrate these. rekrsoldier/flickr

August 8, 2018

Why some veterans feel alienated on campus and how universities can help

Andrew Harvey, La Trobe University and Lisa Andrewartha, La Trobe University

While many military veterans do well on campus, not everyone feels welcome or their views matter. Here’s what universities can do better.

Beatriz Sánchez’s strong finish in the first round of Chile’s presidential election has thrown the race wide open. Her new left-wing party also won 20 congressional seats. Andres Pina/Aton via AP)

November 28, 2017

Chile heads into presidential runoff with a transformed political landscape

Cristóbal Bellolio, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Young parties are bringing new life to Chile’s stale politics, finally ending the post-Pinochet period. As the presidential runoff approaches in December, the race for the presidency is now wide open.

Bernoldus Niemand (aka James Phillips) at the Market Theatre Warehouse in Johannesburg, 1989. John Hogg/The Times

July 18, 2017

The war that provided the soundtrack for subversive Afrikaans rock

Schalk van der Merwe, Stellenbosch University

Rock music against military conscription during 1980s South Africa resonated with wider fault lines in Afrikaner society - this as the apartheid regime’s grip on power started to slip.

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