Dhruv Shekar, Jindal Global University, India – This is a reflection on the confluence of the trifocal entities of law, desire and popular culture. In addition, it will assess how Popular Culture serves as an important source of iconography reflective of the myriad of socio-cultural- political realities and the equally and ardently important ever evolving legalities concerning it. To begin...
Syaru Shirley Lin is a member of the founding faculty of the master’s program in global political economy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She currently teaches political science at the University of Virginia and offers courses on theories of international political economy and cross-Strait relations. Lin graduated cum laude from Harvard College and earned her masters and Ph.D. from the...
“World War III.” “A crippled economy.” “Chaos.” Ominous predictions circled through the UK in the days, weeks, and months preceding June 23, 2016. On that fateful Thursday, citizens of the UK voted in the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union. Coined “Brexit,” shorthand for “British exit,” this referendum drew more than 30 million ballots. The ballot asked, “Should...
