Ideology and religion are usually two different systems of beliefs. However, can there ever be an overlap between the two? How powerful is a belief that it can make religion seem ideological in a certain circumstance? To answer this, we must first, understand why religion is made to be ideological.
What happens when the world’s richest man tries to “liberate” the boundaries of free speech? Can billionaire extraordinaire Elon Musk revitalise Twitter the way Tesla revolutionised the electric car industry?
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine has seen Europe return to a state of war after more than half a century of peace. But at the core of the issue is the Russian state’s search for security, and this goes back much further than 2014. How has Russia’s perception of security changed, and what will it take to bring peace back to Europe?
Despite my vehement objection to this provocative question, asking whether terrorism is art may peel back the layers for us and illuminate the deeply troubling phenomenon. By understanding it as a media phenomenon, we may find a way to stamp it out.
Roe is gone, Wade is here to stay. But beyond the petty discord, the mutually reinforcing nature of misogyny threatens the disputatious compos mentis. Has accommodationism transgressed upon its limits? In this article, the IAS Gazette’s Khai discovers the whole spectrum of potential discourses amongst the abortion environment.
Ever since the Second World War, aid has become a means for the international community to uplift underdeveloped and developing countries out of poverty and humanitarian crises. Does international aid, however, actually fulfil what it’s meant to fulfil? The answer isn’t straightforward. In the case of the Global South, current poverty data and recent debates about its effectiveness may suggest this might not be the case. Shue-er from the IAS Gazette examines the role of aid and how it may need a structural revamp to further development in the Global South.
Should the people be the greatest arbiters of political decision-making? Here I discuss the inherent paradox of both direct and representative democracy. How the rise of folk politics impairs the processes of the former and threatens to alienate the electorate from the political decision-making process in the latter.
Scientists have been raising the alarm on climate change since the late 1950s, increasing the severity of concern especially in recent years. True to human nature’s propensity to procrastinate, the deadly two degree increase in global temperatures is rapidly approaching. Claire from the IAS Gazette investigates the buzz around ‘Clean Energy’ to see if it is truly a saving grace or another perfunctory performance by world leaders.
Continuing on his exploration of surveillance technologies and their implications, Lim Ghee Yang presents a breakdown of the insidious link between plastic surgery and the devices and applications we use in our everyday lives. Should we be wary of how the media can affect the perception of the self? Technology maverick Balaji S. Srinivasan put it best: “If code scripts machines, media scripts human beings”.
The news. Our most trusted source of information. We update ourselves with news around the world almost daily, but what if the news you consume, even though not fake news, isn’t quite as accurate? Sherry from the IAS Gazette explores the harms of relying on news, especially without any or little discernment.
The IAS Gazette is a news site run by undergraduates from the Singapore Institute of Management’s International Affairs Society (IAS). Founded in 2018, it traces its roots to The Capital, a now defunct bimonthly magazine previously under the IAS.
