Academic Role Model: Lex Paulson
Academic Role Model (ARM) is The Political Science Club’s series in which various professors, researchers, and academics from the field of political science, international relations, and any related inter-disciplinary social science, are being interviewed by the members of our community with the sole purpose of presenting a potentially-inspiring life story that shows just what it... Read More
Cultural Understanding and Global Citizenship
One of the unwritten rules of existence states that: ”The most arduous profession in the world is the profession of being a man.” From the very beginning, we, as human beings internalize, due to our rationality, discernment and superior level of cognition, that the systems in which we live, be them cultural, social, political, economic,... Read More
TPSC Kick-Off Party 2016
We, The People of The Political Science Club, are happy to announce our latest exquisite social event:The 2016 Kickoff Party! So come along, fellow English-speaking political science students, we have a lot of catching up to do! There’s a bright and promising year ahead us and we have to celebrate its commencement properly! There will... Read More
TPSC Article Writing Contest – September 2016
We, the members of The Political Science Club, never shy away from informing the academic community that we aren’t quite the closed circle we sometimes seem, and take editorial contributions from any student willing to make his or her voice heard. However, this time we are giving away prizes for the best articles! Got this... Read More
Missing refugee children reached 10,000 in 2015
I am proposing for discussion the missing refugee children situation in the European Union. The idea about this post came to me in the past few days, as I have seen circulating in the social media the story of a little boy, Omran Daqneesh, after his house was struck by bombing in the war-torn city... Read More
USR, Pythagoras and Public Choice Theory
As the Romanian parliamentary elections draw near, political commentators hired by news stations as semi-permanent guests, rejuvenated by the newly-discovered self-importance, gather around the “new kid” on the block – Uniunea Salvati Romania or USR – in order to throw stones or cast opinions. What was once a party of Bucharest’s civil society now strides... Read More
Get used to terror, it’s not going anywhere
The above may seem like a cruel statement, but the reality it bears is hard to contest. From the Madrid train bombing of March 11th 2004 which left nearly 200 people dead and 2000 injured to the recent Nice attack, terrorist activity seems to be only on the rise, despite the state of emergency instated... Read More
The Political Science Club @ The Education Fair 2016, University of Bucharest
On Thursday, April 21st 2016, our club has proudly promoted The Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest’s annual Education Fair. TPSC managers Monica, Samira, Ioana, Rodion and Logan, alongside with other aspiring political scientists from our institution, have dedicated a day of their lives to the noble activity of guiding future high... Read More
The Movie Night – “The Revenant”, March 21st 2016
On March 21st 2016, The Political Science Club resumes its cultural activities with a new movie projection. This time, we will watch the multiple award-winning motion picture “The Revenant” and try to identify the Rousseaunian dimension of the state of nature: How do individuals act and behave when they are outside the oversight of a... Read More
The Ghost of Government Past
Who governs Romania today and in whose name? After the Colectiv fire and the November protests, the “social-democratic” government of Victor Ponta has been replaced, after days of media-induced intrigue, by a government of technocrats. Sometimes referred to as “coming from Europe”, as in from the institutions and various bodies of the European Union, they... Read More