Article by Chan Li Hsin Adele, Chan Yu Xi Celeste and Kow Wen-An Vernon Abstract: The attacks on October 7th, 2023, by Hamas and the subsequent Israeli response have unprecedentedly pushed the Israel-Palestinian conflict into the limelight of Singaporean society. In its delicate balancing act – to manage domestic demands […]
Article by 黃郁媗 Yu-Hsuan Huang Abstract: In today’s international system shaped by intersecting polycrises, violence is no longer an incidental consequence of disorder but a strategic instrument and structural outcome of geopolitical power reconfiguration. Drawing on geopolitical analysis and realist international relations theory, this article argues that violence is embedded […]
Article by Chung-Jen Chao Abstract: Violence is a widely explored interdisciplinary topic in the humanities and social sciences, including fields such as literature, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and political science. In the field of literature, Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004, […]
Film review by Hanh T. L. Nguyen. Abstract: This article discusses the film Joker, directed by Todd Phillips, which had its first public screening on October 4, 2019. This paper attempts to refute a claim by some members of the media that the film is too dark and could incite […]
