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2017 was a revolutionary year for democracy in Africa. On September 1st, Kenya’s Supreme Court made history by nullifying the country's last contentious election —for the first time in Africa— and ordering a new vote. Many incumbent…
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Machismo. Noun. A strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity. This term has been tied to Spanish and Portuguese societies for years as a defining factor in gender relations, often to negative effects. Feminists such as…
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The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty first coined the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in 2001, following the failures to intervene in the atrocities of the Rwandan genocide and the Srebrenica…
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September 2017 It was a warm and sunny September day in Istanbul when I met a young Syrian man working at the hostel where I stayed for the first few days while I searched for a more permanent place to stay during the four months I…
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With the withdrawal of most coalition troops after 16 years of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan has emerged as another important front for the Islamic State, operating under the branch known as Islamic State – Khorasan Province…
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In 1957, ethnically Chinese Malaysians, comprising of Malaysian citizens who trace their ancestry back to China and recent Chinese immigrants who have become citizens, made up almost 38% of the country’s total population. Today, that number…
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A Tale of Two Pipelines Moving up in unison, dozens of national guard and police enter Oceti Sakowin camp with weapons drawn, bringing to an end to the highly publicized Sioux protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, North…
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Parliament is back is session for the spring, and Justin Trudeau and the Liberal cabinet shifted the House agenda so Bill C-65 was first on the docket for debate in the House of Commons. Bill C-65 is the Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code,…
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Recent developments within several Southeast Asian countries have prompted concern regarding the rights of the press and the safety of journalists in the region. Many of the countries, notably Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia, in question…
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Disclaimer: Having recently interned at EcoPeace M.E. (NGO), the author wrote this article as a short overview of Ecopeace’s endeavor to foster ecological diplomacy.   Trump's decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to…
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