9/11 Families v. Saudi Arabia
The United States Congress recently near-unanimously approved Bill S.2040, or more commonly, The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). It overrides what is known as sovereign immunity in allowing United States citizens to sue…
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Leaving Everything Behind: Why do People Immigrate?
Pack everything up, buy a ticket, and leave your home. There, no one knows you, and you might have to start from scratch. It will be difficult, especially with the amount of confusing paperwork. If things are going to be so difficult, why…
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Israel and the Syrian Crisis
At the 15-member UN Security council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urgently called on all member nations to "enable humanitarian assistance everywhere it is needed for the Syrians to negotiate a way out of the hell in which they are…
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Alain Juppé and His So-Called “Identité heureuse”
As the first TV debate on the question of identity is approaching (October 13th), let us inaugurate this blog with Alain Juppé, currently the favourite of the seven republican candidates.
His concept of “identité heureuse” (literally…
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Opening Up Old Wounds – Political Instability in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The past week will be remembered as a historical landmark in Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) accession to the European Union. Or at least it would have been had there not been an anti-constitutional referendum held by one of the state's two…
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The Dakota Access Pipeline: Where Two Movements Converge
Construction of Energy Transfer Partners’ oil pipeline has been halted by the efforts of over a thousand American Indian protesters including a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice on behalf of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
President Obama…
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The Worst That Could Happen
Let’s start by tackling the big question. Why has Trump gotten this far?
I’m going to preface this by saying that, while I have my very strong convictions, I’m going to attempt to show a certain measure of fairness to the candidates.…
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Future of AI, Ethical and Political challenges, and…
Genuine concern about the prospect of artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to the dinner conversations of sci-fi geeks. While human fascination with building super-intelligent beings reaches back into antiquity, new life has…
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The Road to the Future
On September 19th, the United States government released new guidelines for self-driving cars in an attempt to make self-driving technology more transparent. To avoid over regulation, the guidelines are ambiguous and intended to evolve…
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One Way Ticket to Beijing: Taiwan in a Globalized-China World
A China Southern plane touched down at the airport in Nanjing, China on Tuesday, September 20; on board were 63 alleged members of a Cambodia-based telecom fraud ring. All 63 blind-folded individuals were bound for Beijing to face trial for…
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