Erdogan’s Balancing Act
As the new year unfolds, Turkey—under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—will continue to hold an increasingly significant role within European, Middle Eastern and global affairs. Since the monumental AKP victory in the Fall of 2015,…
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The Outcomes of HIV/AIDS: Increase in Poverty
Since the outbreak of Ebola, it seems as though we have not heard much about HIV/AIDS around the world. As one of the worst epidemics to have hit sub-Saharan Africa, HIV/AIDS has killed over 20 million people and has left an estimated 36…
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Gender Discrimination in South Korea
Confucianism was, and still is, deeply rooted in South Korea’s society. One particular theme is patriarchy where each gender has its own role in a family. Family is an important functioning unit of society in South Korea; the society…
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Workers of the World and Labour in 2016
Happy 2016 WOTW readers! I know I haven't written in a while but now I am back and ready to tackle the issues that face workers and labourers here in the Western world and abroad.
There are many challenges that face the labour movement…
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A Weakened Saudi Arabia and Its Rift With Iran
After a rapid, and unfortunate, series of events that took place in the Middle East during the first weekend in January, Saudi Arabian and Iranian relations have taken a negative turn. On January 2nd, Saudi Arabia engaged in its largest…
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The Absence of Reason: Gun Legislation in America
A frightening trend in current American politics is the lack of conversation. Discourse appears to be dominated by the extreme, creating a polarized situation in which the willingness to listen and discuss is absent. In this context,…
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The Expat Elector in 2016
Welcome to 2016 readers! It is officially an election year. Within the next twelve months, we will have a new President of the United States. If you are feeling at all similar to the way I do, this is more terrifying than exciting…
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COP 21 – Regard sur les Caraïbes
L’accord de Paris peut-il être historique ?
La semaine dernière, un accord international et « historique » a été signé. Historique pour plusieurs raisons ; d’abord il limite le réchauffement climatique à 1.5°C au lieu des 2°C prévus…
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COP 21 – L’experience d’une Stagiaire
Étudiante en master 1 d’histoire contemporaine à l’université Paris Sorbonne, j’ai eu la chance de faire un stage à la COP 21 - CMP 11 qui s’est déroulée à Paris du 30 novembre au 12 décembre 2015. Après les évènements dramatiques de Paris…
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The Reasons Behind the Ploy: The EU Turkey Summit
On November 29th, the European Union (EU) signed a deal with Turkey regarding the waves of Syrian and other refugees entering Europe through Turkey and Greece.
The deal, as declared by a “summit in…Brussels, drew Turkish and European…
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