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MIR Interview: Kapil Kapoor
Kapil Kapoor is the Director of Strategy at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Prior to joining the AfDB, he…
Beware the “Labor of Love” Organization…
Teaching English or French abroad, particularly in the Middle East's more impoverished or marginalized areas,…
Rio’s Men in Black
“Loyalty, fearlessness, integrity!” chant the men of Rio de Janeiro’s Elite Squad in their dub step-laden…
To Coup or Not to Coup? Thailand in Transition
Over the past three months, political turmoil in Thailand has created a major political crisis. The crisis has been…
“We are on the right side of history”
Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. Whether left, right; socialist, capitalist; Democrat, Republican; liberal…
Karama has No Walls: An Interview with Sara Ishaq
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Karama has No Walls was recently nominated for this year’s Oscar in the category Documentary Short. It is a…
The Future of the Millennium Development Goals
In order to develop a more efficient and legitimate approach towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals,…
Ho Chi Minh’s Dream at History’s End
Since the end of the Cold War, most people assume that, with exception of North Korea, the ex-Communist world…
After Nasser, Nasser?
On the 3rd of July 2013, after a series of large protests across the country, the first democratically elected…
The Case for Chinese Democracy
It was over 100 years ago that Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, a pivotal figure in the 1911 revolution that overthrew the Qing…
South Africa’s Complex Youth
As some conventions might suggest, political parties and the state have, for quite some time, considered…
Three Brothers: The Pakistan-Afghanistan-India Rivalry
Pakistani-Afghan relations are a “complex and complicated nexus” that have produced seemingly self-defeating…