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The Future of the Millennium Development Goals
In order to develop a more efficient and legitimate approach towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals,…
After Nasser, Nasser?
On the 3rd of July 2013, after a series of large protests across the country, the first democratically elected…
South Africa’s Complex Youth
As some conventions might suggest, political parties and the state have, for quite some time, considered…
Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis: Lessons in Canadian…
Only twenty years into its foreign policy independence, Canada’s top diplomat had ended what could have been an…
Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis: Lessons in Canadian…
To date, only one Canadian has ever received the Nobel Peace Prize. Lester B. Pearson, Secretary of State for…
Syria and Broader Trends in International Diplomacy:…
While perceptions of Russia as a 'great power' deteriorates, and the diplomatic position of the United States…
Syria and Broader Trends in International Diplomacy:…
The Obama administration's drastic shift in US foreign policy in a post-Iraq War world order has already been…
Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 6: Frontier…
While the Arab Spring rocked much of the Arab world, upending the regional political order, states in the…
Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 5: Relative…
While several Arab republics have witnessed regime transitions, there are some other republics that have…
Syria and Broader Trends in International Diplomacy:…
The agreement reached in Geneva on 14 September between Russia and the United States over the Syrian…
Egypt’s “Somber Mood:” Bassem Youssef’s…
Critics of the post-revolutionary leadership in Egypt have lost an ally. By censoring Bassem Youssef's…
Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 4:…
So far, it seems that republics in the Middle East were far more affected by uprisings than their monarchical…