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Frenemies: The Secretive Saudi/Israeli Relationship
Throughout the history of international diplomacy and geopolitics, appearance and reality are quite divided. Often,…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the second of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA)…
The Taliban: Looming Kingpins of Afghan Opium
What the Afghan government and other actors hoped would be a period of stabilization and decline, or at least…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the first of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) shifting…
An Iranian Arab Spring?
Recent anti-government protests this month have engulfed over 80 cities in Iran, as thousands of predominantly…
Water and Politics in Central Asia
"Water resources could become a problem in the future that could escalate tensions not only in our region, but on…
Fighting Climate Change with Seaweed: The Kelp is Always…
The Need for Seaweed
Seaweed has for centuries been a staple of human diets all over the world, bringing rich…
Pseudo-Secularism in Myanmar
The crossroads of religion and politics, despite its universal prevalence, continues to be overlooked and even…
How the West Adamantly Condemns Libya’s Slave Trade —Yet…
On November 13, CNN released a video of slave auctions in Libya. The video showed an off-screen auctioneer offering…
On PEDs, Politics and Pyeongchang
The recent ban on Russian athletes competing in the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has been interpreted…
The End is Near for Angela Merkel
Standing at a mere 5 ft. 5, other world leaders appear to tower over her. With her steely blue gaze and implicit…
Trouble in Manufacturing Paradise: Labour Rights…
The group that disproportionately faces the burden of an economic slowdown is the Chinese labor force. Declining…