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1917: Tales from the Trenches
The letters below were published in the Saint Croix Courier in October, November and December 1917. They…
Screening of The Box Depicts Refugee Life as a Child
This Tuesday, Boğaziçi University held a screening of the short animation The Box: A Syrian Story, which…
A Case for Japan’s Remilitarization
Following a landslide election victory at the end of October 2017, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to…
Welfare vs Warfare: How a Powerful Military Weakens…
In September 2017, Congress approved an $80 billion increase to the U.S military budget, ballooning total military…
Does the US have a human rights problem?
The United States is often seen as a world leader in negotiating international treaties and agreements, including…
Draft-Dodger to Commander-in-Chief: Donald Trump’s…
On May 18, Donald Trump delivered the commencement speech to the Coast Guard Academy class of 2017 in New London,…
WHO Let Mugabe Out? Political Pressure and the Future of…
Global health stewardship and the 37 year-old rule of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe are rarely thought of in…
Review’s Radio: Dr. Sabina Alkire on…
MIR's Anica Lanzi sits down with Dr. Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative…
INTERPOL: targeting international criminals, terrorists,…
On October 17, 2017, Russian officials put out a request for cooperation from the international community to locate…
Re-packaged Nazism, Germany’s ‘Alternative…
On 25 September 2017 over 13% of the German electorate voted for the AfD “Alternative für Deutschland,” or in…
“No Raila, No Peace”: Kenya’s Growing…
“Kenyans want us to succeed,” Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s recently re-elected incumbent president, said to reporters…
Mustang: A Fictional Telling of Female Struggle in…
One Turkish film that has received prominent international exposure is Mustang (2015), which tells a powerful story…