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The Northwest Passage and Canada’s Claim to the…
“The People of Canada to-day are being taxed to pay interest on millions of dollars of fictitious capital”.
-Sir…
A Cautionary Tale of Amazon HQ2
Last week, Chicago formally submitted a bid to house Amazon’s second headquarters, HQ2. Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and…
Separate Worlds Collide: How Venezuela’s Life is…
To many, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela exist in totally separate worlds. One is a desert-covered Arab nation,…
Czech Republic elects its own Trump: Billionaire…
Another day, another populist victory in Europe. This time, anti-establishment billionaire Andrej Babiš has…
Corruption in Vietnam: An Endemic Problem?
After the fall down of Saigon government, Vietnam faced "chaos, instability, and economic disintegration". In 1986,…
A Republican Resistance: Will the Establishment Speak…
Without mentioning his name, former Republican President George W. Bush appeared to castigate Trump in a rare…
Road Toward Reconciliation? A New Start for a Divided…
After a decade-long rift, the two political parties of Palestine, Hamas and Fatah (also known as the Palestinian…
Big Pharma’s Ominous Role in Nigeria’s Fake Drugs Crisis
In 2008, mothers of teething infants visited their local Nigerian pharmacies to purchase some medicine to ease…
The South-Asian Tinderbox: Rising Tensions and U.S.…
With the eyes of the world fixed on Kim-Jong Un and Donald Trump's war of words, another serious escalation has…
The Double Edged Sword of Chinese Counterterrorism…
Just last month, Chinese officials ordered Chinese Muslims in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to hand over copies…
Holding the WTO Hostage: A Risky Gamble
The World Trade Organization (WTO), with its 164 members, is the largest trade agreement in the world. The function…
Turkey’s Cartoonists Under Fire, Freedom of Speech…
In the beginning of January 2015, an attack that took place in the office of satirical magazine Charlie…