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Conflicting Interests: A Power Vacuum Remains in Libya
After a 42-year reign of mostly iron-fisted dictatorship, many Libyans hoped that Muammar Gaddafi’s capture…
THЭ VЭRΔICT
From the moment of their inception, laws stretch out into every street and crevice of a country and cast their…
Protesting the Powerful: Art & Resistance in Turkey
Turkey’s history is no stranger to public clashes between the government and its people over…
The 19th Communist Party Congress: A Test for Xi Jinping
In mid-October, about 2,300 delegates will gather in Beijing for the 19th Party Congress. Held every 5 years, the…
Winds of Change: Angola’s Political Zeitgeist
Perhaps no country better exemplifies the resource curse than Angola: although the country has vast natural wealth…
One Country…Two Systems? A Question of Autonomy in…
On September 20th of 2017, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam pushed for an end to the claims of…
The Nuclear Kingdom
On September 14th, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, colloquially termed North Korea, threatened to sink…
Ante portas: Radical Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
With every rubbled Raqqa street, the US-backed Kurdish and Arab Free Syrian Army inches closer towards victory over…
From Warring to Wary: Colombia in the Aftermath of Its…
In August 2016, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia had an announcement to make to the people of Colombia and…
Violence in Venezuela: Analyzing the Crisis in the Latin…
Merely seventeen years ago, Venezuela was riding high. Latin America's largest exporter of oil was met with soaring…
Radicalism to Reintegration: Counterterrorism Efforts in…
The largest terrorist attack in Indonesia in recent years took place in the capital on January 14th, 2016. Two of…
The Chicagoan: Countering the Media Narrative
Chicago is often thrown around by politicians as an example of one of the greatest failures of the United States,…