The Beginning of the End? Europe’s Refugee Crisis
From a public perspective, it seems as though there is never any peace within the European Union. For the past 5…
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Children of the Arab Spring
Last week the image of a four year- old Syrian girl, holding her hands up in surrender to a reporter’s camera,…
Power Over Weakness: A Pipe Dream of East Asian Union
Last Saturday in Seoul, three East Asian nations’ (Korea, China, Japan) foreign ministers agreed to hold summit…
The Zapatistas and Systemic Inequality in Mexico
The post-Cold War era is rife with examples of insurgencies and intrastate conflicts that blur the lines between…
Venezuelan-American Relations: Sanctions and Deteriorating Diplomatic Ties
Deteriorating Venezuelan-American relations reached unprecedented levels on March 9th as President Obama…
Kremlin of Cards
SPOILER ALERT: The following may contain some plot elements from the 3rd season of the Netflix series House of…
Algerian Family Code: Progress for Women or Disguised Loopholes?
On Thursday, March 5th 2015, the National People’s Assembly (APN) of Algeria passed legislation towards…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road
Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
Don’t cry, Charlie
- Dad, why has France been shattered today?
- Son, do you know what terrorism is?
- No, not really.
-…
The Burmese Experiment
To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, Burma is quite unlike any place you know about.1 The country has a tumultuous…