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Terrorism, Imperialism, and Other Buzzwords in the North Caucasus
On September 9, 1999 shortly after midnight, an apartment complex exploded in southeast Moscow, killing 94 inside. This was just one...
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Dec 7, 20145 min read


Terrorist Wanted: How ISIS Recruits Western Women
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries...
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Dec 7, 20146 min read


When The Swedish Fish
There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish...
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Dec 3, 20147 min read


Repainting History
The 7,000 illuminated balloons winding through Berlin this November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite...
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Dec 3, 20144 min read


The Tricky Nationalism of Vladimir Putin
Putin’s expansion into Crimea, Ukraine and his other recent acts of aggression have been framed by some as parts of an attempt at...
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Dec 2, 20144 min read


Right To Be Independent
Scotland said no. On September the 18th the Scottish independence referendum took place and on the question of “Should Scotland be an...
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Nov 19, 20144 min read


The Far Right in Sweden
When discussing racism or intolerance in the context of nations, chances are Sweden is not the first country that comes to mind. The...
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Nov 16, 20144 min read


Simulating the Apocalypse: What Are War Games Really For?
There were no newly constructed battle arenas, nor were there hordes of soldiers with unloaded guns. The war game that took place on...
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Nov 11, 20145 min read


The Struggle Over Bulgaria
Russian incursions into Ukraine have many people saying that the realpolitik of the Cold War has returned to the global stage. After a...
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Nov 9, 20144 min read


Reframing Radicalism: Le Pen’s Chance to Change France
In the 2012 presidential election in France, furor and excitement surrounded the National Front (FN, after the French name for Front...
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Nov 3, 20145 min read


Stranger On Our Shores
According to the Migrants’ Files, over 23,000 migrants died trying to reach Europe between 2000 and 2013 — a number so staggering that...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read


Politics Against Humanity
The Syrian civil war has been marked by crimes against humanity so undeniable that they could have leapt into existence from a textbook,...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read


The Atmospheric Wasteland
Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and...
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Oct 22, 20143 min read


Scotland Is Still a Part of the UK: Now What?
On September 18, the Scottish came out in droves to decide whether the future Scotland lie as an independent state or as a country in the...
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Oct 14, 20145 min read


Women and Word Play
Since four score and seven years ago, political rhetoric has been both a political tool and a metric by which we assess our leaders. Word...
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Oct 11, 20144 min read


Smile, Cyprus: Cheese May Hold an Answer to the Cypriot Rift
A Greek Cypriot dairy farmer protests the government’s ruling on new standards for halloumi cheese in May, 2012. Photo by Cyprus Mail....
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Oct 7, 20145 min read


Bleak Outlook For Russia’s Middle Class
The primary image of Russian political leadership, in the current political climate, is that of a sultry Russian President Vladimir...
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Oct 5, 20144 min read


Divide and Conquer: Russian Foreign Policy Legacy Endures in Ukraine
Since the first Russian troops began invading Crimea, the West has considered various approaches to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine....
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Sep 21, 20144 min read


As Turkey Votes, Erdogan Sees His Power Grow
In the past week of unseasonably wet weather, campaign posters like a plague of mushrooms have sprouted across Turkey, a country gearing...
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Aug 10, 20147 min read


Why Breweries, Big Coal and Putin May Keep Fracking Out of Germany
Following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, Germany ambitiously vowed to shut down all its nuclear capacity in favor of renewable energy...
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Aug 4, 20144 min read
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