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How Secret Wars Happen: AFRICOM and Militarization Disguised as Humanitarianism
From 2006 to 2016, deployments of US Special Operations Command units to Africa climbed by a staggering 1600 percent. This militarization...
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May 15, 20176 min read
The Perpetual Greek Crisis
Once again, Greece is making headlines for its economic troubles as it heads towards a major confrontation with its European creditors...
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May 15, 20176 min read
Heated Conflict: Redefining Refugees
“Before the drought, I would have to dig 60 or 70 meters to find water. Then I had to dig 100 to 200 meters,” said former Syrian...
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May 15, 20177 min read
The Big Test: Assessing the Five Star Movement’s Roman Chance
When TV comedian Beppe Grillo and web activist Gianroberto Casaleggio started a political movement in 2009, few believed it would become...
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May 15, 20176 min read
The Immigration Game: How the refugee crisis has affected French and German politics
France and Germany have never been known for having much in common, but recent geopolitical events have shaken the countries’ political...
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May 12, 20176 min read
A Workable Watchdog:How the IAEA Has Solved the Credibility Problem
To any common media consumer, it may appear that international cooperation is on its way out. President Trump’s pledge to defy World...
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May 11, 20176 min read
Changing Course: The Strategic Flaws of the Chinese Government’s Treatment of the Uyghur Minor
While narratives of anti-Islamic sentiments continue to dominate the American media, little airtime is given to how other parts of the...
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May 11, 20175 min read
Pollination Automation: How Drones Might Prevent the Sting of Colony Collapse Disorder
Bee stings may hurt, but a world without bees would hurt more. The global bee population is declining at an alarming rate. Climate...
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May 11, 20174 min read
I’m Not Lovin’ It: The Distasteful Story of How Global Fast Food Marketing is Duping Consumers and P
The ubiquity of American products abroad is hardly surprising. From Ray Bans to Nikes to Chevys, the marketplace today is truly global...
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May 10, 20177 min read
The Coup that Overthrew Dilma
Undemocratic coups come in many forms. Not all of them are violent, seemingly disorganized uprisings – the ‘standard’ coup, so to speak....
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May 10, 20176 min read
Building the Great Green Wall: Combatting Sahel’s Economic and Political Instability with Climate Po
Home to impressive monuments such as Timbuktu and Djenné, the Sahel Region, an eco-climate zone that encompasses nations such as Sudan,...
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Apr 30, 20178 min read
The Linguistic Colonialism of English
Some argue that the historical and current bloodshed of Western imperialism has transformed the English language into a universal tool of...
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Apr 25, 20174 min read
The Ambrosian Appeal: Milan’s Post-Brexit Chance
After the UK’s decision to leave the European Union last June, it became clear that London risked losing its status as Europe’s major...
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Apr 19, 20177 min read
AIDS in the Archipelago: How the Philippines can Tackle its HIV Epidemic
In the wake of last year’s election of President Rodrigo Duterte, populism is far from the only rising danger in the Philippines: Around...
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Apr 17, 201710 min read
The Billion-Year Rule: Gambia’s Election Crisis and the Case for Regional Intervention
President Yahya Jammeh told Gambia he would rule for a billion years. But on December 1, 2016, the Gambian people decided otherwise. In a...
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Apr 17, 20175 min read
Trump’s Reproductive War Goes Global
Trump’s war on reproductive rights has already gone global. On only his third day in office, the new President reinstated a devastating...
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Apr 17, 20176 min read
Rex Tillerson Returns to the South China Sea
Rex Tillerson has brushed up against China before. So have his competitors. In 2006, Chevron executives thought they had spotted a golden...
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Apr 16, 20175 min read
Payday, Every Day: Why the Idea of Basic Income is Reemerging Today
In the midst of global populist backlash, nostalgia has become something of a dirty word in politics. But concurrent with this rising...
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Apr 16, 20176 min read
Intervention-less: The Key to Costa Rica’s Success
At times called the “Switzerland of Latin America,” Costa Rica boasts thriving industrial and tourism sectors, a robust universal health...
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Apr 16, 20173 min read
On Arctic Governance: Successes and Lessons for the South China Sea
A 2005 headline for The Guardian reads: ‘The end of oil is closer than you think.’ A more recent example from the Christian Science...
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Apr 16, 20177 min read
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