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#FertilityDay: Italy fails to get fertility trending
Beauty is ageless. Fertility is not.” “Don’t let your sperm go up in smoke.” These were just two of the dozen social media-ready taglines...
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Nov 6, 20167 min read


Hydroelectric Fracturing: Erdogan’s infrastructure folly
In a country accustomed to tumult, a single dam is causing ripples of turbulence. Over 60 years in the making, Turkey’s Ilisu Dam’s...
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Nov 6, 20168 min read


Sharing Isn’t Caring: The Perils of the Trendiest New Economic Sector
While sitting in heavy traffic, it is easy to fall into conversation with your taxi driver. In one such conversation, my taxi driver in...
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Nov 4, 20166 min read


Jehad and Ebrahim: The Convergence of Political and Children’s Rights in Bahrain
On July 23, 2012, Jehad Sadeq Aziz Salman and Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad took to the streets of the Bahraini capital Manama’s...
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Nov 2, 20164 min read


No Deal: Peace Still Elusive in Colombia
On Sunday, October 2, the Colombian people rejected a peace treaty signed by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces...
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Nov 1, 20166 min read


Risky Business: Brazil’s Lava Jato Scandal
Brazil has become a nation defined by political backlash. Since early 2014, a regional Brazilian judge named Sérgio Moro has risen to...
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Oct 25, 20165 min read


The Rise of Border Walls: Implications of a Physically Divided World
Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall along the United States and Mexican border has arguably become the most memorable talking point of...
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Oct 24, 20166 min read


Parliament Robusta: The Economic Freedom Fighters and the Nature of Legislative Bodies
Patricide: A Political Backstory South African president Jacob Zuma once decreed that the African National Congress (ANC) would remain...
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Oct 20, 20167 min read


Legalizing Opium: A Shift in the Developmental Paradigm
The legacy of foreign involvement in Afghanistan is both extensive and controversial. Whether referring to Soviet manipulation of the...
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Oct 20, 20165 min read


The Unspoken Bias in Western Media
Mainstream American mass media tends to suggest that the rise of ISIL in the Middle East has been predominantly countered by the efforts...
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Oct 19, 20166 min read


Getting to Zero: The Fight Against Malaria
The most lethal creature on this earth is, surprisingly, the tiny mosquito — more specifically, the malarial plasmodium parasites that...
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Oct 17, 20164 min read


Reverse the Resource Curse: Getting to Peace in Nigeria
For the past few years, acts of violence by the Islamic fundamentalist sect Boko Haram have been the predominate focus of American media...
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Oct 11, 20165 min read


The Maltese Election: Making Sense of 95 Percent Turnout
92.95 percent. 93.30 percent. 95.70 percent. No, these figures are not Rotten Tomatoes ratings of Humphrey Bogart’s The Maltese Falcon....
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Oct 6, 20165 min read


Kazakhstan’s Golden Moment
For any major power looking to grow its influence, Kazakhstan is a hidden gem. While short on name recognition, the Central Asian...
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Oct 6, 20166 min read


A City on the Hill: In Search of Inspiration in the Fight Against ISIS
In light of recent events, it’s evident the threat of terrorism is growing. Western countries, insulated for so long from the chaos in...
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Aug 23, 20166 min read


Tyranny in Britain
“We’re out.” With this laconic declaration, the Daily Mail delivered Friday’s simple, momentous truth to a polarized Britain; the torrent...
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Jul 23, 20167 min read


Achieving Political Goals: Euro 2016 and European Unity
Europe has experienced great political turbulence over the past year. The terrorist attacks on Paris and Brussels, the controversy...
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Jul 19, 20165 min read


The Cuban Thaw
Last week, President Obama made modern history by becoming the first sitting president since Calvin Coolidge to set foot on Cuban soil....
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May 6, 20165 min read


Ships to Nowhere: The Brutal Trafficking of Rohingya Refugees
March 15 marked the beginning of a landmark human-trafficking trial in Thailand in which 92 defendants are charged with establishing a...
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May 4, 20166 min read


Union Jack of All Trades
Britain really wants to know: Should it stay or should it go? The concept of British exit from the EU, popularly dubbed “Brexit,” has...
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May 2, 20164 min read
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