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Mashing Mexico’s Monopolies
The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa described Mexico under the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) as the ‘perfect dictatorship’; an exquisite balancing act of entrenched special interests. Much like Mexico under ...
DAILY NEWS ROUND UP – 27 JULY 2012
Middle East & Africa Syria army sparks further conflict in Aleppo The United States (US) has expressed grave concern over the Syrian army’s assault on the rebel stronghold Aleppo, Syria’s second city. The US state dep...
We are the Newest Members of The Guardian Africa Network
We are delighted to announce that the IPF now part of the Guardian Africa Network. Articles by our amazing young writers from Africa will soon be appearing on The Guardian’s website!
A Confucian noose: China’s universities are serving the state, but failing the people
China’s government has abused a nationalist neo-Confucian ideology to maintain its power in uncertain economic times – to the detriment of the country’s own future. Without a reform of its outdated higher education system...
International Women’s Day: Missing the Point Holds Us Back
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, celebrating it in the Arab world comes with mixed reactions. In a region that has embraced more change in the past two years than it has in the past two decades, the issue of...
A Return To Public Diplomacy In The Middle East
Syria’s ongoing deadly civil war, Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and a renewed focus to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are the three main diplomatic maneuvers currently at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy in ...
