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Oil And The New Cold War In Sudan: Independence Of South Sudan Shrouded In Skepticism
The independence of South Sudan on July 2011 has been welcomed by the international community as a sign of high possibility of ending the humanitarian crisis in the region. Even though, this is a big challenge for Khartoum (Nor...
Europe: More Centralisation, More Flexibility
Recently, the Spinelli Group – a group of federalist MEPs – published a text on a new ‘Fundamental Law’ for the EU. In a recent blog, MEPs Guy Verhofstadt and Andrew Duff called for a more federal Europe, with the Commi...
WATCH: 30 Inalienable Human Rights That No One Can Take Away
Drafted on December 10, 1948, the UN Declaration of Human Rights holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Translated Document”. The six pages outlining the first global expression of over 30 inalienable human right...
Infographic: Dense for a Reason? Urban Density and Ecological Sustainability
Tim de Chant, founder of Per Square Mile, made an infographic illustrating the densities of some of the world’s major cities. It shows the amount of land those cities would occupy if they had to accommodate the world’s popu...
The Other Tibet: The Tiananmen Square Crash And Uyghurs
Terrorism is more than a Middle Eastern issue. Islamic terrorism is more than a Middle Eastern issue. The prominence of al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and other affiliate organizations in the public consciousness often obscures...
Colombia’s “citizen portfolio” program could infringe privacy rights (and more)
Under the “Live Digital” initiative, Colombian Minister of Information and Communication Technologies Diego Molano is pushing a policy program under which the government will bestow upon each citizen a “digital portfo...
