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Africa

Crisis Time In South Sudan

A Young Nation South Sudan became an independent nation in 2011. The new-found independence brought with it the hope of a fresh beginning. At least hope in the sense that things would get better and not worse. Yet hope, for a...
by Davide Castro
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Asia

The Hidden Value Of India’s Space Program

On the fifth of this month the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) became the fourth space agency in the world to attempt to reach the Red Planet. ISRO’s Sriharikota assembly and launch facility, in the very south of An...
by Christopher Cannell
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Asia
International Political Forum

Your Voice Has Power: Writing For Human Rights

Every year, Amnesty International holds a two-week event during this time of the year (it’s to coincide with Human Rights Day on Dec. 10) called Write for Rights. Also known as the Letter Writing Marathon, Amnesty chooses...
by Allison Midori Reilly
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Asia
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North Korea: The Regime In The Balance.

A few weeks ago, reports emerged that North Korea had publicly executed around 80 people. Their crime; watching South Korean film and television shows. In a nation where public executions are not unknown, and punishments for mi...
by Simon Fraser
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Africa

Development For Whom?

Last March, Dr. K. M. Rabiul Karim of the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and other scholars published an article on Global Water Forum about a water development project that caused an increase of marital violence in rura...
by Anna Lazzarin
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Afghanistan

The Consequences Of Privatizing Security

Controversy over private security companies sparked late last month in Malaysia as the country experienced two armed robberies by security guards. This follows closely after public outcry earlier this year as the booming priv...
by Linn Kristin Klausen
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Asia

WATCH: Google Shows Us How To Unite India And Pakistan In Just Three Minutes

For years, tensions between India and Pakistan have remained hostile. It seems that the people of both countries have entirely erased from their memories a time when they were one – no boundaries, no conflicts, just one c...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Asia

What’s The Modi Operandi? Potential Indo-Pakistan Relations After The Election

Two related events will come to dominate Indian politics in the coming general election year, and both lead to the same questions about India’s relationship with her northern neighbour and sister state, Pakistan. On February ...
by Christopher Cannell
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Europe

6 Cities Designing Transport For Women

Women and men have different requirements in public space and transport. Which cities out there are acknowledging that? I love British headlines. More often than not, they scream blue murder about something which would seem qua...
by Future Cape Town
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