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Economy
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Will The Upcoming Elections Save Greece?

The road to stability, for Greece, has been difficult. After Greece joined the European Union in 1981, it experienced an unprecedented period of stability. For the next thirty years, Greece had secure political systems in place...
by Sylvia Bouloutas
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President Obama’s Call For “A Better Politics”

Author’s Note: This article shall seek to analyse the division between Republicans and Democrats in the US government vis-a-vis the evolution of political dysfunction in the US Congress in addition to examining the truth ...
by Apratim Vidyarthi
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Economy

Bringing Stability Back to Jamaica’s Finances

Fiscal reform is never fun, even less so when it comes as an eleventh-hour necessity. For Caribbean states especially, “fiscal reform” is hissed in the public sector as the foulest Jamaican bad word. Nowhere does this ri...
by Donovon Kellyman
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Asia
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The Free Market, Is It Truly Free?

Less than thirty years ago, much of the world was divided into two power blocs who were diametrically opposed to each other in both ideological and economic terms. On one side, the communist governance and command economy of th...
by Simon Fraser
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Africa
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Chinese Investment In Africa: Sustainable Development Or Neocolonialism?

China’s rapid economic interest in the African continent is quite possibly the most important trend in the Africa’s foreign relations since the end of the Cold War. In 1990 Sino-African trade hit the $1 billion mark. A deca...
by David Baas
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Africa

Death by Omission: African migration tragedy in the Mediterranean and the European Union

VIDEO LINK: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/19/700-migrants-feared-dead-mediterranean-shipwreck-worst-yet As the voyage for seeking a better life for many migrants led them to their untimely death in the Mediterranean...
by Paridhi Singh
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Economy
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Tripoli: Lebanon’s Neglected City

Strolling along the pedestrian esplanade of Beirut’s Zaitunay Bay on a Sunday afternoon is an eye opening experience: extravagant yachts line the harbour, restaurants, bistros and cafes hum with activity, and the clientel...
by Lewis Green
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Africa
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Cancer And The Tobacco Industry In Africa

During the World Cancer Day (4th of February 2014) the message which spread across the world media was the cancer burden can no longer be ignored. As figures reached the mark of 14 million new cases per year in 2012 and is expe...
by Daniele Bassi
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Economy
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On the Kingdoms of Spain

Last week in Madrid, Catalan politician Alfred Bosch stood before Spain’s Congress and asked for a moment of silence [es] for a man some in the Chamber don’t want to remember – Lluís Companys. In 1940, f...
by Nicky Armstrong
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