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Could The Burden Of Student Loan Debt Actually Serve Us Well In The Long Run?

Each generation has had an issue that plagued their thoughts, dreams, and aspirations. For our grandparents, it was managing a Post WWII world. For our parents, it was dealing with drug abuse and the now invisible color lines....
by Marissa Germain
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Israel

An American In Palestine: The Power Of Positionality In Understanding Conflict

There is an urban legend within the US State Department of a US Senator who, upon his first trip to Jerusalem, was so shocked by the violence between Palestinians and Israelis within the holy city that he demanded a briefing fr...
by Andrew Ferguson
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Eurasia
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The Gilded Age Of Russia’s Foreign Policy

Vladimir Vladimirovich celebrated his [Orthodox] Christmas holidays in his newly gilded city, Sochi, a gentle irony for the legions of Olympic workers for whom he cancelled the Christmas holidays a few weeks before. One wonders...
by Radim Dragomaca
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Europe
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No Room For Negotiation At The Geneva Syria Peace Talks

The violent Syrian conflict, which began 3 years ago and which has a current death toll of over 130,000, has highlighted the regional conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and further polarized relationships from Washington...
by Esma Mneina
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Asia
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An Unequal World

Throughout history, there has always been concern about inequality growing to such an extent that it will become dangerous and imperil social cohesion and stability. When French revolutionaries took the Bastille and began their...
by Michel Scholer
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Economy
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10 Fun Facts About The Student Debt Crisis

1.) Bigger than most countries. Currently, more than 40 million Americans hold student debt. The population with student loans is actually greater than the entire population of Canada, Poland, North Korea, Australia and more ...
by Kyle McCarthy
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Human Rights

Pragmatic Politics And The Debate Over Torture

In international law there are two absolute forbidden acts: genocide, and torture. However, the way academia approaches the two issues is strikingly different. Genocide is taught as an absolute wrong: that it is an act of ultim...
by James Hopkins
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Brazil
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The Drama Of A Refugee Town

“There’s certainly no greater pain than losing one’s homeland,” said Euripedes (431 a.c.). In more than 2000 years, history has proved him right countless times. Losing your homeland in most cases, not only strips one f...
by Daniele Bassi
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Asia

Reflecting On The Man Who Defeated America And France

In October 2013, the name Vo Nguyen Giap regained the world’s attention more than 30 years after the Vietnam War, as this military mastermind died at the age of 102. A man who was often referred to as “The Red Napoleon” s...
by Sunjana Dalal
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