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Iraq
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The Dirty Politics Of Oil In Iraq

Sectarian violence and rampant extremism are pushing Iraq perilously close to the brink of civil war. As the government rains down airstrikes on the Anbar province, attempting to regain control over the militant-controlled town...
by Richard Corlett
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Eurasia

A changed world: 2012 foreign policy predictions and outcomes

A Changed World A look back at three major foreign policy claims of the 2012 US Presidential Election and forward to the road ahead, providing letter grades A to F for the candidates predictions. Issue #1: Iran Then: The electi...
by Jack Stukel
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Canada

Can Idle No More Fill the Gap Between Non-Aboriginals and First Nations?

On January 10th I was sitting on the edge of my couch watching the most intense airing of Power and Politics I had yet seen, as host Evan Solomon updated changes to Friday’s high profile meeting with the Assembly of First N...
by Urban Times
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Ecuador
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Julian Assange: The World’s Most Wanted, But Not For Rape!

Since Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was given asylum by the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012, nothing has been done by the Swedish Prosecution Authority to further the investigation against Assange in the alleged cases o...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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Caribbean

Too Late For Jamaican Government To ‘Kiss And Make Up’ When It Comes To Chikungunya

As Chikungunya, a mosquito-born virus that causes high fever and acute joint pain, continues to run rampant throughout the Caribbean, regional governments have been grappling with how to deal with the outbreak. In Jamaica, w...
by Janine Mendes-Franco
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Middle East

The Other Special Relationship

There are few countries strong enough to make a cameo in the national debates, let alone acquire their own platform. Of these countries, we are at war with one, potentially with another, and are economically engaged with the la...
by Laura Casey
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Europe
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NATO In A New Era

In the waning days of World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered his strategists to develop a plan for a surprise attack against USSR forces in occupied Germany. Appropriately named “Operation Unthinkableâ...
by Conor Sullivan
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North America

Samuel L. Jackson Is corrupting your kids! . . . Or is he?

This video reminded me of an anecdote I heard once about Alfred Hitchcock receiving a letter from an angry father claiming his daughter now refused to shower after watching Psycho. Hitchcock sent a note back, simply saying ‘...
by Josie Poulter
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North America

WATCH: Charity – Who Cares what the Overhead is if These Problems Are Getting Solved?

In a fascinating TED Talk, activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta dissects the problems faced by the non-profit sector in the USA – many of which apply elsewhere in the West. His goal is to change our thinking about charitable ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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