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Europe

Destruction of Guardian NSA Files: We Europeans Have Press Freedom Enshrined In Our Law Too

Last month the editor of the Guardian, the UK newspaper responsible for the publishing of Edward Snowden’s classified NSA files, wrote about how British security services compelled him to physically destroy the electronic equ...
by Gjis van Wanten
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Middle East

Introducing: Mitt Romney

by Sam Kirk
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Israel

Academic Freedom At Risk At Columbia College, As Palestine Increasingly Becomes A Taboo in America

Academics and human rights activists across the world have recently started a petition to defend academic freedom after a class about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was cancelled at Columbia College, Chicago, o...
by Mauro Anastasio
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Russia
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News Of The Latest McDonald’s Closure In Russia “Devastates” Obama

The Russian Internet has a rich tradition of producing fictional accounts of the lives of powerful politicians. The most famous and accomplished author in this genre is undoubtedly Maksim Kononenko, the mind behind Vladimir.Vl...
by Kevin Rothrock
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Economy
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United States Elections 2016: The Economic Policies

With the Democratic and Republican parties having over 20 candidates in the primaries between them, the contenders will be bringing a plethora of economic strategies to the table. However, much like the presidential hopefuls th...
by Simon Fraser
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Asia
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Medals And Merit In The Age Of Drone Warfare

Military awards for valor in the field are in many ways inseparable from our conception of military service. Recipients of awards like the US Congressional Medal of Honor have come to embody the very notion of the ideal soldier...
by Braden Harris
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Eurasia

Evaluating US-Russia relations: Beginning of a new Cold War?

Relations between the United States and Russia have consistently gone downhill over the last few years before reaching breaking point in March 2014 with the annexation of Crimea by Russia and its support for Russian separatists...
by Sohini Chatterjee
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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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North America

Lost in Election Season: Partisan Compact or Social Contract

With a national stagnation of wages and an unemployment rate of 8.1%, it would be an understatement to label the current economic “recovery” sluggish. Economic Policy Institute President Lawrence Mishel is but one among the...
by Xavier Best
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