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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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Indian Politicians Are At The Heart Of The Country’s Misogyny Epidemic

Recently George Osborne visited India on a mission to encourage further trade links. There was much talk of the economic potential of India, to match the weight of expectation the Indian people have placed on Narenda Modi’s n...

by Lucy Ratcliffe

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The Man with the Gun

As the political crisis in Egypt deepens and anger spreads from Cairo to the different Egyptian governorates, the attention of citizens has turned towards the Egyptian Armed Forces. Some are now hoping that a coup will end not ...

by Maged Mandour

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An Independent Scotland To Become A Nordic Country?

In the months leading up to the Scottish Independence Referendum on September 18th, where Scotland will decide whether to remain a part of the United Kingdom or become an independent country, MP and Scottish National Party (SNP...

by Linn Kristin Klausen

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Clearing the Smoke, Part I: Confederwhat?

Belgian political life is currently embroiled in a debate on the concept of confederalism, which the Flemish nationalists pose as a solution to the ‘Belgian problem’ – which seems to me as as merely a badly disguised st...

by Gilles Pittoors

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Carpet Bagging, Liz Cheney & the Cowboy State: The Looming US Senate Battle for Wyoming

The daughter of former US Vice President Dick Cheney has announced her intention to run against Senate incumbent Mike Enzi from Wyoming in the upcoming 2014 Republican primary. There’s nothing strange about that in itself, ex...

by Trudy McIntosh

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Tunisia: A Constitution & A Soft-Coup

As a Tunisian, I could not be happier to announce that there is now solid hope in my people’s full independence and prosperity: That hope is summarized in the Tunisian Constitution of 2014. 1881 marked the start of the oc...

by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui

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The Issues Surrounding This Week’s ASEAN Summit

The annual ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Foreign Ministers meeting is in full swing this week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and thus far the talks have been highly revealing of the major trends and themes in the reg...

by Jenghiz von Streng

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Africa’s Resources: Blessing or Curse?

Sometimes I sit back and wonder whether we Africans are cursed or blessed. In particular, are our natural resources a blessing or a curse? Despite the plentiful resources in the continent of Africa, its people are living in abj...

by Joe Wilson

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Pragmatic Politics And The Debate Over Torture

Indian Politicians Are At The Heart Of The Country’s Misogyny Epidemic

The Man with the Gun

An Independent Scotland To Become A Nordic Country?

Clearing the Smoke, Part I: Confederwhat?

Carpet Bagging, Liz Cheney & the Cowboy State: The Looming US Senate Battle for Wyoming

Tunisia: A Constitution & A Soft-Coup

The Issues Surrounding This Week’s ASEAN Summit

Africa’s Resources: Blessing or Curse?

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