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European enlargement: How far can it go?

Henry Kissinger, the former Secretary of State in the administrations of both President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford supposedly once said “if I want to call Europe, who do I call?” The consensus at the time was...

by Emily Annear

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Iran and the Arab Uprisings

Ever since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has tried to cast itself as the head of the radical camp in the Middle East. Iran’s foreign policy did not lose its revolutionary zeal through the years. Iranian support for radical mov...

by Maged Mandour

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Venezuela’s Elections: Free and Fair?

When Mr. Capriles decided to run for president yet again, the natural response was to think “he won’t make it”. Three weeks ago we could only dream of winning these elections. Today, reflecting on what last Sunday meant f...

by Claudia Gonzalez

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Is The Kremlin Trying To Force The “Russian Zuckerberg” Out Of The Country?

A seemingly endless supply of astonishing dash-cam videos have come out of Russia in the last few years, but this one is still impressive for the driver’s apparent brazenness. A white Mercedes is pulled over on St. Petersburg...

by Daniel Kennedy

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Hillary Hysteria

If you have been keeping up with the news, there is hardly a day that goes by, in which former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not featured. Her recent book publication has everyone from the far ri...

by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente

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Why Can’t Madagascar Settle on an Election Date?

Four years since a military takeover plunged the country into political crisis in 2009, Madagascar cannot seem to find a way out. One of the critical steps in the consensus road map [fr], an agreement signed by the head ...

by Lova Rakotomalala

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Voting Without Democracy?

Youth participation is a trendy topic today. If you want to be considered an active youth, you are supposed to vote. Still, I believe it is proof of courage to dare say out loud that you do not vote. The reasons why I do not vo...

by Luciana Grosu

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The UK response to the “refugee crisis” is theoretically sound but practically counterproductive

The UK Conservative government has a strategy for tackling the current “refugee crisis” that is theoretically convincing but practically contradictory. The strategy consists of letting as few refugees onto UK soil as it can...

by Gustav Isherwood

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Mali’s truce

After surviving a rebellious scare that threatened the existence of the Nationhood of Mali in 2012, the country is back on the track to finding lasting peace; a peace which is not owed to French Military intervention that save...

by Samson Faboye

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European enlargement: How far can it go?

Iran and the Arab Uprisings

Venezuela’s Elections: Free and Fair?

Is The Kremlin Trying To Force The “Russian Zuckerberg” Out Of The Country?

Hillary Hysteria

Why Can’t Madagascar Settle on an Election Date?

Voting Without Democracy?

The UK response to the “refugee crisis” is theoretically sound but practically counterproductive

Mali’s truce

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