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Asia

WATCH: Google Shows Us How To Unite India And Pakistan In Just Three Minutes

For years, tensions between India and Pakistan have remained hostile. It seems that the people of both countries have entirely erased from their memories a time when they were one – no boundaries, no conflicts, just one c...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Africa
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Collapse Of Libya: The Making Of A Failed State?

Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi was one of the earliest dictators to be ousted by civil uprisings in the context of the Arab Spring. Once the nation’s capital Tripoli fell to rebel forces on 20 August 2011, it was onl...
by Michel Scholer
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Afghanistan

Afghanistan bombings impact on peace resolution

A series of unfortunate bombings and suicide attacks shook the entire region of Afghanistan in the past few weeks, killing at least 65 people and injuring numerous others in Kabul. It has been termed as the deadliest phase in K...
by Arpita Mitra
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Africa

Civil Society In Morocco And The Evaluation Of Public Policies

Democratising in Morocco is more far-reaching than ever before due to the growing role of civil society at the national level.
by Mohammed Qasserras
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North America

Unthinkable Tragedies in the Age of “Nod and Pass”

Every once in a while there comes a time when we are jolted from our routine self-absorption. These moments are sudden—disorienting. They push us into a larger, more insecure reality, where the illusions of power and control ...
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Australia

WATCH: Who knew Islam was a country?

When political candidate Stephanie Banister gave an interview to one of Australia’s major news networks she could not have imagined the stir it would cause. The 27 year old mother of two told Channel Seven: “I don’...
by Trudy McIntosh
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Egypt

Egyptian Politics: Between the Immature and the Unorganized

The recent tragedy unfolding in Egypt in the aftermath of the recent presidential decree is a critical sign of Egyptian politics’ immaturity. An immaturity due not only to the youth of the democracy that is taking shape in Eg...
by Mohamed Belarbi
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Europe

UK Foreign Policy: A Coalition Success

Since taking office, Britain’s coalition government has gotten plenty of bad press. U-turns, scandals and a double-dip recession have accompanied a slippery slide in public opinion. But this government initiated one extremely...
by Nadine Tewfik-Saad
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Politics

Youth Champions Grow Up Too

Wishful thinking… I had in my mind in the past an image of youth leaders always fighting for the rights of youth, never stepping back. But that’s an ill-conceived image. On March 27th, I organized a tweet chat under the...
by Codrin Paveliuc-Olariu
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