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Eurasia

A brief overview and contextualization of the Ukrainian crisis

On November 21, 2013, a chain of events began which have resulted in a crisis that many consider to be the most pressing threat to global stability today. When Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych suspended involvemen...
by Cody Wooden
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Economy

Europe And Separatism: First Crimea, Now Venice. Will Scotland And Catalonia Also Vote For Independence?

The recent referendum in Crimea and the subsequent annexation of the peninsula by Russia has captured much of world’s attention of late. It has also ignited discussions about secessionism in Europe, which is quite relevant ...
by John Haltiwanger
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Africa

Guinea-Bissau: The Failed State You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

If popular online quiz website, Sporcle, is anything to go by, there is a chance you have never heard of Guinea-Bissau. Yet the West African state, situated between Senegal and Guinea, has been declared the continent’s first ...
by David Earnshaw
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Europe

The Irony of Empire: Why the Diamond Jubilee is the triumph of Britain without empire

Of all the transformations to have taken place during her sixty-year reign, none can be more apparent to Queen Elizabeth II than the transformation of Britain’s role in the world. But is the story of decline, and fall, of the...
by Alastair Stewart
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Africa

The African Women’s Decade

We Celebrate! My twitter timeline was on fire a couple of weeks ago, just as it was in April when Joyce Banda was sworn in as the commander in chief of Malawi, making her the second female president in Africa, 6 years after Ell...
by Ruth Nyambura
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Iran

The Iran Deal: A triumph for soft power

On July 14th, An agreement was finalised by The United States, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, France, China, and Iran, on the latter’s nuclear programme, summarised neatly as follows: “The full implementation of this JCPOA...
by Simon Fraser
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Africa

Sticking by a Friend, Swaziland and Taiwan Relations

While the rest of Africa is running helter-skelter in excitement because of investment mainland China is pouring into Africa, Swaziland has continued to stick to her guns, and has continued to be a faithful ally to Taiwan. In f...
by Mark Mngomezulu
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Dominican Republic

Worldwide outrage over denationalisation of Dominicans of Haitian descent

Sentence No.168-2013 (PDF) [es], dictated by the Dominican Constitutional Court, has turned the international community on its head.  The polarisation within the country has also become more palpable, and debates seen in soci...
by Pamela Martínez Achecar
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Politics
International Political Forum

Is Sex An Effective Tool For Empowerment?

Sexuality has occasionally been employed by women as a campaigning tool for gender equality. This has been manifested numerous times in campaigns such as SlutWalk, which aims to fight against the notion that women ought to be ...
by Josie Poulter
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