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The Dubious Arrests And Mistreatment Of Basque Political Activists

Early in November, the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) and the European Democratic Lawyers (EDL), published their “Motion regarding the situation of Lawyers and Human Rights defende...

by Sanne Jehoul

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Conscription, Mercenaries And Cooperation With Israel Keeping The Peace By Preparing For War In The Gulf

The most militarised region in the world and home to some of the most volatile conflicts in the contemporary era, every state in the Middle East’s armed forces and military policy is forever developing and reforming. While Eg...

by Catherine Smyth

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US Mid-Term Elections 2014: A Republican Takeover?

This autumn, millions of Americans will descend upon polling stations to elect their federal representatives in the Houses of Congress. The Senate will see one third of its members vie to keep their seat, facing a challenger wi...

by Simon Fraser

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“Ban” From Barbados Central Bank Prompts Defense Of Press Freedom

DeLisle Worrell, the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, recently took a controversial decision to not invite The Nation newspaper to any events at the state institution. The move was in reaction to a report in the is...

by Matthew Hunte

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Central Asia’s Rulers View Turkish “Soap Power” With Suspicion

Back when the post-Soviet states of Central Asia gained independence, there was much talk of Pan-Turkism, a word that had been largely forgotten during seven decades of communism and Russian linguistic influence. The idea th...

by Kanykei Tursunbaeva

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It is time to end World War II: Russia, Japan, and the Occupied Islands

August 9, 1945. The day the “Fat Man” atomic bomb destroyed Nagasaki, and the day that – keeping his promise to the Allies – Stalin entered the war against Japan, creating a territorial dispute lasting to this day. Sovi...

by Jeroen Gelsing

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Libya’s struggle from dictatorship to democracy

The Co-founder of the Libyan Youth Movement spoke at an event organised by the International Political Forum on 27 February 2015. This article includes reflections of the discussion that was held on the day about LYM’s ro...

by Rima Amin

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Disciplined Growth: a new Franco-German engine for Europe?

From the very beginning of the European integration project, France and Germany have been at the core of the whole enterprise. It was German Chancellor Willy Brandt who joined French President Georges Pompidou at the very first...

by Gilles Pittoors

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Dear Prime Minister Najib: Please Shut Your Gob

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” float=”left”] ‘Liberalism’ and ‘pluralism’ are two words that have powe...

by Yoonah Je

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The Dubious Arrests And Mistreatment Of Basque Political Activists

Conscription, Mercenaries And Cooperation With Israel Keeping The Peace By Preparing For War In The Gulf

US Mid-Term Elections 2014: A Republican Takeover?

“Ban” From Barbados Central Bank Prompts Defense Of Press Freedom

Central Asia’s Rulers View Turkish “Soap Power” With Suspicion

It is time to end World War II: Russia, Japan, and the Occupied Islands

Libya’s struggle from dictatorship to democracy

Disciplined Growth: a new Franco-German engine for Europe?

Dear Prime Minister Najib: Please Shut Your Gob

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