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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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Tunisia: Between Political Instability, Terrorism and Police Repression

When journalists are arrested because they’ve taken photos for their articles, we ask, where is freedom of expression? When there is denial of accessibility, we ask, where is transparency? When the corrupt hands are out o...

by Aya Chebbi

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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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Algeria and the Islamic Movement: a Problem of Exclusion, Fundamentalism, and Memory

ON APRIL 18th, the results of the Algerian presidential elections were announced: Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been elected Algeria’s President for a fourth consecutive term, despite his advanced age and feeble health. Bouteflika...

by Anna Lazzarin

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How Russians Read Putin’s NYT Op-Ed on Syria

It’s not every day that the Russian President pens an opinion piece in the New York Times, but it happened yesterday, and the American blogosphere promptly lost it collective marbles, as tweeting journalists and surprised o...

by Kevin Rothrock

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Why the UK’s General Election is being fought between heads and hearts

“Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?” Robert Orben’s comedic take on pre-election build-up takes on new meaning for Britain’s 2015 General E...

by Miro Ralston

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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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The failure of traditional ‘Laws of War’: Syria and beyond

Whether reading watching or listening to the news, it is likely that there will be a story about a war or conflict somewhere in the world. These reports only begin to scratch the surface of the vast number of conflicts occurrin...

by Joe Corry-Roake

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Turkey’s reluctant fight against ISIS

Turkish policy is “to pretend that it is waging a war against IS, while at the same time following up on another goal, which is to destroy the PKK“. – Kerem Oktem, Professor, Centre for Southeast European Stud...

by Samson Faboye

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European enlargement: How far can it go?

Tunisia: Between Political Instability, Terrorism and Police Repression

Dear Prime Minister Najib: Please Shut Your Gob

Algeria and the Islamic Movement: a Problem of Exclusion, Fundamentalism, and Memory

How Russians Read Putin’s NYT Op-Ed on Syria

Why the UK’s General Election is being fought between heads and hearts

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

The failure of traditional ‘Laws of War’: Syria and beyond

Turkey’s reluctant fight against ISIS

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