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Was a popular Saint Lucia blog taken down by Google hateful or just outspoken?

Writer and actor Jason Sifflet’s popular Saint Lucia-based Flogg Blog was taken down by Google for violating its terms of service before being restored last week. The no-holds-barred, muckraking blog had become both notor...

by Global Voices

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Today’s Cuba – Running To A Standstill

Last week’s exchange of political prisoners between the US and Cuba, followed by a handful of far-reaching declarations tabled by the White House were widely acclaimed as a new opening between Havana and Washington. For all t...

by Mateusz Mazzini

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From Ha’penny to Hashtag: How the Internet and social media can make the UK elections less about donations

2010’s election was known as the “internet election”, with more use of online polling and digital campaigns than ever before. However I think it’s safe to say that internet usage, particularly social media, has become e...

by Katie O'Reilly-Boyles

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The Impact of Social Media on Presidential Campaigns

The 2012 US election has become a revolution in and of itself. Of course, I could be referring to the dramatic changes in campaign finances or the outlandish comments made by candidates such as Todd Aiken. However, my focus i...

by Kathleen Walpole

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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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Assessing Change in the Philippines: A Personal Perspective on Institutional Stickiness and Idealism

A popular sentiment among my friends in the Philippines is that the government is getting worse with each passing day; with this comes the belief that there is little recourse to a ‘better life’ but to leave the country. It...

by Alvin Almendrala Camba

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Spanish Youth in Exile: “We’re Not Leaving, They’re Kicking Us Out!”

Youth unemployment in Spain, one of the tragic consequences of the crisis that this country is living through, stands at 55.6%. Last year, the European Union called for urgent action to combat this alarming number. After 15 mon...

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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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Behind Turkey’s Peace with PKK

This is how the fairy-tail goes: “Suddenly Abdullah Ocelan, founder of the militant marxist PKK, decided to agree to negotiate with the AKP government. The party that once called for an independent Kurdish state, agreed t...

by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui

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Was a popular Saint Lucia blog taken down by Google hateful or just outspoken?

Today’s Cuba – Running To A Standstill

From Ha’penny to Hashtag: How the Internet and social media can make the UK elections less about donations

The Impact of Social Media on Presidential Campaigns

European enlargement: How far can it go?

Assessing Change in the Philippines: A Personal Perspective on Institutional Stickiness and Idealism

Spanish Youth in Exile: “We’re Not Leaving, They’re Kicking Us Out!”

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

Behind Turkey’s Peace with PKK

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