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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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A Mutual Split: Turkey and the EU

Orhan Pamuk’s article, “Europe is turning away from Turkey, and the rest of the world”, pleas for a Europe which engages with Turkey on the basis of enlightenment principles, rather than old-fashioned notions of Islamic e...

by Liam Murray

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The Game of Europe’s Shortcomings

Let’s get straight to the point using someone else’s words: “We have construction mistakes of Economic and Monetary Union and it is time to correct them. It is clear that the core of the current debate has a name: further...

by Gilles Pittoors

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Only In Thailand: Coup Without A Coup

The Royal Thai Army has imposed martial law in Thailand in a bid to end violence and the political conflict which has gripped the nation since last year. But army officials are insisting that their intervention is not a coup. ...

by Mong Palatino

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David Cameron & Boris Johnson: Love or War?

by Sam Kirk

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Brave New World: The significance of Cuba at the Summit of the Americas

In 2013, US President Barack Obama and the Cuban leader, Raul Castro, shook hands at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesburg, and it took the world by surprise. After five decades of separation, it appeared somethin...

by Simon Fraser

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The Land of the Free?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Thu...

by David Bartlett

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Germany’s Foreign Policy: Ever cautious?

The 17th of December saw the installation of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition cabinet following the longest entre-en scene of government in German history. Despite the prolonged negotiations, foreign poli...

by Leonard Schuette

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Canadian Foreign Policy: From Multilateralism To Pragmatism

Canada has had a tradition of foreign policy that supports multilateralism since the Second World War. From the United Nations to NATO, Canadian diplomats have used these multilateral platforms to conduct foreign policy initiat...

by Eva Uguen-Csenge

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Youth Champions Grow Up Too

A Mutual Split: Turkey and the EU

The Game of Europe’s Shortcomings

Only In Thailand: Coup Without A Coup

David Cameron & Boris Johnson: Love or War?

Brave New World: The significance of Cuba at the Summit of the Americas

The Land of the Free?

Germany’s Foreign Policy: Ever cautious?

Canadian Foreign Policy: From Multilateralism To Pragmatism

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