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Will the Re-Election of Netanyahu be a Step Forward for Israel?
As Israel’s campaign to elect a Prime Minister begins today, one has to ask: Is the Likud/Beiteinu coalition a step forward for Israel? Or is it a step towards what the New York Times calls “a creeping extremism that would ...
Did Torture Cost American Lives?
“The enemy is the enemy, until he becomes my prisoner,” I remember Lieutenant General Hal Moore saying, “then he is my responsibility”. Moore was with co-author Joe Galloway at Fort Hood, Texas, in 1993. They were talki...
Aspirations for Tanzanian Women Become More Hopeful as Legislation Improves
With regards to the general status of women in Tanzania, there is a lot left to be desired. While women provide around 80% of the agricultural labour force in rural areas and 60% of the food production, it is very difficult for...
The Iraqi-Kurdish Oil Deal And The Fight Against Islamic State
In early 2014, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) began independently exporting crude oil through Turkey, angering the central Iraqi government which “claims sole authority to export oil from the country”. In total, th...
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...
Corruption, Foreign Investment, Corporate Responsibility and SSA: The Case of Angola
On the 5th of August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued US oil company, Cobalt International Energy Inc., with a Wells Notice in response to its operations in Angola. The Wells notice was a formal notific...
