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America Pulls Up the Draw-Bridge
Syria, Iran, Israel please form an orderly queue. The United States is out for lunch, closed for refurbishment, putting you on hold. OK, OK I’ll stop with the metaphors. Reading through any world news of late, be it conflic...
Global Zero: A World Without Nuclear Weapons?
From President Obama’s declaration of a radical reduction of American nuclear weapons in his State of the Union address, to the approval of Chuck Hagel (an avowed enemy of nuclear weapons) as new Secretary of Defence, and...
Remembering The Lima Football Tragedy, 50 Years On
Fifty years ago, Peru’s National Stadium in Lima became the site of what is today considered the worst tragedy to ever happen at a football stadium, during which 320 people were killed and 500 were wounded. On May 24, 196...
South China Sea Dispute: New Battleground for US-China Interests
For over a decade China has been involved in maritime boundary disputes with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. With the recent pivot to Asia by the US, the South China Sea has become the new battleground for US-Chi...
A Sharply Divided Brazil Re-Elects Dilma Rousseff. Let The Healing Begin?
Brazilians reelected Dilma Rousseff as president on Sunday in the most competitive vote since the end of the country’s military dictatorship and the beginning of direct elections in 1989. The incumbent from the Workers’...
The Logic Of Our Sex Laws, Part 3: Altering The Acceptable
Previously: The Logic of Our Sex Laws, Part 2: Moving Forward The Nordic countries are often at least one step ahead of the rest of Europe when it comes to social progression. It’s perhaps unsurprising then, that the...
