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The Other Tibet: The Tiananmen Square Crash And Uyghurs

Terrorism is more than a Middle Eastern issue. Islamic terrorism is more than a Middle Eastern issue. The prominence of al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and other affiliate organizations in the public consciousness often obscures...
by Mary Garrett
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The Feminine Touch: Why China’s New Family Planning Policy Must Be Used To Create More Chinese Girls

On Tuesday, November 12th, top officials in the Chinese government emerged from a four day, closed-door conference entitled the Third Plenum, referring to the third time that the new leaders of China conduct a plenary session f...
by Tamar Ziff
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Crisis Time In South Sudan

A Young Nation South Sudan became an independent nation in 2011. The new-found independence brought with it the hope of a fresh beginning. At least hope in the sense that things would get better and not worse. Yet hope, for a...
by Davide Castro
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Your Voice Has Power: Writing For Human Rights

Every year, Amnesty International holds a two-week event during this time of the year (it’s to coincide with Human Rights Day on Dec. 10) called Write for Rights. Also known as the Letter Writing Marathon, Amnesty chooses...
by Allison Midori Reilly
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The Inconsistent Effectiveness Of The UN Security Council

The Syrian political crisis has escalated rapidly in the last few years with Bashar al-Assad’s government employing chemical weapons against its own civilians. Even though Syria committed to destroying its chemical stockpile ...
by Thom Almeida
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China-Africa Relations: From Asymmetrical Dependence to Symmetrical Interdependence

Notwithstanding the increase of trade between China and the African Union countries in the last decade, and the large number of Chinese investments in Africa, these relations are mostly to the advantage of the Chinese and thei...
by Ahmed Alqarout
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Oil And The New Cold War In Sudan: Independence Of South Sudan Shrouded In Skepticism

The independence of South Sudan on July 2011 has been welcomed by the international community as a sign of high possibility of ending the humanitarian crisis in the region. Even though, this is a big challenge for Khartoum (Nor...
by Shafiy Mazlan
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What we know about the Internet and political protest (I)

The quote above is extracted from an article written in 1985 by George P. Schultz, US Secretary of State at the time. Even if I hadn’t just told you that the quote dates back to the 1980s, you would probably have been abl...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Hong Kong: Say No to Ivory Trade and Crafts

A coalition of concerned individuals and NGOs, Hong Kong for Elephants, rallied on October 4 in the city center calling on the Hong Kong Government to destroy its entire stockpile of 25 tonnes of confiscated ivory. The local...
by Oiwan Lam
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