Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
 

 
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The Growth Of UKIP Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Traditional Parties.

The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) is taking the country by storm. Some polls claim that the British Eurosceptics will beat all three traditional political parties in the upcoming EU election. Even if this prediction ...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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The Man with the Gun

As the political crisis in Egypt deepens and anger spreads from Cairo to the different Egyptian governorates, the attention of citizens has turned towards the Egyptian Armed Forces. Some are now hoping that a coup will end not ...
by Maged Mandour
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WATCH: The Indiscriminate Atomic Weapon

When you think about nuclear weapons, what is the first thought that comes to your mind?  Destructiveness? Maybe, death? For me at least, power, danger, and control are probably the first three words I associate with nuclear w...
by Conor Sullivan
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China In Africa: Reproducing Dependency?

The huge growth of Chinese political and business interests in Africa is conceivably the most significant development for the continent’s international relations since the ending of the Cold War. Published trade figures alone...
by Ian Taylor
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Aam Aadmi Party’s Debut Means Time To Take India’s Youth Seriously

The results for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2013 were announced on December 8, 2013. Some twitter users pegged it as an event more enthralling than an India-Pakistan cricket match – a contest often viewed with nationalis...
by Chirag Sutar
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A Free or Responsible Press?

“A great victory for the forces of oppression”, that’s how Trevor Kavanagh the associate editor of the Sun Newspaper described the Royal Charter drafted by UK politicians in the wake of the Leveson enquiry. “...
by James Walker
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Why the UK’s General Election is being fought between heads and hearts

“Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?” Robert Orben’s comedic take on pre-election build-up takes on new meaning for Britain’s 2015 General E...
by Miro Ralston
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South Sudan: Africa’s Newest Country, Africa’s Next Genocide?

On July 9th 2011, over two decades of civil war climaxed in the creation of
 South Sudan. Celebrations of independence broke out in Juba, capital of the
 world’s newest nation state, after a referendum to secede had b...
by Marc Scarisbrick
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Bosnia: The Next Ukrainian Crisis?

Violence is nothing new to Eastern Europe, as the most recent events in Ukraine show. However, there are fears among many analysts that the example of violence used in Ukraine to overthrow governments could be repeated in other...
by Lirsen Myrtaj
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