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Hillary Hysteria

If you have been keeping up with the news, there is hardly a day that goes by, in which former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not featured. Her recent book publication has everyone from the far ri...
by Mayda Margarita De La Fuente
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Russia

A brief overview and contextualization of the Ukrainian crisis

On November 21, 2013, a chain of events began which have resulted in a crisis that many consider to be the most pressing threat to global stability today. When Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych suspended involvemen...
by Cody Wooden
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China

It is time to end World War II: Russia, Japan, and the Occupied Islands

August 9, 1945. The day the “Fat Man” atomic bomb destroyed Nagasaki, and the day that – keeping his promise to the Allies – Stalin entered the war against Japan, creating a territorial dispute lasting to this day. Sovi...
by Jeroen Gelsing
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Reality Show Politics

It is increasingly clear that British politics is becoming more about leadership personalities and less about party policies, this can only be a move in the wrong direction. The phenomenon has been best represented in rece...
by Oscar Isham
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Regional Developments In The Battle For Syria

In an unfolding tragic tale of twists and turns, the Syrian conflict has transmuted from that of a show of solidarity for the Arab Spring in 2011 to that of a continuous conflagrative self-destruction perpetrated by several arm...
by Samson Faboye
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Indian Politicians Are At The Heart Of The Country’s Misogyny Epidemic

Recently George Osborne visited India on a mission to encourage further trade links. There was much talk of the economic potential of India, to match the weight of expectation the Indian people have placed on Narenda Modi’s n...
by Lucy Ratcliffe
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Human Rights

Disenfranchised Behind Bars

“The right to vote is a fundamental human right”… “Prisoners give up their right to vote when they commit criminal offences”. The cyclical debate is endless; but should prisoners denied this right be awarded compe...
by Stefanie Mair
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Moving UK parliament away from Westminster is not the change we need

MPs may be forced to move out of Westminster in a relocation of the British Parliament. Cue cries of jubilation up and down the country from the many who would like to see power and influence devolved permanently from the capi...
by Lucy Ratcliffe
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How Gangs Have Become A Trojan Horse In El Salvador’s Security Forces

El Salvador seems to be replicating that mythical ploy of war known as the Trojan Horse. In Homer’s poem “The Odyssey”, he tells the story of how the Greek Achilles fakes the retreat of his army and leaves a wooden ho...
by Connectas .org
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