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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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What’s Up With The Hong Kong Protests? An Outsider’s Perspective…

The events that have been unfolding in Hong Kong lately probably have left many,  especially in the West, wondering what’s up with this city that has long been considered a bridge and melting pot between East and West. A...
by Mathias Einberger
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Quebec’s Proposed “Charter of Values”: Secularism or Veiled Discrimination?

The highly controversial “Charter of Values” proposed by the Parti Quebecois has cast a dark shadow on Canada’s image as a country distinguished by the rights and freedoms it guarantees its uniquely diverse population. If...
by Lina Contreras
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Climate Change: Focus on the Arctic

The trends of climate change present a worldwide security challenge and require the adequate response of the international community. The negative impacts of these changes are demonstrated regionally in a different extent; larg...
by Lívia Magdošková
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What’s The Modi Operandi? Potential Indo-Pakistan Relations After The Election

Two related events will come to dominate Indian politics in the coming general election year, and both lead to the same questions about India’s relationship with her northern neighbour and sister state, Pakistan. On February ...
by Christopher Cannell
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China Detains Human Rights Lawyer After Tiananmen Meeting

China has detained prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on the charge of “causing a disturbance,” what is seen as an attempt to deter activists from marking the upcoming 25th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy ...
by Abby Norman
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Will We Ever See an Atheist in the White House?

In God We Trust, the inescapable proclamation which notoriously takes pride of place on one of the most iconic and recognisable commodities on the planet; the American dollar bill. A 2012 Gallup Poll indicated that around 82% ...
by Oscar Isham
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The Diplomatic Crisis Between India And Italy: Grey Areas In International Law

As the second anniversary of the tragic event that took place on February 15th 2012 is approaching; the diplomatic crisis between Italy and India still has yet to be resolved. The case of the two marines, Mr Girone and Mr Lato...
by Anna Lazzarin
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Colombia’s “citizen portfolio” program could infringe privacy rights (and more)

Under the “Live Digital” initiative, Colombian Minister of Information and Communication Technologies Diego Molano is pushing a policy program under which the government will bestow upon each citizen a “digital portfo...
by Lully Posada
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