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Eurasia
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Under The radar: Ukrainian Protests And The Need To Prevent Soviet Mistakes

What’s going on in Ukraine matters to democracy around the world. In Ukraine, we are seeing the population protesting against their government’s steps that are reminiscent of Ukraine’s Soviet past. The protests are for di...
by Esma Mneina
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Eurasia
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How Ukraine Became A Dictatorship.

On Friday 17th January 2014, the Ukraine turned into a dictatorship. The Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych signed a set of laws passed on Thursday by the government that violate civil rights. Moreover, the procedures in whi...
by Mateusz Krupczyński
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Egypt
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What We Know About The Internet And Political Protest (II)

I left you with a point in the previous article: it is unlikely that the Internet will lead to liberation – or oppression – all around the globe, just because of its inherent features. What usage of the Internet can...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Human Rights
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Saudi’s Glass Ceiling

Dictatorships throughout the Arab world were quashed under the force of the revolutionaries that fought against them. The unrest gained momentum as more countries followed in Tunisia’s wake; people projected their voices...
by Nicky Armstrong
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Jordan
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How Long can Jordan Cling to Stability in a Fractured Middle East?

Last month the British Foreign Office lengthened its list of Arab states unsuitable for travel with the addition of Lebanon. Now Jordan appears more than ever to be a fragment of peace wedged between some of the most volatile s...
by Nadia Hasan
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Brazil
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Brazil’s Economic Future: A Snapshot

When my professors were my age they heard that Brazil was the up and coming country; it was the one to invest in and they would watch it grow to unprecedented levels, when I began college it was still the country of the future....
by Robert Marks
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Egypt

Egypt: “I Literally Felt a Bullet Pass Over my Shoulder”

Egyptian photojournalist Mosa’ab Elshamy was shot at, had a bullet fly over his shoulder, and had his equipment stolen as he ventured into Rabaa Al Adawiya, where a pro-Morsi sit-in was violently dispersed in Cairo, Egyp...
by Amira Al Hassaini
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Middle East
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Keffah Ali Deeb: A Symbol of Syria’s Non-Violent Resistance Movement

When the Arab Spring revolutions first broke out, artist Keffah Ali Deeb was one of the first people in Syria to protest outside the Tunisian, Egyptian and Libyan embassies. She joined other activists in standing up against S...
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Europe

Can People Power Rescue Bosnia’s Blighted Citizens?

Since my previous article, published earlier this month, significant events have occurred in Bosnia. The tragic death of baby Berina Hamidovic, whose denial of a passport to Serbia for life saving surgery, has sparked the belea...
by Neil Cropper
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