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Iran

A changed world: 2012 foreign policy predictions and outcomes

A Changed World A look back at three major foreign policy claims of the 2012 US Presidential Election and forward to the road ahead, providing letter grades A to F for the candidates predictions. Issue #1: Iran Then: The electi...
by Jack Stukel
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Balkans

Putting ‘Brains On The Ground’: Why Is Britain Sending Military Advisors To Ukraine?

One month after the US announced its decision to send a military training mission to the Ukraine, the British government has announced that 75 military advisors will also be sent to support the Ukrainian military. Backing the U...
by Thomas Colley
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North America

The significance of Jon Stewart

Earlier this month, Jon Stewart announced that he was leaving Comedy Central’s The Daily Show after 16 years as host.  For much of that time, The Daily Show set (and continues to) the gold standard for television satire in t...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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North America

Environmental education in the U.S.: A work in progress

Knowing about the flora and fauna of the natural world has always been a part of the scientific curriculum in schools; however, a more nuanced field of environmental education that includes climate issues is growing for a few r...
by Brian Watts
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Video & Photography

Somewhere In America…

If you haven’t already seen this video then you need to stop EVERYTHING you are doing right now. Watch it. I can guarantee it will be the most powerful thing you will watch this year! The video is of three American teenag...
by Rebecca Shearer
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10 Countries To Watch As Oil Prices Slump

Increased supply from oil exporting countries, greater energy independence in the US and stagnant global demand caused the price of oil to plummet from an average of $100 per barrel in June 2014 to $60 in December 2014. This pr...
by David Bresnahan-McRae
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Human Rights

Did Torture Cost American Lives?

“The enemy is the enemy, until he becomes my prisoner,” I remember Lieutenant General Hal Moore saying, “then he is my responsibility”. Moore was with co-author Joe Galloway at Fort Hood, Texas, in 1993. They were talki...
by Christopher Kolenda
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Health

Fukushima and the health impact of Japan’s nuclear policy

More than three years have passed since Japan’s now-infamous nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi experienced a meltdown following an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011.
by Abbie Saunders
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Maybe Hollywood Does Get It: A Year In Climate Change Cinema

In The Atlantic, Noah Gittell recently argued that Hollywood is dropping the ball on climate change. Pointing out the lack of explicit acknowledgement in Interstellar, Gittell went on to suggest that Hollywood keeps getting t...
by Chris Round
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