Posts Tagged ‘USA’
 

 

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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The Inconsistent Effectiveness Of The UN Security Council

The Syrian political crisis has escalated rapidly in the last few years with Bashar al-Assad’s government employing chemical weapons against its own civilians. Even though Syria committed to destroying its chemical stockpile ...
by Thom Almeida
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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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Millennials Are Poised To Remake American Politics: The Most Optimistic Generation

Millennials are breaking the trend of bipartisanship in the US, and it seems they will dramatically change the landscape of American politics. Recent reports from both Pew and Third Way have shown that more Millennials are ...
by John Haltiwanger
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WATCH: Taking a stand against street harassment

Street harassment is a global issue which affects many people around the world in both developed and developing countries. Tatyana Fazlalizadeh has produced an art series called Stop Telling Women To Smile which portrays th...
by Thejas Jagannath
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Iran’s Race for Survival

With the unraveling of the second most important negotiations in Geneva, the perennial question remains the sincerity of Iranian intentions. This political milestone is shrouded by public scrutiny, tilted either towards a distr...
by Arianna Talaie
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USA: A Failure of Democracy

Last night the US government barely avoided breaching the US debt ceiling, which would have left the US Treasury unable to pay their bills within the next few days. This could have been disastrous for the recovering global econ...
by Conor Sullivan
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World Baseball Classic: The “Other” Global Tournament

The third installment of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) began this weekend in five cities around the world. The tournament was established in 2006 as a response to the Olympic Committee vote in 2005 removing baseball from the...
by Colin Busby
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