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Why We Need Peacebuilding To End Sexual Violence Against Women
Posted on June 10, 2014Violence against women is a global pandemic – one that threatens to destroy communities, destabilise nations and legitimises the most inhumane brutality. The figures behind these horrors are staggering – ... -
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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Contribution to reconciliation or victor’s justice?
Posted on May 26, 2014The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) faced an unprecedented challenge when it was established to address the crimes of a genocide that cost the lives of an estimated 800,000 ... -
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Individual Empowerment and Development: Plug-in for the Power of Information
Posted on May 23, 2014The global Internet population rounds off at nearly 2.5 billion people, who use the web to access information, connect with others or simply escape reality. But the world’s poorest 4 billion are ... -
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Knowledge of the ‘Local’ and the Future of Reducing Risks and Building Peace
Posted on May 16, 2014The world has entered a period of extreme stress, faced with challenges of globalisation, economic unpredictability, climate change, and resource scarcity. These challenges test peace and stability, and have created ... -
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Will India’s next leader tackle its Institutionalised Corruption?
Posted on May 8, 2014India is currently holding its general election, which began on 7 April and will end on 12 May. With eight hundred and fifteen million eligible voters, the ongoing elections are ... -
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South Africa’s election: a wake-up call for the ANC?
Posted on May 5, 2014Whilst twenty years of democracy is an anniversary worth celebrating, it’s also a reminder that the struggle for equality is not over Twenty years ago, in April 1994, South Africa ... -
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What Does the Ukraine Crisis Tell Us About Economic Interdependence?
Posted on April 24, 2014One of the most fervently debated topics in International Relations is over whether or not economic interdependence decreases the likelihood of war. Intuitively, it seems obvious that two countries whose ... -
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The Crisis of Governance in Post-war Libya: The Legacy of Colonel Qaddafi
Posted on April 16, 2014In the aftermath of victory in the 2011 Libyan Civil War, the victorious rebels and the transitional government they put into place seemed destined to become an example for the ... -
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Foreign Policy: Aristotle’s Practical Science
Posted on April 15, 2014“So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, by that which a prudent man would use to ... -
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Recognizing the Rohingya Muslims: Myanmar’s path to peace and prosperity?
Posted on April 12, 2014In recent years, international attention on Myanmar (historically known as Burma), has revealed many developing stories. One story currently ongoing is that of the Rohingya Muslims, an ethnic minority group ...