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The World has lost a Hero
Posted on December 6, 2013South Africa has lost its father and the world has lost a hero. Nelson Mandela, aged 95, has passed away. His legacy transcends his country and era and is worth of ... -
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Central African Republic and the French Intervention – No longer a Bystander
Posted on December 4, 2013A year ago, when then President François Bozizé appealed to the US and “French cousins” to help repel Seleka’s advances on Bangui, but both countries refused. Angry crowds attacked the French embassy ... -
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The War on Drugs: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Posted on November 24, 2013From the looks of it, one of San Diego’s industrial-looking warehouses, sitting above ground, seem to echo business as usual—yet it masks a much harsher reality, penetrating deep into the ... -
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Au revoir Franco-German (military) cooperation?
Posted on November 22, 2013July, 14th, 2013: 4800 soldiers march along the Champs-Élysées in Paris to celebrate the French National Day. Among them were 200 German soldiers – members of the Franco-German Brigade, accompanied ... -
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Japan’s economy: Can the remedy be found in its culture rather than Abenomics?
Posted on November 19, 2013Nearly a year has passed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was elected with much europium in the 2012 general election. Upon his re-election, PM Abe introduced a series of reforms, ... -
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What to expect from China’s Third Plenum
Posted on November 16, 2013Last weekend, China’s most powerful leaders gathered together at the Third Plenary session of the Communist Party’s 18th Central Committee. Historically, the sessions have consisted of vague talks over important ... -
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Kyrgyzstan after the closure of Manas Transit Center
Posted on November 12, 2013After years of negotiations, threatened evictions, and rent hikes, the Kyrgyz national government has settled on the decision to evict the United States from the Manas Transit Center at Manas ... -
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How serious is the recent China-Japan verbal escalation?
Posted on November 5, 2013This past week has seen a war of words between China and Japan. Though not an unfamiliar situation, China and Japan have been locked in a face-off over several issues ... -
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Merkel and the NSA: Diplomatic shock waves crossing the Atlantic
Posted on October 30, 2013The transatlantic relations have hit a low, the deepest in living memory. Whereas the invasion of Iraq represented diverging opinions on foreign policy between several European states on the one ... -
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Is a change in the US’s North Korea policy overdue?
Posted on October 25, 2013North Korea presents difficult challenges for US foreign policy. The six-party talks which attempted to put a stop to North Korea’s nuclear programs, and involved major players in the region, ...