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Despite its economic success, is the future for China a bleak one?
Posted on July 15, 2013Since the coining of the BRIC acronym in 2001, there has been great emphasis placed on the rising economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. According to Jim O’Neill, the ... -
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US Strategy in Syria: Road to disaster
Posted on July 5, 2013US strategy towards Syria remains ineffective, confused and doomed for disaster. Key US interests simply have not been defined in the context of Syria. While regional stability is a vital ... -
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Somalia needs a New Deal for Peace
Posted on July 2, 2013Last year Somalian Journalist Mohamud Uluso warned that “the future forebodes more pessimism and treachery than optimism and trustworthiness”. His pessimism seemed (almost) misplaced in the recent chorus excitement about Somalia’s progress ... -
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Brazil and Turkey’s Ripple Effect
Posted on June 30, 2013Over the past four weeks Brazilians and Turks have been holding mass protests against their respective governments, albeit for very different reasons. Despite the catalyst for these protests being ... -
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PRISM, Tempora and Creeping Authoritarianism on the Internet
Posted on June 27, 2013Due to Edward Snowden’s leaks, we now know that the United States and United Kingdom are monitoring communications data on a massive scale. I presume that everyone has read enough ... -
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Serbia’s Journey to the Holy Grail: A Report on its Accession into the EU
Posted on June 24, 2013Serbia has been seen as corrupt, politically unstable, technologically backward, and filled with ethnic tensions. The violence Serbia has engaged in tainted its reputation and it will remain in infamy ... -
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Weapons for the Free Syrian Army: An incentive for Assad to negotiate or further oil on the fire?
Posted on May 30, 2013The UK’s foreign secretary William Hague has recently argued in favour of delivering weapons to the Free Syrian Army. Hague gained support from France, but also significant opposition by several ... -
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The International Criminal Court: A Western tool used to dominate Africa?
Posted on May 21, 2013Not too long ago Bosco Ntaganda, alias “The Terminator”, walked into the US Embassy in Kigali and surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This admittedly surprising event shed ... -
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Kenneth Waltz: A Tribute
Posted on May 14, 2013Yesterday brought the sad news that one of the pioneering scholars of International Relations, Kenneth Waltz, had died at the age of 88, as a result of medical complications associated ... -
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Welcome back to the Medieval World
Posted on April 26, 2013Immanuel Kant wrote in the late 18th century that his was an age of enlightenment. If he were alive today it is likely that he would have to adjust his ...