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Margaret Thatcher’s Carrot and Stick approach towards Apartheid
Posted on April 10, 2013This article was originally published in The Huffington Post Margaret Thatcher stirred up sentiments among many in the UK, but her foreign policy characterised by the Falklands War, the fall ... -
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WMD: Three Letters that Caused Ten Years of Misery
Posted on March 26, 2013Ten years ago this month the ‘coalition of the willing’ entered Iraq to topple the Saddam Hussein regime, which they believed was renewing its ambitions to build ‘weapons of mass ... -
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Somalia: Rising from the Ashes
Posted on February 28, 2013This article was originally published in The Huffington Post. Known for topping the list of failed states, Somalia seems to be rising from the ashes of war and all its connotations. ... -
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Northern Ireland’s Negative Peace
Posted on February 13, 2013by Jonathan Lima-Matthews and Greg Dawson Progress or Failure? “Northern Ireland remains a divided society” was the summation of the Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report. There has recently been a ... -
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Somali Piracy – Misguided Complacency by the International Community?
Posted on January 28, 2013This article was originally published in The Huffington Post. One of Somalia’s most prominent pirates, Mohamed Abdi Hassan alias Big Mouth, has announced his retirement. After eight years of capturing ... -
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Brexit? A Very Long Awaited Speech on Europe
Posted on January 24, 2013Yesterday, David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the UK, gave a speech on the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Whilst praising the EU and highlighting Britain’s ... -
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Kirchner, Megaphone ‘Diplomacy’, and The Falklands
Posted on January 15, 2013An Unsolved Problem Last year Argentine President Christina Kirchner publicly argued for a reassessment of who should control The Falkland Islands. Bizarrely, Hollywood actor Sean Penn felt the need ... -
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The Politics of Censorship behind the Great Firewall of China
Posted on January 9, 2013We have all heard of the Great Firewall of China and are aware that access to Western media is restricted, however in many ways, the restrictions on media within China ... -
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The Iran Debate
Posted on January 3, 2013First things first, Happy New Year to all! Over the last few months, there has been much public discussion surrounding the increasing likelihood of an Israeli pre-emptive strike upon Iran, ... -
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Guilty Pleasure: Slavery and Child Labour in the Production of Chocolate
Posted on December 20, 2012Hundreds of thousands of children work on cocoa farms to produce chocolate consumed around the world. Marsha van der Krabben & Thomas Hauschildt I Originally published in Think Africa Press For many, Christmas ...